Interview: Jenny Offill Talks to the Guardian about Her Novel Weather, Getting Through the Pandemic, and President Trump’s “Legacy of Fear”
Writer in Residence Jenny Offill. Photo by Christopher Lane, courtesy the Guardian
“I wanted to look at what it was like to live in a pre-apocalyptic moment,” says Offill, visiting writer in residence, about writing Weather. “You have real existential threats that will impact you, your kids, your neighbours, but you also have everyday life—you’re not just running around picking up tin cans and dodging cannibals like in most apocalyptic novels. You still have to take your kids to school, you still have to avoid that neighbour you can’t stand, there are still money worries.”
Post Date: 01-12-2021
Post Date: 01-12-2021