Pocket Interview No. 2 - SAM J. MILLER

In which we chat with writer and community organizer, Sam J. Miller, about, among other things, growing up gay in upstate New York, struggling with body image and an eating disorder, transforming some of this experience into his first novel, *The Art of Starving*, transforming lies about the plot of *Jaws* into a career in fiction, loving *Sense8* more than anything, loving love more than anything, loving justice more than anything, and exploring in fiction the ways in which love can be naive and ignorant and even the most evil motherfucker believes the evil shit they do is justified.

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In which we chat with Sam J. Miller, author of the new novel The Art of Starving, about various things, such as…

Desire
Shame
Hope
Bullies
RuPaul
The Talented Mr. Ripley
James Baldwin
Grief
Sense8 vs. Game of Thrones
Understanding monsters
The dubious magic of violence
How to keep going in this life that sometimes just fucking sucks

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