"I’m constantly thinking through how we construct the self/other dichotomy. I do believe, as humans taking up space on this planet, that yes, we have a responsibility to the planet and to one another."
"Don’t try to be profound or teach a lesson, and don’t write for anyone’s approval or admiration; simply write what is specific and true to your observation, to the unique, often secret convolutions of your own heart and mind."
"The earrings, for example: I'll never know if she really stole them but at some point I chose to believe she did. Is that unfair? I disapproved but was also really moved by the gift, and I don't think I ever told her."
"As Rita Dove once said, so succinctly, poetry is the most “immediate and intimate” genre. Our brains/souls/hearts/memories/days are desperate for it."
On the surface, Sandra Hunter’s debut novel is the quintessential immigrant story of an Indian family navigating life in London after Indian Independence.
On October 1, Press 53 will publish Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, an anthology of twenty stories by twenty authors set in twenty different countries.
