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I try to think of the social function of fiction as drawing the individual toward larger social and political questions. But I’m also very comfortable in saying that my novel – any novel – doesn’t matter as much as larger questions of how we can see justice done.

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I think novels – or any art form – can have a powerful impact on people’s perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don’t want to think about.

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I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that’s a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion’s route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn’t pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.

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May 3, 2024

I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that’s a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion’s route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn’t pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.

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May 3, 2024

I think novels – or any art form – can have a powerful impact on people’s perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don’t want to think about.

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