On Monday, February 27th, the A+ Read a Fucking Book Club assembled to chat with author Mac Crane about their book, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself. They shared about how writing is their sport, and their future plans.
Transcript has been edited, and some conversational threads re-organized for clarity.
Editor's Note: Part of the transcript got deleted by accident, so we will begin shortly after everyone introduced themselves and started talking about the weather and such where they were joining in from! First up, there is a discussion about "whose" story is it. Is it Kris'? It it 'the kid's'?
Mac Crane (they/them) [the Author]: I think I view it as Kris and the kid's story, separately and together
but Kris, we see the mos...
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