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“Sisterhood is a powerful force, but we need solidarity beyond sisterhood to realize a more equal society.” ...read more

“But there’s no one who doesn’t know Sadai Sadygly. You see, no one else in the world has played Hamlet, Othello, Aidyn, and Kefli Iskender like he has.” ...read more

“The Valley of Death is where we learn the lay of the land, and it is also a time period in which we keep asking ourselves if this is what we want to do with our lives.” ...read more

“People always talk about whether the place one returns to is the same as or different than the place one left. To be able to return to a place implies an inevitable second or third departure. ...read more

“I did not describe an imaginary lake from the table in my house in Milan: I took a backpack and a stick, I walked an hour and a half and went to look at that lake many times in the last two ...read more

“The thing about Somers’s writing is that it refuses to conform to convention or expectations. In fact, it generally sets out to subvert them in every way possible.” ...read more

“It’s exciting to me to bring the work of previously unknown women Yiddish writers into the light of day—both because of their extraordinary literary gifts and because they tell us things ...read more

“I take Melbourne everywhere with me these days: her good manners, brisk moods, screaming weather, boldness, outright brassiness, and her whispering words. They are now helix to my soul.” ...read more

“Each of the novels explores the legacy of a secret and the unforeseen consequences it has on those who unwillingly, and sometimes even unwittingly, inherit it.” ...read more

“I see a girl going somewhere on a bicycle, and I draw a whole group of girls, all of them on the way somewhere.” ...read more