![]() ![]() My mother probably would have never called herself a feminist, but she definitely shared many of the same ideals. ![]() I have one brother and three sisters, and my brother had to do all the same things that my sisters and I had to do. I look back, and I see that the idea that being a girl would hold you back was never a part of our family. I think I was raised a feminist, even though that word wasn’t used in our household. Have you always considered yourself a feminist? Your latest book, The Natural Way of Things, has a powerful feminist message about female sexuality and its treatment by society. It seems to be a central concern of the city, to make beauty, but with a really original take on things. Yesterday, I went to the monument to the Berlin Wall, and I thought it was so incredibly moving and powerful and restrained. It’s a city that respects creativity, which is not the case in many places. Why do you think Berlin feels vital?Įverything I’d heard about Berlin was how exciting it is, and how great it is for art and artists. In our Author Spotlight, you said that you wished we had asked you to stay in Berlin for another year, and that you associate the word “vitality” with Berlin. Fresh off her 2016 Stella Prize for her novel, The Natural Way of Things, Australian author Charlotte Wood talked to us about Berlin, feminism, and the immersive power of fiction writing. ![]()
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