Here's a roundup of recent features on Malone and her book:
People Like You received a full review by David Abrams on his literary blog The Quivering Pen:
These stories stir up the kind of excitement in my readerly bones that I haven’t felt since I first read the works of writers like Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, Jamie Quatro, Ron Carlson, Benjamin Percy, Lee Smith, and even Ernest Hemingway. Yes, I’d unhesitatingly add Margaret Malone to that pantheon of authors.In an eloquent write-up over at The Heavy Feather Review, Ian Denning shares his own thoughts on Malone's debut:
Over the course People Like You‘s nine stories, Malone proves herself a master of revealing subtext her characters would rather not think about.For the Story Prize blog, Margaret Malone contributes a post about how her methods of germinating a story have changed over time:
I’d feel a click go off inside me, like I was taking a picture with a camera, a very special camera that could photograph image and feeling together.
This picture would stay with me. I’d carry it around, this feeling picture, in much the same way that I used to mentally carry a sentence around before writing it down in the old days.
While on tour in Los Angeles, Malone took part in a one-hour conversation with Brad Listi for his podcast, Other People With Brad Listi:
Malone will make several Portland area appearances in the coming weeks. See our EVENTS page for more info.Malone: Because I was using so few words, my words had to be selected carefully. And also, I really wanted people to understand what I was saying. I didn't want to be a minimalist writer in the sense of, like, 'figure it out.' I wanted it to be, like, I want to use the fewest possible number of words, but I really want you to understand the picture that I'm painting and what this character is thinking.Listi: And to feel an emotional connection.Malone: Absolutely. For me, that's huge. It's all about that. It's all about connection for me.
