I read individual stories a lot in magazines and other places, too, but I really think there's something to be said for reading story collections as collections. That's not true of all story collections, to be honest, but for good… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
I don't think that writing, real writing, has much to do with affirming belief--if anything it causes rifts and gaps in belief which make… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
“What was the truth? he wondered. How important was it to know? And once he knew, what then?” — Brian Evenson Copy Share
Anything can happen: anything. Or nothing. Who can say? The world, monstrous, is made that way, and in the end consumes us all. Who… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
In Kamby Bolongo Mean River damage and delusion walk hand in hand, and everything we think we know is gradually called into question. Reading… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
“Curiosity is a terrible thing, he was thinking. How is it possible to stop oneself from needing to know?” — Brian Evenson Copy Share
Philosophy does provide me a structure and a way of thinking. Religion - like the religion I grew up with, Mormonism - also provides… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
“Fiction is a set of observable manifestations, as represented and frozen in language, that triggers a profoundly subjective and individual experience. Ultimately, this is… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
Like a cross between Paul Auster's The Book of Illusions and Janice Lee's Damnation, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing is at once smart… — Brian Evenson Copy Share
“Still,” said Ramse. “You’re not much. You’re what you are and we love you for it, but you’re not much.” — Brian Evenson Copy Share
“He found the slot that people thought best suited him and he crammed himself into it. He grew up.” — Brian Evenson Copy Share
“Of course there’s another choice, he thought. There is always another choice. I’m just not going to take it.” — Brian Evenson Copy Share
