"…I think figures accrue to and build on feeling, and it’s no doubt the case that orphaning speaks of and from an emotional disposition I’m both inclined toward and see applying beyond myself. The orphan is such an archetypal figure, recurrent not only in my work but in world culture, because it tugs at the roots of our sense of belonging and the mix of anxiety and solace that goes with that sense…"
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On using orphans as an archetype for displacement in Nod House in “’The Song Sung in a Strange Land’: An Interview with Nathaniel Mackey” in the Iowa Review (Winter 2014/2015)
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