The least trusted testimony in a court of law is eyewitness testimony. We are simply not good reporters of facts that happen to us, or in front of us. But that's not the same as knowingly lying.

I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not, complicit in the action.

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.

The least trusted testimony in a court of law is eyewitness testimony. We are simply not good reporters of facts that happen to us, or in front of us. But that's not the same as knowingly lying.

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.

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.