Realism's anxieties are not my anxieties, but I think I've had its tools close at hand all along. It may be that I'm reaching for them more often than I used to. On the other hand, I'm making no promises… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
I didn't intentionally emplace the raw material needed for political/allegorical readings into any of the first drafts, but sooner or later I saw it coming, and I did intentionally not cut it from some of the final drafts. In other… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
Some writers keep a tighter rein on that than others. For short story collections I'm definitely in the loose-rein camp. — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
What I like about organizing things that way is that each story gets nearly full reign over its own space, but all of them… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
“Reynaldo says that the pacazo is nothing but an uncommonly large iguana. I prefer to believe that it is some imp of history, coincidence… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
The biggest experiment there - and I was convinced for a really long time that it was going to fail horribly - had to… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
Very often, or perhaps more often, and even in very good collections - even in some of the best collections ever written, I would… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent months playing… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
“The birds are catching fire again. I keep shouting up to them, Fly lower, fly lower! They never listen. They’re dropping all around us… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
If you're paying attention to human interactions - to the gap between who we are and who we think we are, or the gap… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
The most basic organizing principle was pretty straightforward, and is frankly pretty common: the shorter of what are by my lights the two most… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
I start every first draft with voice rather than theme or image or even character as such, so it isn't like I'm ever rubbing… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
We should absolutely be concerned with ethical questions - to exactly the same degree as everyone else. It's never my intention to sneak any… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
You know how some people say that they can only read one story a day from this or that collection? If that's simply the… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
