Julia May Jonas speaks about the book’s origin as a “failed play” and why she didn’t write a ‘Me Too novel’
’s origin as a “failed play”, why she didn’t write a ‘Me Too novel’, and the problem with female characters not being afforded ambiguity of thought.
PS: When I was doing research for this interview, I found that the Me Too movement was mentioned in almost every single headline or review. What are your thoughts onJMJ: I certainly didn’t start out thinking about that or really thinking about it in general. I think the idea of saying something is a ‘Me Too’ or even a ‘post-Me Too’ novel suggests there’s some form of advocacy in the work.
JMJ: I hesitate to say it’s the message of the book but I do feel like the book is engaging with ideas of morality in art and how we can separate what people do and what people think from what the work is in itself, and representation and how we separate that from our experience as readers. I was thinking about this recently because there’s been some reaction about the narrator and saying that the book advocates for certain viewpoints, which I don’t feel like it does.
PS: Where did Vladimir himself come from? There’s been so much discussion over the narrator, but he’s the title character. PS: Young people are rendered so authentically in Vladimir – the narrator alternates between contempt and admiration throughout. What elements of your experience as a teacher did you bring to the book?
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