Koren Zailckas
Height: 160 cm
Koren Zailckas is known for her work on The View (1997) and 20/20 (1978). She is married to Eamon Hamilton. They have two children.
For me, fiction-writing is about escapism. Whereas memoir-writing is about facing cold, harsh realit Show more
For me, fiction-writing is about escapism. Whereas memoir-writing is about facing cold, harsh realities. I'll let you guess which one is more of a party... Naw, in reality, there are challenges to both. In memoir, there's the burden of truth. And in fiction, there's the burden of fantasy.Me, I find fiction harder. There are so many possibilities in fiction. The story can go absolutely anywhere. And that overwhelms me. That strikes fear in my timid, little heart. I like being restricted to the cage of fact, the coop of reality. Without it, I feel a certain agoraphobia. Hide
I was 23 when I wrote 'Smashed.' And looking back, I was such an easy mark. I was so trusting, so na Show more
I was 23 when I wrote 'Smashed.' And looking back, I was such an easy mark. I was so trusting, so naïve, so revoltingly eager-to-please. And any other publisher might have taken advantage of that - I might have found myself on my book cover, posing top-naked and passed out with my cheek on a toilet seat or something. Hide
I'm not convinced I've come to term with old aches as much as I've had to numb myself to them for th Show more
I'm not convinced I've come to term with old aches as much as I've had to numb myself to them for the sake of spreading the book's message. Ultimately, I think a memoir leaves its author with more terror than comfort, more questions than closure. More than anything, I feel a growing breach between "me" and the "me" on the page. It's an occupational hazard, I guess. I feel sort of exiled from my own experiences. Hide
All said and done, I'm reluctant to say writing 'Smashed' was cathartic. For one, I think we assign Show more
All said and done, I'm reluctant to say writing 'Smashed' was cathartic. For one, I think we assign that term to women far more often than we assign it to men. All too often, men's works are deemed "literature" and women's are dismissed as "therapy." Hide
I'd like to keep on writing, reading, paying rent, paying taxes, paying my debt to society. Likewise Show more
I'd like to keep on writing, reading, paying rent, paying taxes, paying my debt to society. Likewise, I hope to keep traveling, keep pissing people off, keep doing things I'll live to regret. Hide
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