If you only read one thing this week...

If you only read one thing for the rest of the week (although I hope that isn't the case), I urge you to read Chris Abani's essay on Truthdig.com about conceptualizing Becoming Abigail. For those writers out there, he provides an insightful, poignant, abstract, and lyrical discussion about how books emerge, characters haunt, and writing liberates.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20060419_chris_abani_unintended_worship/.