Ten Questions for Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump

This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump, the author and the translator of That Time of Year.
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This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Marie NDiaye and Jordan Stump, the author and the translator of That Time of Year.
The author of RENDANG reflects on the value of uncertainty in his reading and writing lives.
The author of Fifty Words for Rain reflects on learning to forge her own unique path through the world.
“I had to sit with the fear and let it talk to me.” —Joshua Bennett, author of Owed.
The author of RENDANG considers the complex relationships embedded in the act of looking.
“The glimmer of an idea appears in my notebook long before I begin writing.” —Daisy Johnson, author of Sisters
The author of RENDANG blurs the boundary between narrative and lyric.
"Writing is part of my life, and life is part of my writing.” —Khadijah Queen, author of Anodyne
The author of RENDANG imagines poetry as a house with many corridors.
“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