It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there is often too much reticence. And that's a flaw I have as a person as well. I'm too reticent. I'm non-confrontational to a fault. And I'm risk-averse, which probably shows in my sentences. The aversion to long lines, the tendency to strip things back and be spare. My writing is an act of erasure that's tied up with my personality. I can easily produce a ninety thousand word chunk of writing and then cut back and back until I've only got ten thousand words. Or nothing.
I can't define myself as a political writer - I don't think I've earned it, and I don't function as a political writer in the way that many of the wr… - Katie Kitamura
I can't define myself as a political writer - I don't think I've earned it, and I don't function as a political writer in the way that many of the wr…
- Katie Kitamura
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging wo… - Katie Kitamura
The point about sales is relevant because it suggests there are cultures out there that are supporting and consuming, on a vast scale, challenging wo…
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think, ulti… - Katie Kitamura
I'm interested in dismantling the distinction between masculine and feminine writing both because I think it's a false distinction and, I think, ulti…
When I receive a box of my books, my impulse is to hide rather than display them. It always makes me very anxious that they send so many copies, beca… - Katie Kitamura
When I receive a box of my books, my impulse is to hide rather than display them. It always makes me very anxious that they send so many copies, beca…
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a way it maybe isn't in Ame… - Katie Kitamura
I write some art criticism, and one thing that's clear to me is that politics is fashionable in the American art world in a way it maybe isn't in Ame…
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative fo… - Katie Kitamura
Evidently, there are many great American writers. But sometimes it can feel as though American fiction is dominated by relatively linear narrative fo…
It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there is often too much reticence. And that'… - Katie Kitamura
It's a hard thing to examine and difficult to speak for other writers, but when I look at my own writing there is often too much reticence. And that'…
I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose, I f… - Katie Kitamura
I don't speak any languages well enough to make an expert assessment on writing in translation, but since I'm interested in awkwardness in prose, I f…
Fiction always reveals a lot about the person who is writing it. That's the scary thing. Not in a straightforward autobiographical sense. But the fla… - Katie Kitamura
Fiction always reveals a lot about the person who is writing it. That's the scary thing. Not in a straightforward autobiographical sense. But the fla…
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