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My family is not only not religious, but my parents are both – they’re secularists. My father is actually an atheist and feels very strongly about it.

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Elif Batuman

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Being in a heterosexual relationship for a woman is always implicitly a little bit humiliating.

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There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates himself or herself above the text and knows what each and every character is going to do. It’s a bit like engineering. I’ve never felt close to that tradition. I like the second way, which relies a bit more on intuition.

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April 26, 2024

There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates himself or herself above the text and knows what each and every character is going to do. It’s a bit like engineering. I’ve never felt close to that tradition. I like the second way, which relies a bit more on intuition.

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April 26, 2024

Being in a heterosexual relationship for a woman is always implicitly a little bit humiliating.

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