I like a text that reminds the reader its a text sometimes.

One of the things I love most about second person is that it reminds the reader that they are reading a text. It doesn't allow them to drift into the story and not notice that they are reading a book - a book that has an author.

I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their own subjectivity.

I don't teach narrative theory by itself anymore, but I kind of use it when critiquing student manuscripts. So, it works its way in there, whether I like it or not.

I wasn't doing much work when I was using and drinking. I have friends who did it (work), but I wasn't one of those people.

Some of the biggest challenges were, page after page, standing naked in front of the reader.

For me, addiction never really included telling myself that everything was okay. By the time I was deep in my addictions, I knew things were pretty bad and I had no control over them.