June 23rd, 2011 / 2:29 am
Snippets
Snippets
Ken Baumann—
Amy Hempel interviewed by Tim Small, the guy behind the gorgeous Milan Review.
Amy Hempel interviewed by Tim Small, the guy behind the gorgeous Milan Review.
Great interview.
I especially liked “One physical sensation is that my eyes will get teary, will well up. And it’s not because I’m oh-so-moved by what I wrote. It’s not that! It’s just a sense of… I don’t know, it’s just a physical response. Or it’s like getting a chill for just a moment, like a gasp, a short intake of breath. And I feel like, “Oh my God that’s it, that’s it, that’s it!” And I trust that physical response more than I would trust a more rational reason. ”
I’ve only felt that a few times, but it’s amazing.
thanks for posting this
that bit about “The Harvest” and including a real letter as a second part expanding/commenting on the preceding, that’s very interesting to me