Nothing Has to Be Blown Up

May 17, 2015 | 2 books mentioned

“One of the joys of literature is that we can always push back against established ways of speaking and seeing—and nothing has to be blown up.” Mark Z. Danielewski, whose latest novel, the first installment of a 27-book series called The Familiar, has just been released, writes for The Atlantic‘s “By Heart” series about “signiconic” writing, the orneriness of his work and the graphic novel Here. Pair with our 2012 interview with Danielewski.

is a staff writer for The Millions. She lives in New York and every so often writes things at kaulielewis.wordpress.com.