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Alissa Nutting Biography

Alissa Nutting is an American author and creative writing professor. Her writing has appeared in Tin House, Fence, BOMB and the fairy tale anthology My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.

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My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are very normal. We have an understanding, I think, that what I do isn't quite down their alley.

Brother, Down, Family, Protect, Religious, Thinking

I've seen men in $5,000 suits urinate in public fountains here. Las Vegas is the best place on earth.

5000, Earth, Las, Men, Vegas

I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, this is who you are. Go.

Character, Shoes, Technique

With surgical insight, Inside Madeline delves into the most complex female territory imaginable and dissects until every honest bone is revealed. Bomer's prose doesn't flinch, doesn't filter-the bravery of these stories left me breathless.

Bravery, Female, Filters, Honest, Imaginable

I've worked hard on my doctorate, and I want to be acknowledged for that. But I also wanted to comment on this message that women get that the most important thing they can do is police their appearance.

Doctorate, Important, Message, Police, Want, Worked

I don't consider myself attractive. I'm an academic, and in academia, people will write you off if you look younger.

Academia, Academic, Attractive, People, Write, Writing

During my MFA, I was lucky to be surrounded by a really supportive group of peers. And now I get feedback pretty exclusively from freaks only.

Group, Groups, Lucky, Pretty, Supportive

You want to do all of these preventative things to make sure you always look as young as possible, you don't want to look your age. Looking young and attractive matters, even more than the type of person you are, even more than the actions you commit.

Actions, Age, Attractive, Looks, Want, Young

I'm a big people pleaser; I had a very awkward adolescence. Part of me is still that person who wants everyone to like me.

People, Awkward, Want, Big, Person

It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you have passed in the halls of your high school. It got me thinking, 'Well, what are some novels that are about female sexual psychopaths? I really didn't have many references for that, and I felt like that was a void in transgressive literature that I wanted to fill. '

School, Thinking, One Day, Sexual, References

Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's definitely bled into my writing.

Fall, Writing, Vegas, Morals, Definitely

My writing circle isn't too full of people who fall into the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Tuesdays With Morrie" category.

Fall, Writing, Tuesdays With Morrie, People, Circle

If you're a beautiful Caucasian woman, and you commit a heinous crime, it's like people don't want to acknowledge the reality of your actions.

Actions, Beautiful, Caucasian, Commit, People, Reality

I think what tends to embarrass me most is how much I struggle at the little things that seem to come so easily to most people, mainly involving routine and self-care. It's hard for me to do things like cook a meal, not be in a constant apocalyptically late rush everywhere I go, to put something back when I'm finished with it. I seem to be hardwired for chaos and disorganization.

Constant, Everywhere, Self, Struggle, Thinking

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