Gutshot is most directly inspired by my grandmother’s tiny hometown of Skullbone, Tennessee, which-aside from lacking a textile mill-is geographically very similar to Skullbone. Both my mother’s parents are from small towns in Tennessee, and so the architecture and industry of those towns was pretty familiar to me. Gutshot is a mixture of places I visited growing up. Q: Do you think that Colin stayed a genius when he was older? Colin is super-annoying in a lot of ways, but one thing he can’t help but be is himself, and that is really attractive to Lindsey.Īnd when you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you’re living a less performed life. I think you hit at something important in your question, though, by linking worry and authenticity. I still feel it, actually: I feel like a total imposter as a writer and as a person, and I often feel like any minute someone will notice that I am a total phony and everyone will stop reading my books, etc.īut the process of trying to live an authentic life is complicated, as Lindsey discovers. I can’t speak for everyone, but at least among people I’ve talked to, this feeling is damn near universal. Lindsey’s life feels very performed and she feels this distance between how she thinks of herself and how she acts.
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