Are you the first spokesperson at the MEA to write a novel while holding the post?How long did you take to finish We Weren't Lovers...?Graham Greene did 400 words a day, Flaubert did eight. What's your average?When do you find time to write now?Why a first person singular narrative?Do you identify with the novel's hero?Are you a compulsive re-writer?Do we see your short stories in print soon?Is the art of writing short stories dying?What's your count of rejection slips?The New Yorker.