The Art of Fiction No. 257.

An interview with American novelist Mary Gaitskill is presented. Topics include the sources of her stories in her 1988 debut short story collection "Bad Behavior," whether she is imagining the male character's perspective in the story "A Romantic Weekend" from the 1988 collection, her experience as a secretary, why she did not sell any of the individual stories before the collection was published, and her feelings about writing from the perspective of someone of a different race and culture.