Arlo Parks

And just her talking about, you know, the work that she was creating later in life and the fact that she had to

you know, accumulate that confidence over time and that wisdom, of course, and that she could never have made the work that she made in her later years.

When she was in her 20s, she just wasn't there yet.

And I'm excited for that kind of gradual series of arrivals over the rest of my life.

That's exciting to me.

I think she just creates such rich stories and these really three-dimensional characters that I feel like I know.

I remember when my dad gave me White Teeth and it was actually the first book he ever really gave me and was like, you should read this.

And I just remember being so moved.

She just has this sensibility that's just really sharp and intuitive and natural.

She seems like such a natural writer.

And we exchange emails occasionally, which I like.

An email feels like a letter in a way, and I love letters.

But there's just always been something in her fiction.

And also, you know, her as a playwright, I saw The Wife of Wilsdon relatively recently, and I really enjoyed that too, and how she kept that kind of organic, fluid style in her other mediums.

She's just amazing.

There is something very glamorous about her, definitely, in this effortless way.

And it does find its way into the writing and the way she talks about relationships and chemistry and pain.

It still has that sense of poise and style.

I think it's her sense of style, just in all ways.

Yeah, yeah.