"damn the consequences and shame your mama"

13 September 2020: "With story, and with poetry, you can hang language and revelation on a few details and a lies. I believe that a good lie is a fine way to get to the truth. You have to think about why you are tempted to lie, what you are hiding and what you fear. Then damn the consequences and shame your mama." --Dorothy Allison, in this great interview

I can't say enough how much I've gotten out of these past few months of thinking about Allison's writing. What a gift she is to the world.