Jun 13, 2016
My Workspace: Kathleen Alcott
“I can see the modest garden I’ve planted, as well as the veritable highway of squirrel traffic.”
Born in 1988 in northern California, Kathleen Alcott is the author of the novels Infinite Home and The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets. Her short fiction, criticism, memoir, and food writing have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, thenewyorker.com, The Los Angeles Review of Books, ZYZZYVA, and The Coffin Factory. Her short story “Saturation” was listed as notable by The Best American Short Fiction 2014, and her most recent novel was a Kirkus Prize nominee. She lives in New York City, where she has taught at Columbia University, The Center for Fiction and Catapult.
“I can see the modest garden I’ve planted, as well as the veritable highway of squirrel traffic.”
“I wanted very badly to feel myself graceful on those thin metal lines.”
