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A few people have tried to make me see that my writing isn’t quite their thing by saying to me: ‘What about realism?’ To which my general response is, ‘What about it?’ However, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if one of my favorite writers, Marilynne Robinson, was to say something similar if asked ‘What about the fantastic?’

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Helen Oyeyemi

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I’m greedy about cities – I like to form my impressions of them on my own, and on foot as far as possible, looking and listening, having conversations with bridges and streets and riverbanks, conversations I tend not to be aware of until a little later, when I find myself returning to those places to say hello again, even if only in memory.

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April 30, 2024

I’m greedy about cities – I like to form my impressions of them on my own, and on foot as far as possible, looking and listening, having conversations with bridges and streets and riverbanks, conversations I tend not to be aware of until a little later, when I find myself returning to those places to say hello again, even if only in memory.

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April 30, 2024

I don’t have a style. I just try to write what the story demands.

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