During our first talk, Cline had seemed uncomfortable on-screen, blushing and chuckling nervously in her un-air-conditioned Silver Lake bedroom. She settled comfortably into invisibility and began talking about her new short story collection, “Daddy” — whose title, Cline knows, may make you a smidgen uncomfortable. “Whereas obviously life doesn’t.” (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)“The Girls” is a sidewise look at the Manson family in the summer of 1969, shearing off names and scrambling other details. It’s an asterisk Cline doesn’t need beside her name every time her work is written about. One aspect of that Barry Hannah story that Cline didn’t remember is that the woman at the party doesn’t just want to be eyes — she wants a mouth and ears too.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 01, 2020 13:30 UTC