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• Writers like Twain, Whitman, Dickinson, Melville, Louise Erdrich, Toni Morrison, Russell Banks, Carolyn Chute, Alice Walker, so many others that I read coming up as a writer, that helped form my ideas of what it means to be American - and an American writer. I'm always in conversation with them.

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  Mean, American Writer

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• Me interesan mucho los Estados Unidos, lo que significa ser estadounidense -quizá porque mi padre es inmigrante y mis abuelos también lo eran, y también porque crecí muy aislada de la vida dominante, y fue un shock total salir de la comuna y, en cierto modo, entrar en Estados Unidos por primera vez cuando tenía once años-, así que siempre me he sentido un poco como una antropóloga: ¿qué es este extraño lugar en el que me encuentro, cuáles son las reglas aquí?

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  Mean, Grandparent, Strange

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• En general, creo que toda novela es una novela política, en el sentido de que toda novela es un argumento sobre cómo funciona el mundo, quién tiene poder, quién tiene voz, qué debería importarnos. Pero las novelas políticas pueden resultar aburridamente polémicas si acaban siendo demasiado blancas y negras, demasiado unidimensionales, como que la guerra es mala, que matar gente está mal.

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  War, Black And White, Thinking

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• My natural tendency is to fall in love with language and character and setting, and kind of forget about pacing. Narrative tension doesn't come naturally to me, and if it does feel fast-paced that makes me incredibly happy.

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  Falling In Love, Character, Language

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• I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.

  Micah Perks

  Creer, Escribir, Pensar

  "'Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry'". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

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  Escritura, Gente, Interesante

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

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  Book, Editors, Agents

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• I know books that are really good and writers that are really good and they have become oppressed and ground down from the rejection and they stop. Either they stop writing or they have these books in their drawers. I know that for a fact.

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  Book, Writing, Rejection

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably most writers aren't getting enough support.

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  Way Forward, Support, Enough

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

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  Ghost Stories, Ideas, Love To Read

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• Se supone que las chicas guapas no tienen hambre. Se supone que no deben alimentarse ni preocuparse por su propia comida. Definitivamente no se supone que le quiten la comida de la boca a un niño.

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  Chica, Niños, Agradable

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

  Micah Perks

  Radical

  "'Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry'". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

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  Art, College, Two

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

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  Kids, Teasers

  "'Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry'". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

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  Pensar

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• You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.

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  Hurt, People, Laughing

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• When the kids were growing up, I think they thought the worst thing about me being a mom is that I would laugh at them. They would say something that they thought was serious and intense and I would laugh. I thought it was funny, but they don't want to be laughed at.

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  Mamá, Crecer, Niños

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• No one really wants to be laughed at.

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  Want, Laughed

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• I don't make fun of my characters. I just like to laugh and I think people are funny and the world is funny.

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  Diversión, Carácter, Pensamiento

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• The "we" voice is rare, and the communal impulse of the "we" is interesting to me.

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  Voice, Interesting, Impulse

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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• I laugh when I'm writing. I feel like all my work is funny to me.

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  Writing, Laughing, Feels

  "Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry". Interview with Zoë Ruiz, logger.believermag.com. September 28, 2016.

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