Ten Quick Questions with… Elizabeth Strout

1. Your desert-island read:
It was not publication that ever made me feel like a writer. Publication only made other people think I was a writer. I always knew.
–conducted by Joshua Garstka
1. Your desert-island read:
It was not publication that ever made me feel like a writer. Publication only made other people think I was a writer. I always knew.
–conducted by Joshua Garstka
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You’re sitting across from someone you really dig. One of you is fiddling with a napkin edge or straw wrapper, avoiding eye contact. One of you finally says: It’s not you. It’s me. And then the unraveling begins. One-sided endings are tough, and they occur in more than just human relationships. Custom of the Country…
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