This is an epic interview. Pulled me along, and that’s as someone who is neither a wife nor a mother (though occasionally — suspiciously — I eye both notions)
This was wonderful. Liars is now on my reading list. Could not agree more strongly with 'They love saying that marriage takes work, and all over the world, domestic abuse victims are thinking, ‘wow, I guess this is just the work that I'm supposed to be doing.’ I cannot tell you the time I spent stuck, or beating myself up with the idea that marriage was supposed to be hard work.
Meant to add (but was distracted by my children): this gave me some new ideas to think about motherhood, womanhood. Thank you for the thoughtfulness and nuance.
loved this, especially the tension articulated at the end of the interview about whether the compressed forms of the shorter books resulted mainly from life circumstances. perhaps this doesn't have to be argued either way. at the same time it's exciting to see a writer look ahead to more ambitious (unwritten) projects in their future
Wonderful interview. 💜
Thanks for reading!
Such a great interview. I have been awaiting this novel for months. I can’t wait to dig in.
Cindy! It is 🔥
This is an epic interview. Pulled me along, and that’s as someone who is neither a wife nor a mother (though occasionally — suspiciously — I eye both notions)
This was wonderful. Liars is now on my reading list. Could not agree more strongly with 'They love saying that marriage takes work, and all over the world, domestic abuse victims are thinking, ‘wow, I guess this is just the work that I'm supposed to be doing.’ I cannot tell you the time I spent stuck, or beating myself up with the idea that marriage was supposed to be hard work.
What a terrific interview!
Meant to add (but was distracted by my children): this gave me some new ideas to think about motherhood, womanhood. Thank you for the thoughtfulness and nuance.
Thanks for reading Jill!
I absolutely love Sarah Manguso and I have read all her work. Looking forward to reading this latest book as well. Great interview!
Thanks for reading!
Loved all of this! I want to share every quote.
Fantastic as always.
loved this, especially the tension articulated at the end of the interview about whether the compressed forms of the shorter books resulted mainly from life circumstances. perhaps this doesn't have to be argued either way. at the same time it's exciting to see a writer look ahead to more ambitious (unwritten) projects in their future
Thank you for this interview - so much richness and nuance and depth!
Thanks for reading, Rebecca!
So many great points here and they're marinating on the BallerinaFarm interview on The Times magazine I read yesterday.
YES. Read that too and can't stop thinking about it.
Young men are not different.
Sometimes the words they use are different, maybe. They parrot feminist lines, sometimes will publicly support women.
Their actions towards women in their life are the same as the generations of men before them.
I’m a young woman who has been friends with and dated men, and watched my friends be friends with and date men. It isn’t better.
Good article.
https://marlowe1.substack.com/p/editing-teddy-bear-cannibal-massacre?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true
I copy pasted so much of this into a note in my phone so I can go back and re-read the parts that had me nodding along in agreement. Wow.