![]() ![]() ![]() But I've been fascinated by the ways people occupy their racial and gender identities for a long time, probably since I was a boy. Why are conversations about these topics so important right now?Ī: Well I think the #MeToo movement is one big reason we're taking a close and necessarily critical look at masculinity these days. ![]() Q: The stories in your collection are wonderful explorations of identity and masculinity. I think the parts of my childhood that shows up in my writing are the reliance on imagination many of my characters possess, the longing for a broader world they have, and the love-hate relationship with being introspective and private. I did play basketball with my friends, go to their houses to play video games - stuff like that - but I recall being a homebody for the most part. The K-8 Catholic school I went to was close enough that my brother and I could easily walk there and back every day. During my time in the Bronx, from when I was about seven until I graduated from high school, our family lived in a housing project. ![]() Tell me about your childhood in New York - how does it influence your storytelling?Ī: I was raised in Brooklyn and, for several years, in the South Bronx. In advance of this event, which is free and open to the public, Brinkley spoke about his childhood in New York, his writing process, and why a solitary profession like writing still requires a community. ![]()
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