"It's like they're only searching their mind database for women."
— Moshfegh, Ottessa (b. May 20, 1981)
Work Title
Date
July 9 & 16, 2018
Metaphor
"It's like they're only searching their mind database for women."
Metaphor in Context
Moshfegh never identifies herself as a feminist: it would require too much allegiance to a group. "It's hard when people want to compare me to other women writers," she said. "It's like they're only searching their mind database for women. Flannery O'Connor--I'm happy that they're making that association, because she's tops. But I don't really feel like her. Someone once compared something I wrote to Nabokov, and I thought that was a huge compliment. I didn't mind that."
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Ariel Levy, "Not from Around Here," New Yorker (July 9 & 16, 2018). <Link to www.newyorker.com>
Date of Entry
07/10/2018
