From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring how we form our identities in life, in politics, and in art.

"A Mariner Original" "Mariner Books"

The curse -- The querent --The writing life -- 1989 -- Girl -- After Peter -- My parade -- Mr. and Mrs. B -- 100 things about writing a novel -- The rosary -- Inheritance -- Impostor -- The autobiography of my novel -- The guardians -- How to write an autobiographical novel -- On becoming an American writer.