Wake Up, Life is Transient: An Interview with Katharine Dion
Alice Miller talks with Katharine Dion about her debut novel, the thorniness of sincerity, the way a poem leaps, and the crucial gift of staying alert.
Alice Miller talks with Katharine Dion about her debut novel, the thorniness of sincerity, the way a poem leaps, and the crucial gift of staying alert.
“In Slimani’s novel, the burden placed upon women to care for children balances alongside the treatment and perceptions of immigrant women. And rendering these issues to subtext, rather than treating them head-on and politically, the narrative forces the reader to become complicit in the shoddy treatment of others for the sake of convenience and creature comforts.”
