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“I SAW ZINK in person at Skylight bookstore in Los Angeles this past October, and the experience only strengthened my allegiance. That night, she told us, she had planned on reading the second chapter of The Wallcreeper, which happens to feature a...

“I SAW ZINK in person at Skylight bookstore in Los Angeles this past October, and the experience only strengthened my allegiance. That night, she told us, she had planned on reading the second chapter of The Wallcreeper, which happens to feature a lengthy and graphic anal sex scene between Stephen and Tiff. Unfortunately, her elderly uncle and his date, a white-haired flamenco dance instructor, were sitting in the audience. Zink publicly agonized about the uncomfortable situation and then, to everyone’s delight, decided to read it anyway. Later, during a Q&A, she confessed that she wrote the book in part to show Franzen how to write a good eco-novel, and, while she was at it, a sex scene from a woman’s point of view.”

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MEDAYA OCHER ON NELL ZINK’S NOVELS “THE WALLCREEPER” AND “MISLAID.”

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