Katherine Dunn

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.

I always tell people that revelling in big ideas for me is kind of like an antidote to existential angst.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.