"Any time I put together a story collection, I don't know what it's going to look like overall - or even what the title story is going to be. Over time, I end up with a dozen or so stories, and I start to see a shape to them, how they fit together, and then I write stories that complement or extend that shape."

Source : "ABC's Joy Behar: Bush Administration 'Liars' and 'Murderers'" by Justin McCarthy, www.newsbusters.org. February 28, 2007.

Brian Evenson

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