Understanding isn鈥檛 the most important thing in life. Writers don鈥檛 write in order to understand the dark side of life; fish don鈥檛 swim in order to understand water.
鈥淲e tell stories because we must,鈥 writes Richard Russo in 鈥淭he Lives of Others.鈥 鈥淎nd the source of that must isn鈥檛 talent or knowledge or the authenticity that derives from research and lived experience. It鈥檚 mystery. What we don鈥檛 understand is what beckons to us鈥 鈥
Bio:
Wayne Grady鈥檚 third novel, The Good Father, was published in 2021. His next book, Pandexicon: How the Language of the Pandemic Defined Our New Cultural Reality, will be published in the spring of 2023. He lives in Kingston, Ontario, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with his wife, novelist and biographer Merilyn Simonds.