Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.

This is what I have come to know: Our past is never passed and there is no such thing as moving on. But there is this telling and there is such a thing as passing through.

Dwelling on pain, spending too much time immersed in it, tasting its flavors, fingering its textures--this makes it only more potent.

When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

I do have a sister - I have two sisters.