Ten Questions for Xavier Navarro Aquino
“Everything fell out of me in five intense sleepless weeks.” —Xavier Navarro Aquino, author of Velorio
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“Everything fell out of me in five intense sleepless weeks.” —Xavier Navarro Aquino, author of Velorio
Ten writers, including Alex Dimitrov and Kaitlyn Greenidge, share the best writing advice they’ve ever heard.
The author recalls being pregnant in the early days of the pandemic and asks: How we can continue to create in times of uncertainty?
“If you feel that the story is good and that it needs to be read, then keep at it until you’re happy with it.” —Obed Silva, author of The Death of My Father the Pope
“This was the book I was meant to write my whole life.” —Neel Patel, author of Tell Me How to Be
“Thinking is really about 90 percent of the work.” —James Hannaham, author of Pilot Impostor
The translator of Migratory Birds and Permafrost uses Google Maps to immerse herself in the settings of her translation projects.
“I wrote this book with the constraint of honesty.” —Truong Tran, author of book of the other
“It felt as if my protagonist was in the room with me.” —Claire Oshetsky, author of Chouette
The author of I’m Not Hungry but I Could Eat revels in writing about food and the varied contexts surrounding its consumption.