Chris Topher
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Bryn Greenwood:
I buddy read All the Ugly and Wonderful Things with my friend last year and we both loved it. It’s one of my favorite books of all time and it really stuck with me. What would you say is the main thing you wanted readers to take away from the story? Is there a moral of the story?
Bryn Greenwood
There are so many things I hope people will think about (and discuss) in this book. Maybe above all, I want people to spend time analyzing how we deal with issues of consent in American culture. A lot of people focus only on the question of Wavy's ability to consent to sexual contact with Kellen, but completely gloss over the variety of non-consensual physical contact with others, and also the ways in which she fails to get consent for some of own actions. These things are all interconnected, but woefully under-discussed in our culture.
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Nena Gluchacki
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Bryn Greenwood:
Hi Bryn! I read AtUaWT two weeks ago and it's still stuck with me. Very few books do that, so first and foremost, thank you for writing such a wonderful book. I thought at times that Wavy, especially in her earlier years, came off as almost feral. Was that intended? Also, I'm intrigued by your mention of a relationship similar to Kellan and Wavy. Would you ever write even just a blog post about your relationship?
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