Rick Kleffel:agony Column

"...we resist thinking about these things, and then suddenly it will become quite urgent figure it out, wait, where do I come from..."

Dissident Gardens

"Well, I don't want to get cured."

"...it's hard to have a decent relationship if those early relationships are fraught...."

The Autistic Brain

The Trauma of Everyday Life

"...you have so little control and not nearly enough information..."

'Blackout' and 'All Clear'

"... there is this mad need to leave your story behind..."

Night Film

"It never happens on the page ... I have to plot really carefully."

"Gretl actually knew everything I knew..."

The Girl You Left Behind

The Milkweed Triptych

"...the girl forever in the bottom half of a chicken-fight..."

Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase

"...they're going to kill an American journalist and I think it's you..."

Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness

"...I grew up eating bear, that's why I sound like this..."

Red Moon