It's almost uncanny to receive a prize named in honor of Bernard Malamud. I must have been in my early teens when 'The Magic Barrel' was published and I first read it. Deborah Eisenberg barrelbernardearly Change image and share on social
Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write. Deborah Eisenberg changefactofelt Change image and share on social
It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily. Deborah Eisenberg americancomplicatedefine Change image and share on social
To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form. Deborah Eisenberg artfictionform Change image and share on social
I'm a very spoiled writer. I need to be indolent, to waste a lot of paper. I'm inefficient. Deborah Eisenberg indolentinefficientlot Change image and share on social
I happen to be a 64-year-old woman who lives in Manhattan, so on and so forth, but am I the sum total of my sort of bodily coordinates? Well, of course not. Deborah Eisenberg bodilycoordinatehappen Change image and share on social
We're all walking around trying to deal with a certain amount of shame, to repress it. And we restrict our mental lives to smaller and smaller areas. Deborah Eisenberg amountareadeal Change image and share on social
I'm a bit of an expert on anger, having suffered from it all through my youth, when I was both brunt and font. It's certainly the most miserable state to be in but it's also tremendously gratifying, really - rage feels justified. Deborah Eisenberg angerbitebrunt share on social
I find I often just fall into a stone-like sleep, right in the middle of the day, just sort of clonk. I can't work for extended periods when I'm beginning something. But if I'm at the end of something, I can work on for hours and hours and hours. Deborah Eisenberg beginclonkday share on social
The world belongs to no one. There are very few people who fit into the world. And part of the struggle of every human life is to somehow claim a place on the planet, but it's at the forefront of the experience of the wandering race. The wandering people. Deborah Eisenberg belongclaimexperience share on social
