I can’t even start writing a play until I have mapped its inner world. Sometimes the outer world, but mostly, what it feels like to be inside it.| Northwestern University Press
Perhaps I read more than necessary for my new book out from Curbstone, Agrippina the Younger. I wasn’t a deep fan of Ancient Roman history—I didn’t have the broader context of... READ MORE| Northwestern University Press
When I’m asked what provided me with the impetus for writing an entire collection of essays, the most convenient explanation I can come up with is my| Northwestern University Press
Back in 2014 when my first book, Excavation, was published, my full-time job was co-parenting a three-year-old and working my required 3000 hours of| Northwestern University Press
What has stayed with you from The Great Gatsby? One thing that stayed with me from The Great Gatsby, when I first read it in high school, was| Northwestern University Press
It’s winter and I’m on my knees, working a spade into the mud, down to bulbs that sprout countless stems of sourgrass, hoping to contain the patch that’s| Northwestern University Press
When, in 1784, Immanuel Kant considered the question, “Do we live in an enlightened age?,” his answer was restrained but optimistic: “No,” he wrote, “but| Northwestern University Press
It wasn’t by design—not on my part at least—but when I first held a copy in my hands, I was delighted to discover that Flamboyant| Northwestern University Press
In the summer of 2020, my husband and I bought a 1984 Nimble 20—or in layperson’s terms, a little sailboat—and for two months, we spent as much time as we| Northwestern University Press
