Ten Questions for Fariha Róisín

“I’ve been writing it for eighteen years. More than half my life.” —Fariha Róisín, author of Like a Bird
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“I’ve been writing it for eighteen years. More than half my life.” —Fariha Róisín, author of Like a Bird
“Choose the bilingual, the multilingual, and the polyglot.” —Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, author of The Life Assignment
“I had to sit with the fear and let it talk to me.” —Joshua Bennett, author of Owed.
“The glimmer of an idea appears in my notebook long before I begin writing.” —Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
"Writing is part of my life, and life is part of my writing.” —Khadijah Queen, author of Anodyne
“Often it was the help of an outside perspective that allowed me see what I was trying to do.” —Shruti Swamy, author of A House Is a Body
“I would remind myself that every book has its own life and to just have faith in the story.” —Cherie Dimaline, author of Empire of Wild
“Feel for the thread. Follow it through the dark.” —Kendra Atleework, author of Miracle Country
The author of Horsepower examines and resists the racism and subconscious anxieties that infect the U.S. literary imagination.
The author of Horsepower suggests putting aside knowledge and focusing on unlearning.