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And lucky for us, her debut novel is chock-full of it.
We all do it.
Think the mean thought.
Make the cutting comment to our best friend.
And inEmma RosenblumsBad Summer People, thankfully, the characters do too.
Theres very little room for nuance of characterization [in most commercial fiction].
Either someones a bad guy or a good guy.
But every person has traits that make them complicated.
They can be generous and then also jealous, she says.
I hadnt readGiovannis Roomin a really long time.
If you havent read it since your college English class, which I hadnt, I recommend a re-read.
I re-read it recently and I was like, This issogood.
Then Id pull up the document [I was writing my book in].
It was very inspirational for the book to see small-town life going on right in front of me.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
This article was originally published onMay 24, 2023
source: www.bustle.com
