“I'm really interested in culture because it is such a powerful human force, particularly in America where we think it's all about the individual.” ThinkingHumansAmericaCultureIndividualForcePowerful Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“As writers, the world is not about individual expression entirely because we are producing works of literature and getting them out into the world.” WorldLiteratureIndividualExpressionIndividual Expression Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I'm just really interested in the interface of the individual with the collective. I think that's where the arts live.” ThinkingArtIndividualCollectivesInterfaces Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“Sometimes it gets talked about as if life is all about the individual, and I don't think it is. I'm really interested in what writing can contribute to a kind of cultural intelligence.” IfsThinkingWritingKindSometimesLife IsIndividual Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I'm always trying to ask myself both "Who am I as an individual?" and "What are the cultural forces that have made me the person that I am?" How can I understand myself as a cultural creature as well as an individual? I'm really obsessed with that question, and always asking my students to consider it.” TryingWellsPersonsMadeAsksIndividualForceStudentsCreaturesAskingObsessedAlways Trying Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
