A Novelist Is On The Cusp Between

Men Are Competent In Groups That Mimic The Playground, Incompetent In Groups That Mimic The Family

Ignorance And Bloodlust Have A Long Tradition In The United States, Especially In The Red States.

As Soon As You Bring Up Money, I Notice, Conversation Gets Sociological, Then Political, Then Moral.

The Only Siblings I Have Are Half-siblings. My Nuclear Family Would Have Been An Extra-suffocating Threesome. Instead, I Have An Interesting Brother And Sister, In-laws, And Darling Nephews.

I Had Spent Years Thinking About One Thing While I Was Doing Another. I Had, In Fact, Prided Myself On Being Able To Do Two Things At Once.