What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older. Russell Banks audiencefindgood Change image and share on social
I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting. Russell Banks backbookchange share on social
My major allegiance has been to storytelling, not to history. Russell Banks allegiancehistorymajor Change image and share on social
So the same cultural and political issues that divided us in 1968 are still dividing us. Russell Banks culturaldivideissue Change image and share on social
A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties. Russell Banks columbiacoupleearly Change image and share on social
It's hard to spend years at a time working in total solitude with no reality-check. Russell Banks checkhardreality Change image and share on social
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life. Russell Banks honestimaginativeintelligent Change image and share on social
Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely. Russell Banks chimpanzeeendangerseverely Change image and share on social
Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for. Russell Banks actancientcommunity Change image and share on social
John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university. Russell Banks 1960sactivistanti Change image and share on social
