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Book Q&A with Deborah Kalb: “Discomfort can be really useful to a writer”

September 7, 2020

Q: What did you see as the right blend of personal family experiences and more general descriptions as you wrote the book?
A: I’m trained as a journalist, and working with such deeply personal material scared me at first. But my family’s experiences with clutter inspired me to write the book in the first place, so I knew I had to include them….Discomfort can be really useful to a writer; it pushes you to experiment.
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