I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous.

I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro.

Sometimes when I get impatient, I just want to skip to the end of it all....get to the bottom line...like " W, X, Y, Z! #POW" but LIFE takes time.

American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.