The weird thing about having your birthday on a school day is that by the time you get to be ten, or eleven for sure, no one at school knows it's your birthday anymore. It's not like when you're little and your mom brings cupcakes for the whole class. But even though no one knows, you walk around like it's supposed to be a national holiday. You walk around thinking that people are supposed to be nice to you, like maybe on your birthday you're ten times more breakable than on any other day. Well, it doesn't work that way. It just doesn't.
The struggle is how to write optimistically when the world we're living in is not inherently optimistic. I love the idea of the family from the most … - A.M. Homes
The struggle is how to write optimistically when the world we're living in is not inherently optimistic. I love the idea of the family from the most …
- A.M. Homes
You really can't write well if you're thinking about what the reviewers might say. - A.M. Homes
You really can't write well if you're thinking about what the reviewers might say.
I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's fam… - A.M. Homes
I think about how truly interesting and odd it is that when a woman marries, traditionally she loses her name, becoming absorbed by the husband's fam…
Philip Galanes makes his debut with a novel that is both heartbreaking and deftly comic, the story of a young man struggling with his most primitive … - A.M. Homes
Philip Galanes makes his debut with a novel that is both heartbreaking and deftly comic, the story of a young man struggling with his most primitive …
Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away? - A.M. Homes
Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?
Sometimes you can do things for others that you can't do for yourself. - A.M. Homes
Sometimes you can do things for others that you can't do for yourself.
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable. - A.M. Homes
The world of Shirley Jackson is eerie and unforgettable.
What draws me to family... if I were a psychiatrist, I'd say an enormous amount of unresolved personal material. If I were an anthropologist, I'd say… - A.M. Homes
What draws me to family... if I were a psychiatrist, I'd say an enormous amount of unresolved personal material. If I were an anthropologist, I'd say…
My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others who start wars. In short - and don'… - A.M. Homes
My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others who start wars. In short - and don'…
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