π¬ππ Kate Zambreno on her new book "To Write as if Already Dead" - Los Angeles Times
The postpartum experience isnβt just expensive; it can also be one of psychic trauma and creative crisis. Someone who was a person becomes a mother. βYouβre not a person. You donβt have a name,β says Zambreno. This feeling of erasure is a current that runs through her work, reaching peak intensity in βTo Write as if Already Dead.β βI need to restore myself after being made into a ghost,β Zambreno says. βI always feel like writing the most when Iβm being made invisible.β
Kate Zambreno on her new book "To Write as if Already Dead" - Los Angeles Times latimes.com