Writing Place - Shirley Jackson on observation and the always-ness of writing

"a writer is always writing"

When you think of Shirley Jackson, you might not think of “place” in the same way you associate place with Richard Yates (Revolutionary Road) or Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn) or Michelle Tea (Valencia). When you think of Jackson, you probably think of the unnamed village where “The Lottery” takes place. You probably remember a mood, a sense of f…