She thought she'd put up with however many years of stonewalling for a good reason, and she'd just figured out that as far as Castle Hubby went, she hadn't even crossed the moat yet.
Jim ShepardThe protagonist of Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours doesnโt make it easy for us, channeling as he does Barry Hannah and Denis Johnson by way of Rick Bass and Dennis Hopper, and self-presenting as yet another damaged romantic who thinks itโs always time to play the cowboy, skating in and out of sense. He canโt see right, and heโs haunted by nearly everything. Heโs trying to open up or shut himself down or at least get a hold of himself. Heโs trying to make do with what heโs done, while he reminds us that weโre all, one way or another, in that position.
Jim ShepardOh, I usually don't know a whole lot about a subject when I begin; the process itself teaches me a lot as I go along. Usually I know enough about one narrow area of the subject to start myself going, and then everything - including a lot more research - follows from that.
Jim ShepardClass is the most taboo subject in America. The American media would rather talk about race or perversion or anything else considered taboo before class.
Jim Shepard