Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican candidate's sex tape?
The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel. - Kathleen Rooney
The ingredients that make a good poem often differ from those that make a good essay and from those that make a good novel.
- Kathleen Rooney
I never have trouble keeping fact and invention straight. - Kathleen Rooney
I never have trouble keeping fact and invention straight.
If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them, except that at least i… - Kathleen Rooney
If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them, except that at least i…
Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican … - Kathleen Rooney
Not to give too big of a spoiler, but I never find myself thinking, for example, Oh, remember that crazy time I stumbled on that closeted Republican …
Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happ… - Kathleen Rooney
Fiction is often a much-needed step back that gives you the distance to see things more clearly; it's very often better at explaining why events happ…
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and compelling nonfiction… - Kathleen Rooney
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and compelling nonfiction…
As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics. - Kathleen Rooney
As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.
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