"I felt a little disturbed, and then thrilled."
Monday, October 25, 2010 
Has anyone ever told you that you should never meet your heroes, because they'll just end up disappointing you? You know who says that? People who look up to Randy Quaid. Oh yes--they're out there.
But sometimes, the people you look up to actually exceed your expectations. Over the summer, I had the chance to talk with Aimee Bender, one of my all-time favorite writers who, as it turns out, is a kind and charming and gracious person and a wildly thoughtful interviewee. We talked about her new novel, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake--as well as the creative writing major, memorizing poems, LA, bullies, Michael Pollan, and much more.
The interview is now available in the Fall 2010 issue of The Missouri Review. You can read all about the issue and grab your copy here. Big thanks to the TMR staff for including the interview in such a great issue!
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Nice work, sir.