Taste Has No System And No Proofs.

The Photographer Both Loots And Preserves, Denounces And Consecrates.

I'm Interested In The Possibility Of Fiction Which Straddles Narrative And Essay.

I Was Enthralled And Moved By Azar Nafisi's Account Of How She Defied, And Helped Others To Defy, Radical Islam's War Against Women. Her Memoir Contains Important And Properly Complex Reflections About The Ravages Of Theocracy, About Thoughtfulness, And About The Ordeals Of Freedom-as Well As A Stirring Account Of The Pleasures And Deepening Of Consciousness That Result From An Encounter With Great Literature And With An Inspired Teacher.

I Don't Write Because There's An Audience. I Write Because There Is Literature.

I Certainly Identify Myself As A Feminist.