Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly dangerous for a man to be angry, it’s totally unacceptable for a woman to be angry. I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader, had been missing from the chorus: the voice of an angry woman.
Yes, writing is essential to me. It's my way of living in the world.
I always say to my students, if you can do anything other than writing and be happy, then you should.
I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the market, etc.
I wanted to write a voice that for me, as a reader, had been missing from the chorus: the voice of an angry woman.
I’m not a writing group member, not a joiner in that way. I don’t seek a wide swath of feedback.
