Young writers reasonably say, 'I don't know what to write about,' so writing about yourself is a very literal way to begin. Susanna Moore beginliteralwrite Change image and share on social
The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing. Susanna Moore leadpointwrite Change image and share on social
Women are completely disadvantaged - despite what men will say. It is not a fair fight. Susanna Moore completelydisadvantagefair Change image and share on social
Transgressive to me means breaking the rules and sinning. I don't see myself as breaking the rules and sinning. I'm really interested in what it means to be female. Susanna Moore breakfemaleinterest Change image and share on social
'Calcutta is a pot of honey' means that in the first half of the nineteenth century, before the society became truly Victorian in feeling and tone, Bengal was a place to make money. The governor-generals returned to England rich men. It was a bountiful, lush, prosperous, easy place to make a fortune - in coal, in jute, and particularly cloth. Susanna Moore bengalbountifulcalcutta share on social
I was betting on cockfights in the Filipino workers' camps when I was 11. Susanna Moore betcampcockfight Change image and share on social
Each year, I await with dread the federal government's catalog of endangered and threatened species in the Hawaiian Islands, where I was raised and where I live. Susanna Moore awaitcatalogdread Change image and share on social
The chance of any species reaching and then surviving on an island as distant as one of the Hawaiian chain is infinitesimal, but despite the extraordinary odds, plants and seeds found their way ashore, carried by the tide or blown by trade winds, inside birds or in their feathers, in the branches of trees and in the jetsam of sunken ships. Susanna Moore ashorebirdblow share on social
On its 2015 list, the Fish and Wildlife Service included the 'ea, or hawksbill turtle, as well as the green turtle, Ridley sea turtle, leatherback turtle and loggerhead turtle. Four mammals are considered endangered: the Hawaiian hoary bat; the kohola, or humpback whale; the sperm whale; and the endemic Hawaiian monk seal. Susanna Moore batconsiderendanger share on social