Wednesday Q & J: May 17, 2023

Q:  If you weren’t a writer, what would you want to be?

J: A ballerina, (I studied at Balanchine’s School of American ballet (from ages 7-14) but they have the half-life of a writer. And if you dance in toe shoes, your toes bleed. A teacher (but then I already teach writing and have taught literature at Smith College). A pirate queen except I don’t handle guns or swords and I get seasick.  Best to just write about them.