Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg
detail eats eye favorite food
What a character eats is a detail - like eye color or a favorite song. But food is also our lifeblood.
We've all got flesh. I've just got a little more.
fully until
I don't know if I had ever found my place in the world until I fully committed to being a writer.
needs nobody written
I know I have a problem with semi-colon abuse and have written page-long sentences. Nobody needs to be reading page-long sentences, at least not written by me.
people positive shed
In your 40s, you shed those who bring you down and surround yourself with the most positive people you know.
although certainly correct helpful lit sure women
In the past, I was sometimes put in this women's lit category, and I was never really sure that was the appropriate place for me - although I certainly recognize it can be helpful and correct for other people.
extremely
In 'The Odyssey,' every feast is extremely ritualized; high-status individuals even get a better cut of meat.
I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer.
connect people social ways
Social media can connect you with other people in so many wonderful ways - but it can also make you really sick of yourself.
The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.
interested people problem
I'm not really interested in writing or reading about people who are nice and easy. I like the problem children.
bestseller ounce sharp witty
I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.
buffalo community distinct growing jewish memories small
I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in Buffalo Grove, IL.
I'm from the Midwest. We like to know who our neighbors are.