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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
My characters are not underachievers; they aspire to great things, but they are limited by the world around them.
My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me.
I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My... →
I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell... →
I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh. I've never been to Iran, I don't speak the language, and, probably most important of all, my... →
In many ways I'm similar to Barack Obama, who also has a strange name but was raised by a white American mother. His background is far more... →
It's very difficult for me to look at politics with clear eyes. I'll read a story in the paper and the first thing that pops into my head is... →
More people work at Walmart than anywhere else in the United States, but you wouldn't know that from our literature. I'm trying to get at the... →
Other families who are poor do what they can to get out of it. My mother did not. She did not utilise her resources. She had a degree. There was... →
The difference between our family and other poor families was that my mother actively chose to be poor. She was highly literate, and she had a... →
While writing my memoir, 'When Skateboards Will Be Free,' I would sometimes have to pore over hours of microfilm at the New York Public... →
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