“The movement for women's liberation was about an emotional transformation, an explosion, a feeling all over the country that things must be different, and ideas about how they should be. I think fiction can capture that kind of thing better than other genres because in fiction you can explore the feelings of your characters - the before and the after.” ThinkingShouldKindIdeasDifferentCountryCharacterFeelingsFictionMovementEmotionalTransformationLiberationGenreCaptureExplosions Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“Usually, ordinary histories don't get the emotional feel of a period. That's what a novel can do.” FeelsCan DoNovelEmotionalPeriodsOrdinary Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.” ImportantFictionEmotionalCreatingAspect Author:Alix Kates Shulman
