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

There's a perception that good writing is writing which runs smoothly. But smooth-running prose can work against what you're trying to express in a n…

- 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…

- 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…

- 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…

- Katie Kitamura

I believe writers should be able to write about anything - anything - but there is also a sense in which your lived experience shapes what you write …

- 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…

- 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'…

- Katie Kitamura