Douglas Stuart on 'Shuggie Bain'
Louisiana Literature
How to Say Goodbye to Your Novel
"I'm aware I'm a traumatizing a lot of readers," she says. "But I feel great. So let me pass that along to you." The book was finished much earlier than she could let it go, but there came a point in her writing career when the characters were like an anchor. It took 10 years for Agnes and Shuggie to be put out into the world.
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