I'm Not Writing Fairy Tales Or Object

I Seem To Have To Make My Characters Family Before I Can Access Their Hearts In Any Way That Matters.

Here At Last Is Her Smile: Burn It Into Your Memory; You Won't See It Often.

I Think A Lot Of The Most Interesting Immigrant Writing Involves Stepping Outside Of That Old, Dreary Binary. Chang-rae Lee's Native Speaker Is A Great Example. Same Goes For Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior.

I Always Think About Myself As A Writer; That Comes Out Of Being A Reader First, And I Don't Think I Kind Of Got To Really Playing With Language In Any Formal Way Probably Until I Was In My Mid-twenties.

I Look Most Like Myself... When I'm Wearing My Black, Nerdy Engineering Glasses.