Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein considers this eternal question through the story of Andrew Waite, scientist, father, widower, struggling to raise two daughters, living with the ghost of his wife, facing a test of his faith in science. There are no easy answers here, just the honest complexity of human beings trying their best to be good people. The Explanation for Everything is moving, beautiful, and wonderfully funny.
Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men. - Victor Lavalle
Doubt is the big machine. It grinds up the delusions of women and men.
- Victor Lavalle
I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent. - Victor Lavalle
I have my teachers who tell me what to do. I'm not quite old enough yet to be truly independent.
The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the pl… - Victor Lavalle
The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of punctuation, in the pl…
The best writing deadlines are poverty and death. - Victor Lavalle
The best writing deadlines are poverty and death.
Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys. - Victor Lavalle
Empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.
Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear … - Victor Lavalle
Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear …
Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein considers this eternal question through the sto… - Victor Lavalle
Why do any of us act the way we do? Is it our beliefs or our biology that shapes us? Lauren Grodstein considers this eternal question through the sto…
William Kowalski is the kind of storyteller you don’t see quite enough these days. The yarn spinner with a generous soul. The Hundred Hearts is a mov… - Victor Lavalle
William Kowalski is the kind of storyteller you don’t see quite enough these days. The yarn spinner with a generous soul. The Hundred Hearts is a mov…
The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated. - Victor Lavalle
The poor aren't defeated. We're domesticated.
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