Megan Grange

Megan Grange asked Ben Marcus:

Are you grammar obsessed (more prescriptive grammar, I guess) at the Gary Lutz/David Foster Wallace level? Are there grammar rules that you still can’t seem to get a grasp on?

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Caleb Wilson

Caleb Wilson asked Ben Marcus:

I feel I have noticed a lot of birds in your fiction. Except they don't really seem to be real birds. Do you attach any particular thematic weight to birds, whether real or unreal?

Jackie

Jackie asked Ben Marcus:

Your books remind me of struggling dreams, like running toward your drowning mother with limbs that move glacially. We can imagine a less frustrating existence, but our human shortcomings prevent us. Do you see any means of approximating the divide?

A Goodreads user

A Goodreads user asked Ben Marcus:

I was wondering -- based on the many instances of etymological, semiotical, philosophical, and theological metaphors and constructions -- if you approach your writing from a point of searching, reaching out to an idea or (a) language(?), or do you (perhaps, voraciously) consume etymologies and philosophies, then pare them back and re-arrange them into the language(s) you're creating for your writing(s)?

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