“I think so often, especially if the work is perceived of as being drawn from life, the woman, not her book, is reviewed.” IfsThinkingBook Author:Kate Zambreno
“If one writes the rules then one can contradict oneself. It's all about rhetoric, about official narratives.” IfsWritingOneselfNarrativeOfficialsRhetoric Author:Kate Zambreno
“With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged.” IfsCharacterFictionPrivilegedAutobiographyMain Characters Author:Kate Zambreno
“I think the female first-person is still dismissed, demonized, especially if the book does not end on an empowering note, especially if the main character is perceived as unlikeable, or too privileged.” IfsThinkingFirstsPersonsDoeStillsBookEndsCharacterFemaleNotesEmpoweringPrivilegedFirst PersonMain Characters Author:Kate Zambreno
“I am curious to see what books will emerge from all this writing online that's the result of those who grew up pouring their feelings out on Livejournal or Tumblr - excessive, sometimes automatic, sometimes enraged, emotional, while also quite intellectual - or if formal books will emerge at all, if that's not the point of these unmediated raw spaces. I'm excited by the possibility.” IfsWritingBookSometimesFeelingsSpaceResultsPossibilityEmotionalGrewGrew UpIntellectualExcitedCuriousOnlineFormalPouring Author:Kate Zambreno
