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

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

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

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

The desire to be liked is acceptable in real life but very problematic in fiction. Pleasantness is the enemy of good fiction. I try to write on the p…

- 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…

- Katie Kitamura

Many novelists say, "I'm not a political novelist" - myself included. That's a standard, even a default position. Whereas that divide between art and…

- 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