Mary Gaitskill is the author of several books of fiction, including “Bad Behavior,” “Two Girls, Fat and Thin,” “Veronica,” “Don’t Cry,” and “This Is Pleasure,” which was first published as a novella on newyorker.com, in 2019. “The Devil’s Treasure: A Book of Stories and Dreams,” a book that combines fiction, personal history, visual art, and commentary on some of Gaitskill’s earlier work, came out in 2021. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship, in 2004, and an Ame...
