The question of one versus two species of African elephants isn’t about settling an arcane DNA argument; it’s about life or death for these majestic, extraordinary creatures. Lydia Millet Read Quote
In Nagasaki, American planes did drop warning leaflets – but not till Aug. 10, a day after the city was bombed. Lydia Millet Read Quote
I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don’t really write in that idiom. Lydia Millet Read Quote
Do we seek delicate phraseology in politics or other forms of public life? We do not. Lydia Millet Read Quote
We paint a slow picture. You can see the brushstrokes. We don’t get to the point, and sometimes when we do, our readers don’t notice, in fact. It’s so couched in nuance, it can fly right over a person’s head. ‘What was that you said? I couldn’t quite make it out.’ Lydia Millet Read Quote
At writing workshops, they taught us to show, not tell – well, showing takes time. Lydia Millet Read Quote
I had hoped that going to Hiroshima would reveal something small, gritty, and precise to countervail the epic quality of historical accounts. Lydia Millet Read Quote
The summer after I got divorced, my children asked to sleep in my bed again. It would be the first time we’d shared a bed since they were infants. Lydia Millet Read Quote
Most climate debates have focused on cutting the use of fossil fuels. But besides a few high-profile scuffles over fuel extraction in vulnerable wild places like the offshore Arctic, political leaders have ignored fossil fuel production as a necessary piece of climate strategy. Lydia Millet Read Quote
