She, Cusk, the human being, is often hated. Readers love her or readers really do not love her. In the hands of a different writer, these might be neutral topics. She writes about motherhood and marriage and houses. It is the second in a planned trilogy that has, along with her memoirs, made her a cultish figure. She desires a muffin.Ĭusk is the author of three memoirs and nine novels, most recently Transit, which came out in January to rapturous reviews. She does not make small talk, but she does, for long stretches, talk. She’s always earned the money in her household. She does not care what happens to her in the future. She is attracted to situations where it’s hard to agree on a common version of events. She believes satire promotes political powerlessness “Once you laugh,” she says, “it’s over.” She sees writing as a job. She hasn’t spoken to her parents in two years. She has never written a book without a dog in it in real life, she is allergic to dogs. She likes chess because it involves two people and thus resembles sex or war. She believes fate is a female system of self-deception. She taught writing for nearly a decade and then quit. She does not play card games, possibly because she associates them with her childhood, about which she feels ambivalent.
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