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INTERVIEW: Steve Almond, Author of Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

I want the reader to feel like they are in conversation with, and spending time with, someone as neurotic as they are.

I feel the ache of wanting my students to like me.

Inside you is a writer but also a battle.

Was I ready to read writers’ celebratory tweets?

“Thank you for coming,” I said to the director’s black cat, Loba.

I try to focus on the moment and not on what I want to accomplish.

I was breathless from the emotions talking about a traumatic event triggered, from the thrill of having produced my longest essay thus far…

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