and speaking of must-read interviews, here’s the ineffable...

and speaking of must-read interviews, here’s the ineffable Lauren Holmes discussing her story in Granta’s New Voices series:

Maybe no one can escape the confines of his or her family. I don’t think physical distance helps with that. Even if you move to the other side of the world, and even if you don’t speak for years or decades, your family is always going to be a part of you. So for Lala, in her fictional universe, this is probably something she’ll struggle with for the rest of her life – how to have or not have a relationship with her mother. And as for the mother, maybe she’s better at living without Lala than Lala is at living without her, but ultimately she can’t escape either – she can’t escape her daughter and she can’t escape her parents.

And if you missed her story How Am I Supposed to Talk to You, just click on through.