What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.

No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force.

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.

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

Come on, is your heart a sponge or a fist?

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

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.