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Tom, my husband, who converted to Judaism when we got married, and as a consequence, we were learning about historical conversions to… — Emily Barton Consequence Copy Share Image
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Nobody thinks that there were never mechanical horses in the world. Everybody knows that there aren't really golems. — Emily Barton Horse Copy Share Image
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Teaching and writing, really, they support and nourish each other, and they foster good thinking. Because when you show up in the… — Emily Barton Authority Copy Share Image
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There are as many different ways to write a novel as there are varieties of human consciousness, so I am totally delighted… — Emily Barton Accurate Copy Share Image
We [me and husband ] had been learning about the Khazars, and I had read Michael Chabon's novel [Gentlemen of the Road]… — Emily Barton Books Copy Share Image
I feel that there is an alternate ending that leaps off too far into fantasy and there is an alternate ending that… — Emily Barton Books Copy Share Image
[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of… — Emily Barton Arguing Copy Share Image
[Michael] Chabon, who is himself a brash and playful and ebullient genre-bender, writes about how our idea of what constitutes literary fiction… — Emily Barton All kinds Copy Share Image
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It would have been a hard year if I'd spent it berating myself for not working on the book. — Emily Barton Berating Copy Share Image
As a Jewish thinker, I don't think of myself in relationship to the dominant culture's religion. — Emily Barton Culture Copy Share Image
I think that we're all always just working on finding how that balance functions for us, given today's circumstances. — Emily Barton Balance Copy Share Image
If I don't write every day for one week or even, frankly, one year, I don't really think too much about that. — Emily Barton Every day Copy Share Image
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The development of the plot of the novel leads to a single point, and it's my opinion that the ending that the… — Emily Barton Ambiguous Copy Share Image
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