Just this week, the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon wrote an article for GQ called “Are Kids the Enemy of Writing?” – it is a longread. The title is tongue in cheek. It begins with an anecdote where a colleague tells him under no circumstances should he have a child if he wants a […]
[ Read More...]Interview with author Min Jin Lee
“I am always thinking about my kid…I need to learn how to separate. To deal.” ~Min Jin Lee, author Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment? MJL: I am a writer. My only son is 20 years old. He is in college in the West Coast. […]
[ Read More...]Interview with author Jamie Brenner
“Take your writing seriously — don’t let anyone make you feel it is a hobby or that you are being indulgent. You don’t need permission — remember that” ~Jamie Brenner, author of The Forever Summer and The Husband Hour (Little, Brown and Company) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other […]
[ Read More...]Interview with author Patty Dann
“Some writers say you should be as bold as you want, no matter who you hurt. I do not feel that way….” ~Patty Dann, author of The Butterfly Hours (Shambhala) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment (if applicable). PD: I live in NYC, where I raised my son. I […]
[ Read More...]Interview with author John Reed
“There’s a maturity about life that comes through in the writing/art when the writer/artist is a parent …” ~John Reed, author of A Still Small Voice (Delacorte Press/Delta) PP: Describe your life in the context of writing, parenting and other employment (if applicable). JR: I’m faculty at The New School in the MFA in Creative Writing, and […]
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