death should be celebrated...when you put something in the ground you always know where it is

My mother always says that fear and pain are immediate, and that, when they're gone we're left with the concept, but not the true memory.

I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.

When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

Kelly Link's prose is conveyed in details so startling and fine that you work up a sweat just waiting for the next sentence to land. This is why we read, crave, need, can't live without short stories.