That idea of not being exactly who you write as is so crucial. Even looking at those words as I type them,… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
I came to nonfiction through journalism. My first book was journalism, and it was so frustrating to me, while I was writing… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
That idea of not being exactly who you write as is so crucial. Even looking at those words as I type them, it feels… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
There is something more important than the place being left. It's that swell of crushing emptiness that makes the insignificant seem anything but. — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
Lately I've been thinking about the idea that all novels are, at least in some way, about the process of writing a novel -… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
After writing anything, there's always that postpartum feeling of, "What do I do now?" - I think particularly for nonfiction writers. I feel myself… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
For better or worse, I seem to gravitate toward writing about something or someone else, then have my own self shove its way into… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
Walter Benjamin talks about art losing its original "aura" in an age of mechanical reproduction. In writing memoir, we're taking something that happened in… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
I came to nonfiction through journalism. My first book was journalism, and it was so frustrating to me, while I was writing it, that… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
