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We talk about characters in literature as though they were built on the model of the real person, but then I often think that the way we present ourselves as real people is based heavily on the way literary psychologies are stylized, and I wonder how the two forms of realistic personhood feed on or fulfill each other.

~Alexandra Kleeman

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I'm really interested in passivity as a type of action - sort of allowing the situation to change you, choosing to give in being an act of agency rather than an act of submission.

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Topics: Act Action Agency Allowing Being Change Choosing Give Interested Passivity Rather Really Situation Sort Submission Than Type You

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I don't really buy the death-drive thing too literally; it feels overly neat and convenient. But I am suspicious of fighting back being the dominant model for cinematic conflict and personal conflict and political conflict.

~Alexandra Kleeman

Topics: Am Back Being Buy Cinematic Conflict Convenient Dominant Feels Fighting Literally Model Neat Overly Personal Political Really Suspicious Thing Too I Am

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I think of workshopping as a way to read your own work through the eyes of others - a scene that you write gets refracted by those around you, and suddenly you have several different readings of it, each with a different momentum for how it might be retooled or reshaped.

~Alexandra Kleeman

Topics: Around Different Each Eyes Gets How Might Momentum Others Own Read Readings Scene Several Suddenly Think Those Through Way Work Write You Your I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: February 26th, 1986

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