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My family is very feminist, and they consider that Islam is not a super feminist religion, which I know people can argue about. But that's - anyway that's how I was brought up, so it would be odd for me to suddenly just up and start wearing a headscarf.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: About Anyway Argue Brought Consider Family Feminist How Islam Just Know Me Odd People Religion Start Suddenly Super Up Very Wearing Which Would

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I think it is true that when we're older, we realize the way that people act is... you know, everyone's kind of talking off the cuff, and everyone's, you know, spitballing sometimes.

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Topics: Act Everyone Kind Know Off Older People Realize Sometimes Talking Think True Way You I Think

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Actually, I've taught creative writing in Turkey, at an English language university, where the students were native Turkish speakers, but they were writing their essays in English, and they were very interesting - even the sense of structure, the conventions of writing, the different styles of writing.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Actually Conventions Creative Creative Writing Different Different Styles English English Language Essays Even Interesting Language Native Sense Speakers Structure Students Styles Taught Turkey Turkish University Very Were Where Writing

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From an early age, my favorite thing to read was novels. For years, when I was writing only nonfiction, still I was reading almost exclusively novels. It's weird to be producing something that you don't consume. It feels really alienating.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Age Almost Consume Early Early Age Favorite Favorite Thing Feels Nonfiction Novels Only Producing Read Reading Really Something Still Thing Weird Writing Years You

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The first thing I tried to write was a novel, when I took that time off in grad school. Then I didn't finish it. I went back to school, and then I started writing nonfiction kind of by accident.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Accident Back Back To School Finish First First Thing Grad Grad School Kind Nonfiction Novel Off School Started The First Thing Then Thing Time Took Tried Write Writing I Tried

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I do think of 'The Idiot,' in a way, as a self-standing book about a certain struggle to make meaning, the struggle for a girl to find meaning outside of the romance plot.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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