![]() ![]() It’s this way to see what’s in my mind and what has struck me the most. I’m a big believer in absorption, what we absorb when we read, what stays with us, and in a way, I think when I write about fiction, I get to see what has stayed with me. ![]() I feel like that probably would–and I don’t think this is true for everyone, and it probably depends on the kind of writing a person is doing or the kind of reading they’re doing–but I feel like I would be less immersed in what I was reading if I was regularly taking notes on it. But it started to feel, when I was writing about what I was reading, like I was going into a diary-like space.ĭo you usually take notes as you read? Or do you prefer to let it wash over you? In a way it’s an ironic phrase because I’m not typically a diary-keeper in a formal sense. You introduce your latest book, A Horse at Night, as “a diary of fiction.” What does that phrase mean to you? ![]()
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