I think marriage and family keeps being written about because that's where we keep our reputations with ourselves - I mean, we can't quite slip the truths we reveal about ourselves at home. Amity Gaige familyhomemarriage Change image and share on social
In the name of 'mutual assistance,' the Soviet Union would occupy Latvia until 1991, and it continues to occupy Latvia: in the obedient, epic lines at the post office, in the fug of coal smoke outside cities, in the notorious apartment buildings made of bricks of radioactive compressed ash. Amity Gaige apartmentashassistance share on social
My mother was born in Latvia. She and most of her family fled from the capital city of Riga in 1944 with the final approach of the Soviet army. Amity Gaige approacharmybear Change image and share on social
I researched children's rights, divorce law, and parental kidnapping. Millions of children and parents are touched by the inadequacy of the legal system to deal with the human heart. Amity Gaige childdealdivorce Change image and share on social
For several years before I began 'The Folded World,' I worked at an urban college campus and had a job in a tutoring center, and people would come into the tutoring center, and for some reason, they just kept telling me their life stories. Amity Gaige begincampuscenter share on social
I often read poetry to 'warm up' before I write. Amity Gaige poetryreadwarm Change image and share on social
I certainly want people to like my writing, but I know that if I write with the intention of trying to please people, the writing will not be good because it will not be authentic. So, ironically, I have to be willing to write something strange or unlovable in order to write anything truly good. Amity Gaige authenticgoodintention share on social
'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' is, to my mind, a work of perfect genius. Amity Gaige afraidgeniusmind Change image and share on social
It goes without saying that before its culture and literature can continue to evolve, Latvia first must endure the political comedy of creating a stable, functioning and unthreatened democracy. Amity Gaige comedycontinuecreate Change image and share on social
There would be times when I got so much work that I didn't have time to write. School interfered with writing more than writing with school. Amity Gaige interfereschooltime Change image and share on social