“Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved.” WritingWarMatterPoliticalAmountInvolvedNo Matter WhatOperationsHide And SeekPolitical Writing Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.” PeopleIfsWarArtistCoursesUnderstoodRadicalJournalistCollaborationAcademia Author:Sasa Stanisic
“Instead of giving it [war] a rest I continued pursuing more research, talking to more people on the subject as if I was to please this aftermath of the book by knowledge that was more historical and psychological than literary and aesthetical.” PeopleIfsGivingBookWarTalkingSubjectsPleaseResearchHistoricalPsychologicalAftermath Author:Sasa Stanisic
“It just seemed to me so utterly wrong to credit someone's work just for the fact that this someone migrated from one place to another. We all move. We are all leavers and new beginners at some point, and yes, it is a huge leap from war to peace, from one language to another, from Boston, MA to Joplin, MO.” WarFactsMovingLanguageHugeCreditLeapBostonBeginnersLeavers Author:Sasa Stanisic
“For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and college before he wrote his first book of poetry in the language of this country - he should be labeled as: "Author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is where he went to school and college before he wrote his first book of poetry in the language of this country."” ShouldFirstsBookWarCountrySchoolLanguageParentBornExampleCollege Author:Sasa Stanisic
