Obviously the book isn't a PSA, but there's a lot of educational content, helping people through things. That's the worst time in your life, so if we could contribute something where they're like "Oh, my stuff is OK," then we've got to. And I think it's also an important time to reach kids, if you have a good message, if you want to talk about mental health, if you want to talk about LGBT issues, these are the people who are open to it, and this is the audience that needs to know that shit is OK, essentially. ![]() Gaby: Please pick us up, Urban Outfitters. If we were going to get this chance, we were like, "We should write a novel," and that's more interesting to us than a dating book, or some kind of Urban Outfitters book-although we would love to have our book in Urban Outfitters. ![]() Gaby Dunn: I think we both wanted to write books since we were little kids. We're avid readers and writers, and the book is the most true form of that in a lot of ways. We've always been really interested in long-form writing. I went to school for screenwriting, Gaby went to school for journalism-you can tell from the book-and I think we more fell into YouTube than planned it. VICE: As people with a video following, what made you steer into literature?Īllison Raskin: Gaby and I both come from writing backgrounds. VICE caught up with the two on the phone. The book comes out September 5, and Dunn and Raskin will be promoting it with a live show across the US. I Hate Everyone But You is definitely going to appeal to Dunn and Raskin's existing fanbase, but it's likely to draw in other young readers too-and anyone brave enough to re-live the shit-show that was the first year of undergrad. The format thrusts us right into the bond between Gen and Ava, but also reminds us that they're both completely unreliable narrators. Some of the emails are written entirely as screenplays or news articles, the protagonists opting to share their lives while showing off their developing storytelling skills. ![]() The authors and characters clearly get this dichotomy and play around with it. There's something natural and personal about how we interact online, but these are also fundamentally performative modes of address. This could feel gimmicky and a little too of-the-moment but ends up being one of the book's great strengths. This is the farthest Gen and Ava have ever been apart, but they find ways to stay close-it's 2017, so instant communication is as easy as reaching into your pocket, hence the book's format. Freshman year includes sororities, school newspaper drama, student films, lost virginity, a first time doing coke, and sexual partners of varying quality. It's the first year after high school, and Ava leaves home to study screenwriting at the University of Southern California, while Gen heads off to Boston to study journalism at the uber-liberal Emerson College. It's a well-rounded story about two people coming into their own in a sometimes-hostile environment.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |