12/22/2023 0 Comments Writeitnow 5 reading ageThere’s actually a lot I find really incredible about them-my energy openness and genuine desire to connect, love, and be loved. While those emails make me blush, shake my head, and cringe, I definitely wouldn’t take them back. I reread those emails a couple years back, and they were long and flowery and nothing like how I write today. Outside of lunch and between bells, we’d only really get to talk over email. In high school, my first girlfriend’s dad wasn’t a huge fan of mine, so she and I didn’t get to hang out much. Often, we’re propelled to love people because they fit, if not perfectly, comfortably, into what we need at that point in our lives.”Ħ. What is the most daring thing you’ve ever put into words? Have you ever written something you wish you could take back? Loving someone just because of who they are as a person is rare, rarer than mainstream media has led us to believe. Or rather, how easy it is for love not to be pure. “As I was writing, I was thinking about how easy it is to confuse love with a lot of other feelings. Books on deck are The Margot Affair by Sanae Lemoine (have started and it’s gorgeous), The Lightness by Emily Temple, and Nothing Can Hurt You by Nicola Maye Goldberg. With memories like that, it’s hard not to hold a soft spot for that library.ĥ. What is the last book you read? What are you reading next? I’d often take detours on the bike ride back to my place. ![]() I bet that at least half of the books I’ve read in my adult life were read in that library. I have so many memories from the ages of 18 to 23 doing that same bike ride, sitting at the same table, taking sips of Red Bull whenever security wasn’t looking, and reading, reading, reading. ![]() Read it.Ĥ. What is your favorite bookstore or library?Īll through college, whenever I was bored or restless, I’d hop on my bike and cruise over to the Los Angeles Central Library. So Many Olympic Exertions by Anelise Chen. ![]() It’s easy, especially as a young writer, to get sick when thinking about what others’ opinions are of both you and your work, to allow your self-worth to get tangled up in this.”ģ. What is one book or piece of writing you love that readers might not know about? Honestly, things will be so easy for you if you can just truly not give a fuck. I do have to believe I can do all three, even if the evidence continues to stack against this. This is usually when I take my first power nap.īasically, what I’m trying to say is that I don’t really have a firm creative process, and I am very much still trying to figure out how to do the three things that I value at once-be productive, write shit that means something to me, and feel at peace. By 9am, I usually feel like I’ve lived an entire day. When I wake up, I just have so much energy that I need to move and tire myself out so that I can comfortably sit still and focus on whatever Word document is at the center of my life. If I’m lucky, I can take my roommate’s dog with me, and he makes me look less like the local neighborhood weirdo and more like a nice gal just on a morning stroll with her furry pal. Sometimes, I might do this anxious walking outside on the sidewalk. I’m always awake early as hell, before the sun is completely up, so just picture me at 5:30am pacing a nonsensical route through my living room and kitchen, listening to one of two of my Spotify playlists (“Technology Is Fun” or “Beep Bop,”-both contain bangers only). I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to get those opening lines out of my head-“I wish I was a little bit taller / I wish I was a baller / I wish I had a girl who looked good / I would call her.” Swagger, longing, vulnerable, yet still playful, tons of flow, everyday humanity-all in four short sentences.Ģ. What does your creative process look like? How do you maintain momentum and remain inspired? ![]() Skee-Lo’s “I Wish.” I was 10, and my big cousin Andrew was my hero so I was always sneaking onto his computer to see what songs he’d downloaded off of Limewire. What was the first book or piece of writing that had a profound impact on you? This week, Jared Jackson speaks with Jean Kyoung Frazier, author of Pizza Girl (Doubleday, 2020).ġ. The PEN Ten is PEN America’s weekly interview series.
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