In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about … - Micah Perks

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Micah Perks

In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works, who has power, who has a voice, what we should care about. But political novels can be boringly polemical if they end up being too black and white, too one dimensional, like war is bad, killing people is wrong.

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Writers like Twain, Whitman, Dickinson, Melville, Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, Russell Banks, Carolyn Chute, Alice Walker, so many others that I read coming up as a writer, that helped form my ideas of what it means to be American - and an American writer. I'm always in conversation with them.

American Writer, Carolyn, Like, Louise, Mean, Toni

I'm really interested in the United States, what it means to be American - maybe because my father's an immigrant and my grandparents were immigrants, and also because I grew up so isolated from mainstream life, and it was such a total shock to leave the commune and, in a way, enter America for the first time when I was eleven - so I've always felt a little like an anthropologist - like, what is this strange place I find myself in, what are the rules here?

Grandparent, Mean, Shock, Strange, Total

My natural tendency is to fall in love with language and character and setting, and kind of forget about pacing. Narrative tension doesn't come naturally to me, and if it does feel fast-paced that makes me incredibly happy.

Falling In Love, Character, Language, Happy, Kind

I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.

Believe, Ghost, Think, Thinking, Way, Writing

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

Writing, People, Interesting, Hard, Published