Then It Was This Big Thing. She

I've Always Enjoyed That Kind Of Thing - Thinking About The Production Of Narrative And Why It Is That When We Read A Novel, We Don't Notice The Fact That Someone Who Might Be Very Close-mouthed Or Tight-lipped Is Perfectly Willing To Tell Us A Story In 600 Or 700 Pages.

Certain Elements Of Teen Life That, 10 Years Ago, Were Very Important To Me Still, Are Becoming Less So As I Get Older. I Mean, Ive Kinda Gotten Over, I Guess Im Saying, The Fact That I Had Trouble Getting A Date For The Prom.

It's Insulting To Believe That Teens Should Have A Different Kind Of Book Than An Adult Should.

I Looked At Her, And She Was Smiling Like She Was Broken.

Its A Very 18th-century Thing To Have A Book Broken Into Several Volumes.