It began as a short story, something to keep me occupied when I was in social-work school. Image Credit Sonny Figueroa/The New York TimesDid you draw on your own family life for inspiration? I’ve always been an observer, since I was a kid, and I do walk through the world in that way. I spent about six years there, working primarily with homeless parents and kids in the public-school system. That work made me more open-minded and a lot more aware of how nuanced and weird the world is.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2019 09:00 UTC