Bustle Book Club
For Kiley Reids second novel, she brings readers to a college dorm room.
Dialogue often serves as Reids entry point into a story.
What do you splurge on?
What does money mean to you at this stage of life?
Below, Reid reflects on her favorite podcasts, researching on YouTube, and her new alarm clock obsession.
Theres a very strange gesture that Millie makes when shes having an important conversation [in this book].
Shes putting the back of her hand against her eye like she just woke up from a nap.
Ill say, This chapter on Chick-fil-A isnt working.
I say, OK, let me go to the real world and see whatsactuallyhappening.
Ill listen to podcasts, like, I loveLit SocietyandMichael and Us.
So [my taste is] all over the place.
It wakes you up with a different calm song every morning like a clarinet or a choir.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
This article was originally published onFeb.
source: www.bustle.com
