Ten Questions for Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
“In the mornings—or when I roll over from a dream—there’s only God and me talking to each other.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
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“In the mornings—or when I roll over from a dream—there’s only God and me talking to each other.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois
“I find it really hard to follow a routine in almost every part of my life.” —Kat Chow, author of Seeing Ghosts
“Combining unsparing humor with heart is a superpower.” —Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo
“I write when an idea, story, or book commands me to.” —Louis Edwards, author of Ramadan Ramsey
“The book often knows more, and knows better, than you do.” —Clare Sestanovich, author of Objects of Desire
“All memoirists are making art out of time, and there isn’t one way.” —Krys Malcolm Belc, the author of The Natural Mother of the Child
“I will miss these characters living in my head.” —Monica West, author of Revival Season
“The words start to feel like they’re punching my skull from the inside.” —Brian Broome, author of Punch Me Up to the Gods
“There are so many journeys I’d like to take” —Kelli Russell Agodon, author of Dialogues with Rising Tides
The author of With Teeth examines how a single joke can be successfully repackaged and retold over time.