Ellie Roscher

So there was this kind of neither queer nor straight.

I kind of couldn't find my place.

And then I just let go of the boxes completely.

And I just followed this sense of expansion over construction.

Like instead of looking for a box to go in, I've just like let go of the whole system of box.

This project, Fair Game, was so liberating for me.

I somehow backwards designed my life as an author where it is my work to sit at people's feet and be a professional listener.

You have that.

Oh, thank you.

You do that so well.

And it's such a beautiful work.

And what I realized in interviewing folks, people don't often get asked for the long version.

of the story.

Wow, you're so right.

Right?

And I do think feeling heard is experienced very closely to feeling loved.

And our society moves so fast, there's kind of not time enough where you feel heard.

You know, so to set aside this time where you're going to sit, I'm going to ask you interesting questions, and I'm just going to let you go.

That's what you do.

And that's what I got to do for this book.