“A good mixtape didn't just gather together a bunch of love songs, but instead created an emotional narrative specific to your affection. The stories in most of my favorite collections are collected more like songs on a mixtape than, say, collected like spare change. By which I mean they are in conversation with each other and work to become larger than their parts.” MeanStoriesTogetherSongEmotionalConversationMy FavoriteAffectionBunchNarrativeCollectionsSparesMixtapesSpare Change Author:Anthony Marra
“Sometimes it bursts from your imagination fully formed, sometimes you absorb from nonfiction, sometimes you're able to imprint your own autobiographical experiences on a world you never yourself were a part of. A decent number of the one-liners in the title story originally came up in conversations with my girlfriend or my neighbor.” WorldSometimesStoriesAbleImaginationNumbersConversationNeighborTitlesGirlfriendDecentNonfictionMy GirlfriendOne Liner Author:Anthony Marra
