“All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There's a science-fiction aspect to our contemporary life. What's virtual, what's real.” IdeasRealSeemsCoursesSocialFictionMediaIdentityFitAspectScience FictionSocial MediaContemporaryWonderlandContemporary Life Author:Vijay Seshadri
“You are never alone in Afghanistan. You are always in the company of others, usually family. You don't understand yourself really as an individual, you understand yourself as part of something bigger than yourself. Family is so central to your identity, to how you make sense of your world, it is very dramatic, and therefore an amazing source of storytelling, a source of fiction for me.” WorldIndividualFictionCompanyIdentitySourceBiggerStorytellingMake SenseDramaticAfghanistanSomething Bigger Than Yourself Author:Khaled Hosseini
“The Gringo, locked into the fiction of white superiority, seized complete political power, stripping Indians and Mexicans of their land while their feet were still rooted in it. Con el destierro y el exilo fuimos desuñados, destroncados, destripados - we were jerked out by the roots, truncated, disemboweled, dispossessed, and separated from our identity and our history.” StillsPoliticalWhiteFictionViolenceFeetLandIdentityRootsOppressionMexicoLockedRootedSuperiorityPolitical PowerStripping Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa
“I hate to see great works of literature ghettoized, whereas others that conform to the rules, conventions, and procedures of the genre we call literary fiction get accorded greater esteem and privilege. I also have a problem with how books are marketed, with certain cover designs and typefaces. They're often stamped with an identity that has nothing to do with their effect on the reader.” BookProblemCertainHateLiteratureFictionGreaterEffectsDesignIdentityReaderI HatePrivilegeEsteemGenreConventionsConformGreat WorkProceduresTypefaces Author:Michael Chabon
“Or is anyone's identity a matter of fragments held together by convenient or useful narrative, that in ordinary circumstances never reveals itself as a fiction? Or is it really a fiction?” MatterTogetherFictionIdentityCircumstancesOrdinaryNarrativeFragmentsConvenient Author:Ann Leckie
“The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction, it's that feeling. I always feel that way.” IfsWayFeelsFeelingsFictionIdentityThemeOutsiders Author:Dan Chaon
“I love really exploring... you know, a cop drama for example is a great way to explore class in this country and explore, you know, really, identity in the country and who we are in a way that is extremely exciting, but it's also real, you know, it's also real people and real drama. The same with the military. I mean, a good science fiction story is also great.” PeopleKnowsWayMeanRealCountryStoriesFictionClassMilitaryExampleIdentityDramaExcitingScience FictionWho We AreCopExploringReal YouGood ScienceFiction Stories Author:Ethan Hawke