The Ploughmen Is Part Inspired Fever-dream, Part Adventure Story, A Lyric Parable Of Not Just Goodand Evil But Of The Vast And Beautiful And Often Lonely Country In-between. Kim Zupan Is A Wonder.
When You Sign On To Be An Activist In Northwest Montana, People In The Grocery Store Will Avoid Eye Contact, Particularly If They're Hanging Out With Outspoken Opponents To Your Views.
Even The Largest Of My Dreams And Ambitions, I Realize With Increasing Dismay, Were Puny, Measly, Compared To The Object Of My Dreaming. I Would Not Say My Life To Date Has Been Built Overmuch Of Compromise, But Still, It Surrounds Me.
A Novel That Features Real People Is Complicated, But In The End, That Extra Challenge Is All For The Good.
Fiction Is Harder For Me Than Nonfiction - More Gratifying, As A Result, When It Succeeds.
Fit In Where You Don't: Make Your Own Space..be Different..don't Give In. Exist Somewhere You're Not Suppose To, Or Where You Don't Want To. Be Your Own Men; Do What You Want, And Don't Hurt Anybdoy
I Don't Think I'm A Natural Novelist. Plot Is Definitely One Of My Weaker Points. I've Been Working On It A Long Time, And It's Not Getting Much Better.
The Seams, The Laminae Between The Various Worlds The Past Present And Future As Well As The Living And The Nonliving May Not Be As Distinct And Clear-cut As We Have Been Taught Or As Our Somewhat Arbitrary Clocks And Calendars Have Led Us To Believe.
Ive Lost Much Of My Heart And The Spark Or Fire That Once Created, Or Produced, The Art Of Fiction.
I Think A Novelist Must Be More Tender With Living Or 'real' People. The Moral Imperative Of Having Been Entrusted With Their Story Looms Before You Every Day, In Every Sentence.
