“I stood there, my head bowed, my shoulders hunched. This is how it feels to be dragged from the cement shoes of a comfortable rut. The slow, steady strain on my legs became an excruciating amputation. My ankles pulled free… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy. — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal to your… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded! — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of the embarrassment… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
“A vida é fugaz. A vida é preciosa. Temos de gozar cada momento. A sensualidade de respirar, de sentir, de querer.” — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
“The best sex takes us somewhere. Somewhere warm and expansive, a paradise of lust and happiness. Sex is and can be and should be… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Possibly the best thing about the whole experience is that Kang and I are now really good friends. It's as much of a pleasure… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I've translated two of Bae's novels, A Greater Music and Recitation, which are coming from Open Letter and Deep Vellum in October and January… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director, is helping… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
There's no linear narrative - the structure is more like a series of variations on a theme (how identity is shaped by language), with… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
