“When a translator translates my book, it is no longer just my book. It is the translator's book, too. So the book in another language is almost the work of two people. And that is quite interesting to me.” PeopleBookLanguageInterestingTranslateTranslators Author:Sam Lipsyte
“People gave names to things so they could tell stories about them, goddam fairy tales about children who got out alive.” PeopleChildrenStoriesNamesAliveTalesFairyFairy Tale Book:The Fun Parts: Stories Source: The Fun Parts: Stories
“The place resembled a new model prison, or one that had achieved a provisional utopia after principled revolt, or maybe a homeless shelter for people with liberal arts degrees. The cages brought to mind those labs with their death-fuming vents near my college studio. These kids were part of some great experiment. It was maybe the same one in which I'd once been a subject. Unlike me, though, or the guinea pigs and hares, they were happy, or seemed happy, or were blogging about how they seemed happy.” PeopleMindArtKidsSubjectsCollegeDegreesModelsPrisonStudiosExperimentsShelterPigsHomelessCagesUtopiaRevoltBloggingLabsHaresGuineaPrincipledLiberal ArtsGuinea PigsArts Degrees Book:The Ask: A Novel Source: The Ask: A Novel
