Amelia Morris on Claiming Her Writerly Territory

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At LitHub, Amelia Morris discusses her debut novel, Wildcat, which explores contemporary motherhood and the isolation it so often brings. “The good thing about being a writer is that you don’t need to feel powerful to do it. You need time and a bit of space—and just for clarity, I’m not one of those writer-mothers who can work during their kids’ naps. No. I needed to be away from them. […] The Word document that held Wildcat became my territory. And there, I began to play, to leap up and give chase.”

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