Aug 22, 2019
A Conversation With PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019 Author Erin Singer
“Inspiration came from the stupid pencil jar our family had when I was growing up.”
“Inspiration came from the stupid pencil jar our family had when I was growing up.”
“It started with a voice—the young narrator telling me about her name.”
“For me, I guess fairytales are where I am simultaneously most at home, and most at odds with the world around me.”
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“You can fall in love with a place in a way that’s just as made-up and selective as how you fall in love with a person.”
“I feel any person who has to deal with losing the one person who is their world has every right to do whatever it takes to self-preserve, even when that includes deflection and denial.”
“I have always been fascinated by the idea of women being monstrous and beastly because it ruptures the dominant Patriarchal ideal of the shy woman.”
“I wanted to address old-age sexuality, which is in general completely unmentioned in Taiwanese society.”
“I love that our stories are beginning to get the attention they deserve, but that’s not enough for me. I want more.”
