Writing is Generational, Cross-Cultural Meaning-Making
An Interview with Kirsten Imani Kasai
Kirsten Imani Kasai celebrates literature as a change agent that pushes us out of our comfort zones, breaks us open, and puts us back together. She is the author of three novels: The House of Erzulie (2018, Shade Mountain Press) a Gothic tale set in 1850s New Orleans, and the speculative fiction series Ice Song (2009, Random House) and Tattoo (2011, Random House). Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in Transition, Arts & Letters, Existere Journal of Arts & Literature, Drunk Monkeys, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, and The Body Horror Book. According to Foreword Reviews, “Kirsten makes the macabre beautiful.”
She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles and lives with her family in San Diego, CA, where she quietly advocates for introvert rights from the privacy of her home. Find her online at www.KirstenImaniKasai.com.
Why do we write?
Writing is generational, cross-cultural meaning-making — stories are chapters in our manual for living. Transferring our dreams, visions, and histories to an enduring, accessible medium allows us to impress our words upon the living tissue of the human experience and allow some part of us to endure long after our bodies have…
