banana

Handosme was kind enough to direct me to bookslut.com's recent interview with one of my all-time favorite authors, Banana Yoshimoto. I found this below Q&A to be perfect:

You don’t write a lot about motherhood, but clearly it is a big part of your life. How has it changed you? Has it affected your writing in a noticeable manner?

In essays I write about my son, but not as much in stories. The change for me is that I tend to think I want to live longer. Before, I was just in a hurry to live.

For the rest of the interview, hop to: http://www.bookslut.com/features/2005_08_006254.php