“Some people are comfortable in a very nebulous space. They’re much more comfortable in the first person voice because it affords spreading across time. I’m not that kind of writer.”
“I wanted the architecture of this story to feel recursive, and I hope that ultimately the meditations in the museum are in conversation with the experiences that happened outside of the museum.”
“I think I actually owe teen girls and queer people coming into themselves on the early internet way more than I owe a single literary figure for getting me through this inspirationally.”
To an outsider, Key West looks like postcard paradise: crystal-white beaches, palm trees, sunshine, pastel-painted bed and breakfasts, and a thriving LGBTQ community.