I'm at the atheist end of the agnostic spectrum.

Hard to remember who is more dangerous: the people who are attacking our liberties overseas, or those who are suppressing them at home.

Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

The rich are different than you and me: they have more money and they have more power.

Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.