GO FIGURE: “Requires Great Fantasy”
By Susan Sechrist
“The fiction is self-contained and self-referential; it can stand alone as a finished version of reality, albeit in a consensually-agreed upon, useful disguise.”
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GO FIGURE: Overthrown
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OTHER BLOOMERS & SHAKERS: Leslie Jones—Look What She Did
by Shoba Viswanathan
In Leslie Jones’s comedy and performance we see a seamless blend of the political and the personal . . . Lorne Michaels told the New Yorker, “I tell Leslie all the time, ‘You’re everything we weren’t looking for.’ When someone’s funny, they’re funny.”
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To Forge A New Path: Q & A with Melissa Scholes Young
by Wendy Besel Hahn
“It’s true that you can’t go home again, but it’s not necessarily home’s fault. You’ve changed too much. Home expects you to be who you once were and can’t quite recalibrate to your new self. It’s exhausting and unfair to expect your people to know all of this.” Continue reading
Speaking Body to Body: Q&A With Lidia Yuknavitch
by Yvonne Conza
“By the time I wrote COW, I was old enough to see my own practice, my own creative vision and process. I had something like a “now or never” moment. There simply weren’t any reasons left to hold back. The desire to tell outweighed the fear of telling.” Continue reading
Q&A with Thi Bui: Writer, Illustrator, Teacher
by Terry Hong
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