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Vogue: Can you tell me a bit about the genesis of this novel?

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What was it like to make the shift from poetry to fiction?

I recently described myself as having a novelistic disposition rather than a poetic one.

It was an exciting project as an autodidact.

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What about Berlin, specifically, spoke to you as a setting for this novel?

Its an unruly and yet extremely generous place.

This conversation has been edited and condensed.