![]() That last book, she said, “reminded me of the pure joy accessible through fiction.” And Carrasco finds a rich vein of inspiration among her fellow novelists: Rebecca Makkai (“The Great Believers”), Ottessa Moshfegh (“My Year of Rest and Relaxation”) and Britta Lundin (“Ship It”). ![]() This family influenced her creation of “Best Bad’s” Alma. Raised by an Ecuadorian-American mother in Orange County, Calif., “I was fortunate to have a large Latinx community while growing up,” she added. “I often code-switch in my spoken interactions, especially when speaking to other Latinx people or other queer people,” Carrasco said. ![]() Then there’s code-switching: changing your speech to signal belonging to a particular group of friends or acquaintances. “It’s a process that fascinates me, the way we may don one persona for work, possibly a muted one to get along with colleagues, and then slip into a different psychic mantle on weekends.”Ĭarrasco, who works in the tech sector by day, doesn’t talk much with co-workers about her other life as a crime novelist. ![]() Whatever our era and location, we put those faces on, the author added. “The Best Bad Things” also explores mask-wearing in daily life. I wanted the book to show that time and place through the lens of characters we rarely get to see, but who were certainly present.” “Both Alma and Delphine are queer women of color,” she said, “and while they stand out in the Puget Sound, their presence there is part of the less-seen historical record of the American West. ![]()
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