Fiction allowed me to bring in magic and memory. In this case, I wanted to tell a WHOLE story, unbound by the limitations of, say, the both-sidism in journalism.
That is, finding the right container for the piece.
Because I work in so many different genres, whenever I approach a new piece I often find that early part of writing container hunting. I knew my larger project would always trouble our ideas of justice. How, for you, might fiction allow for a different kind of truth to be told? Please talk a little about how this move into fiction fits into the work you’ve done thus far. You’ve also been a longtime advocate for social justice issues and economic equality. Some readers might know you from your nonfiction. The book has garnered wide critical praise: Hector Tobar, author of “The Barbarian Nurseries,” called Chadburn a “fiercely original, brave writer” who “finds the lyrical and the deeply human in seemingly dark and impenetrable landscapes.”Ĭhadburn, who was a recent guest on Southern California News Group’s Bookish video series, answered questions via email about her novel and her writing progress.
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More: Want stories on books, authors and bestsellers? Get the free Book Pages newsletter candidate in creative writing at the University of Southern California with an impressive list of published articles, many of which pull from her experience growing up poor in the foster care system. “A Tiny, Upward Shove” feels like a novel only Chadburn could write, combining her unique history and education: She is a Ph.D. Its power must be experienced on the page. But this synopsis tells you next to nothing about all the levels of meaning within the complex debut novel by Melissa Chadburn, nor its kaleidoscope of poetic language and raw imagery. Writing with the wit and power that have enthralled millions, Stephen King has taken the classic fairy-tale form and transformed it into a masterpiece of fiction that will captivate readers of all ages.You could boil the plot of “A Tiny Upward Shove” down to this: It’s about a murdered young woman who transforms into a supernatural being to exact revenge on her killer. The last bastion of hope lies at the top of the Needle, the royal prison where Peter plans a daring escape. But Thomas has a secret that has turned his days into nightmares and his nights into prayed-for oblivion. Flagg saw it all and smiled, for now Prince Thomas, a young boy easily swayed to Flagg's own purposes, would rule the kingdom. Yet a tiny mouse is enough to bring him down, a mouse that chances upon a grain of Dragon Sand behind Peter's shelves and dies crying tears of fire and belching gray smoke. Roland's time is nearly over, though, and young Prince Peter, tall and handsome, the measure of a king in all ways, stands to inherit the realm. Through the spyhole it conceals, the court magician observes King Roland-old, weak, yet still a king. In four hundred years, he has walked it many times, in many guises, but now the passage serves its true purpose. The passage through the castle is dim, sensed by few and walked by only one. A tale of archetypal heroes and sweeping adventures, of dragons and princes and evil wizards-as only Stephen King can tell it!
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