If your depiction of loss doesn't make the reader feel loss, then you didn't depict it right. Marlon James depictdepictionfeel Change image and share on social
I'm happy to not know what I think about stuff; I'm happy to change my mind. But it's relatively recently that I've been able to apply that to feelings. I used to like to know what I felt. I didn't want those feelings to be complicated or muddled or clashing. Marlon James applychangeclash share on social
Not every gay person recites poetry or has read Keats. You can get readers through anything if the characters are complicated. You can't dismiss Josey Wales' quite liberal worldview. Marlon James charactercomplicatedismiss Change image and share on social
As a writer of colour, you have to be victim or perpetrator. Marlon James colourperpetratorvictim Change image and share on social
At 28 years old, seven years out of college, I was so convinced that my voice outed me as a fag that I had stopped speaking to people I didn't know. Marlon James collegeconvincefag Change image and share on social
A lot of time, I'd spell things in standard English instead of phonetically because I want people to understand what's going on. It's also very lyrical, and the great thing about lyrical prose is even when you're not totally sure of the words, you can be swayed by the musicality of it. Marlon James englishgreatlot share on social
Some of the craziest aspects about 'Weeper' were the things I found out to be true. I mean, true of people. Marlon James aspectcrazyfind Change image and share on social
We're not big on irony in Jamaica, sarcasm and double-talk. We tend to say things plainly, sometimes to the point of boredom. Marlon James bigboredomdouble Change image and share on social
I'm not a writer on a mission, and I'm very suspicious of writers on missions, but I'm also not living a false life. Marlon James falselifelive Change image and share on social
I come from a very big family from every economic background. Some of the streets I talk about, I've actually walked on because I have family from there. Jamaica has so many contradictions. Marlon James backgroundbigcontradiction Change image and share on social
