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Interview

An interview with Krissy Kneen

Author Krissy Kneen (photograph by Anthony Mullins)
Author Krissy Kneen (photograph by Anthony Mullins)

Krissy Kneen is the award-winning author of fiction, poetry, and memoir, including An Uncertain Grace, Steeplechase, Triptych, The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, Wintering, Eating My Grandmother, and Affection. Her latest book is the memoir The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen. She has written and directed broadcast documentaries for SBS and ABC Television.


                             

If you could go anywhere tomorrow, where would it be, and why?

Slovenia. Finding my grandmother’s homeland has been the most strengthening experience of my life. The homeland of my ancestors has given me a sense of self in the present. I need to go back at least once more to firm up that (waning) sense of self.

 


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