My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding. Harry Mathews backkidlearn Change image and share on social
My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done. Harry Mathews finallyhavemother Change image and share on social
It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader's opportunities to follow it at every step. Harry Mathews casecreatefollow Change image and share on social
I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another. Harry Mathews attractionbasicbehave Change image and share on social
I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches. Harry Mathews bringcrutchdeath Change image and share on social
I graduated in 1952 and went to Europe, with Niki and our first child Laura, who was then a year old. Harry Mathews childeuropegraduate Change image and share on social
My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace where nobody could get at me - nobody, like the football coach. Harry Mathews boardcoachdream Change image and share on social
Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. Harry Mathews americaleavelimit Change image and share on social
When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city. Harry Mathews challengecitydaunt Change image and share on social
It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. Harry Mathews boychildcompany share on social
