Jennifer Egan is hopeful about the novel’s ability to assimilate other forms. In Capital New York [by Dan Rosenblum via @tmcgev] (via sarahwrotethat)

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She told the story of a failed attempt to write about identical twin rappers named Dyme. She described following them around and going to a Notorious B.I.G. release party, where her most embarrassing journalistic moment took place.

“I was just trying to find my way around,” she said, “and just trying to blend in and learn the lay of the land, and so I went up to someone and I went, ‘Could you point out Biggie to me?’ And of course it was a posthumous release.”