Another "why I write about" just went live over at Medium! Here's the first question in my self-interview: Q: Stephanie-- What gives with setting your new novel in L.A? You don’t live there, and you aren’t even from that city. In fact, you were born and raised in Manhattan – which is the polar opposite … Continue reading New “why I write about” on Medium
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I read the Big Book (part 1?)
Dear friends of the unreal -- I have begun -- kind of without meaning to -- an unreal and at times seemingly impossible reading project. In a May 21 2021 article for the New Yorker francophile Adam Gopnik likens reading all of Proust's A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU (IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME) to … Continue reading I read the Big Book (part 1?)
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 