Regret, Already Sogging Me Down, Burst Its

I Was Unemployable When I Got Out Of College.

When I Wrote The Virgin Suicides, I Gave Myself Very Strict Rules About The Narrative Voice: The Boys Would Only Be Able To Report What They Had Seen Or Found Or What Had Been Told To Them.

The Television Replaced The Sound Of Conversation That Was Missing From My Grandparents' Lives.

All Of A Sudden America Wasn't About Hamburgers And Hot Rods Anymore. It Was About The Mayflower And Plymouth Rock. It Was About Something That Had Happened For Two Minutes Four Hundred Years Ago, Instead Of Everything That Had Happened Since. Instead Of Everything That Was Happening Now!

We Listened To Them, But It Was Clear They'd Received Too Much Therapy To Know The Truth.