Jamaica Kincaid

in itself is so freaking powerful.

And then, wait, did you read the scream after it? The poem, The Scream After Jamaica Kincaid's Girl?

I probably did.

Well, I probably listened to it thanks to Speechify.

And oh my God, there's just so many that I could go on and on about.

Jamaica Kincaid's book, A Small Place, is a huge inspiration for me.

How do you write about a place and have that be so much more complicated than just a sort of portrait of an island? So that's another one of my all-time favorite books.

There's so many more.

All right.

I love Jamaica Kinkade, too.

I know.

That's my thing.

If you're talking about writing about mothers, you're talking about writing about nobody.

Nobody writes about mothers like Jamaica Kinkade.

The truth, the honesty, the way that she's not afraid to go there.

You know how many people I know who are like, I'm afraid to write a book because I don't want my family to be mad at me? This woman...