Month: November 2020

I first encountered Sheila Heti on the Sleepover Podcast, where host Sook-Yin Lee brings three strangers together in a hotel room to work out personal problems. Heti brought artist’s doubt and white guilt to the table. The more she read online about privilege and racism, the more insecurity she felt about writing. Should she just … Continue reading Motherhood by Sheila Heti

I’ve got a young adult novel in the works that may never be published. One of my goals for this book is to make our non-magical world feel more magical. A lot of that has to do with reminding adult readers of the things they take for granted — unexplained things they’ve forgotten to wonder … Continue reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman