“I like to write about modern instincts that are in some way good. And also in some way dangerous.”

—  Jia Tolentino

On being drawn to the small domestic truths of life in “Jia Tolentino: ‘I like to write about instincts that are in some way good and in some way dangerous'” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/11/jia-tolentino-i-like-to-write-about-instincts-that-are-in-some-way-good-and-in-some-way-dangerous- in The Guardian (2019 Aug 11)

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American writer and editor 1988

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