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Our third and final interview from The Broken Plate’s In Print Festival interviews is with nonfiction writer, Bonnie J. Rough. Rough is the author of the memoir, <\/em>Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA, a story of family history, moral dilemmas, and life as a carrier, not expresser, of a genetic disorder. Her writing has appeared in multiple anthologies, such as <\/em>Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit, and Devotion (Three Rivers Press), <\/em>The Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. 1 (W.W. Norton), and T<\/em>he Best American Science and Nature Writing 2007 (Houghton Mifflin). Her essays have appeared in <\/em>The New York Times, The Sun, Huffington Post, The Iowa Review, Ninth Letter, Identity Theory,\u00a0and<\/em> Brevity. Bonnie has traveled extensively and calls three cities home: Minneapolis, Amsterdam, and Seattle, where she currently resides. Her blog, \u201cThe Blue Suitcase,\u201d follows the life and adventures of an airline family.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The following interview was conducted by Broken Plate 2012 student faculty member John Carter.<\/p>\n

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How long did it take you to write Carrier<\/em>? What was the hardest part to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Writing Carrier<\/em> was a five-year process for me. I wanted to think I was going to be the exception to the \u201c5-years-to-your-first-book\u201d rule, but I definitely reinforced the average. I think it\u2019s hard for\u00a0a beginning writer to imagine what could possibly stretch the process into a number of years\u2014after all, we\u2019re pretty fast typists these days. But of course it\u2019s not getting words onto the page that takes so long. For me, it was discovering, and rediscovering, what the book was really about. I started by researching the fascinating life stories of my mother and grandfather. But something personal was sorely missing from the work. Finally, in my MFA thesis defense at the University of Iowa, one of my professors asked\u00a0me a perfect question: \u201cIsn\u2019t it true that your grandfather\u2019s life story represents your worst fears for your own children?\u201d In an instant, I saw what my book would become: my ancestors\u2019 voices shepherding my own narrative as I approached parenthood. I was so excited. But as much as I wanted to just park my rear on the curb outside the building and write the book dancing in my mind, I couldn\u2019t. I knew I had more living to do before the story would be complete. Pregnancy would need to be part of the story, but Dan and I weren\u2019t yet ready to start a family. It was so difficult to wait for my life to unfold a little more\u2014and in fact, I kept writing outlines and drafts as another couple of years passed. Finally, after my first baby was born, I had enough material for my first viable draft. Two years later, I was already working with a publisher when my story evolved still further. I had a second pregnancy, which, very sadly, we chose to end due to health problems for the baby. My editor was deeply compassionate about my experience; writing about the loss of this pregnancy would be very pertinent to the book, but she encouraged me to take my time in writing about it, and then to decide whether it was something I really wanted to include in Carrier<\/em>. This was definitely the most difficult part of the book to write, because I relived it as honestly as possible in the writing. The events were still quite fresh as I pored\u00a0over my journal entries in order to remember the very specific emotions I experienced. I remember sitting in my apartment in Amsterdam (where my family had moved) as I neared the end\u00a0of the book\u2019s final draft. It was a bright and hot summer afternoon, and through the open windows I heard the city\u2019s annual outdoor classical concerts echoing down the canal. My husband and daughter had gone out to enjoy the sweet city, and I sat at my computer with tears streaming down my face as I remembered a dark, snowy Minnesota morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How did you feel about revealing so much personal information about your family? Did this ever hold you or your narrative back? Did you ever feel pressured to leave parts of the narrative out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My family left me in peace as I wrote, and I promised them all a chance to read my final manuscript and tell me if anything was inaccurate or simply didn\u2019t sit right with them. I learned a long time ago that the best way to negotiate content when you\u2019re writing about family is to turn over the pages and tell loved ones they have veto power over the parts about them. This helps everyone to feel some ownership over what gets put out there, and it seems to inspire a sense of collaboration in putting out a story that is not only true but also richly detailed. I was interested in writing my own experience, and I knew it was quite possible that I had misinterpreted some of my family members\u2019 histories, words, and feelings. It was especially helpful to discuss the manuscript with my mother and brother. My brother helped me with a few situations in which I had used insensitive wording. My mother, who had been supporting me all along by sharing her memories and family artifacts, helped me maintain the correct timeline. She also gave me deeply validating feedback about the narrative voice of her father as he speaks in the book. I never knew my grandfather (he died when I was a baby), so I wasn\u2019t aware that I had managed to capture his essence until my mother said, \u201cThat is my dad on the page. I don\u2019t know how you did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Was it difficult to find information about your grandfather?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was exciting! I have a news reporting background, so I wasn\u2019t afraid to look up names and numbers and pick up the phone. After enough phone interviews with people from my family\u2019s past\u2014mostly friends and acquaintances of my grandfather\u2014I knew there was a story out there. Dan and I took a summer road trip to Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado, where we retraced the family\u2019s path through the 50s and 60s. Along the way, I conducted more interviews, dug up documents, and visited the family farm and series of homes in which my mother and her brothers were raised. I became familiar with my grandfather\u2019s grave site, too. I got a physical and geographical feel for the story as I discovered old letters and photos and looked up legal documents, medical records, jail logs, and one key coroner\u2019s report. The process was fascinating. Research is always my favorite part of the writing process, second only to revision. Composing a first draft…now that is difficult for me.<\/p>\n

Before reading this book, I had never heard of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED). Was one of your goals to bring awareness to this condition?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hoped I would be able to make a difference for the many families who deal with this rare condition, but I wasn\u2019t sure how that would happen. All genetic disorders are rare, of course, and I knew my dilemma would speak to families dealing with any hereditary disorder. Yet as it turns out, I\u2019ve had some remarkable opportunities to raise awareness of HED in particular. I\u2019ve spoken with large audiences of medical professionals, and by telling my story, I\u2019ve been supporting the work of a small pharmaceutical company called Edimer as they develop a treatment for HED. Their protein replacement therapy has eliminated symptoms of the disorder in mice, dogs, and primates. As Edimer prepares to present the case for human trials to the FDA, I\u2019ve been able to contribute by helping them articulate the quality-of-life challenges posed by HED.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In your book, you wrote from the point of view of several different people. Did you worry that readers would be put off by this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Writing the book in three voices\u2014and then calling it a memoir\u2014certainly was a risk. It meant my book was going to be more nuanced than a straightforward tell-all, and perhaps it would seem too \u201cartsy\u201d for some publishers. I was so lucky that Carrier<\/em> found its perfect editor eventually. Roxy Aliaga at Counterpoint saw exactly what I was doing with Carrier<\/em>. Instead of asking me to back off the ambition, she helped me take the story higher and make it sing.<\/p>\n

Who are some of your favorite writers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m so glad you phrased this in a way that implies there are, and will be, many more than I can name in a moment. Writers who influenced Carrier<\/em> included Michael Ondaatje and Jill Ker Conway. Generally speaking, I love writers who combine scientific curiosity with tremendous heart: Annie Dillard, Brian Doyle, Diane Ackerman, Barbara Kingsolver, and Lia Purpura are examples. I also love the sharply written journalistic case: Naomi Wolf, Peggy Orenstein. For better or worse, the bulk of my reading is for research, when I\u2019m hunting for information and ideas related to a literary argument I\u2019m trying to make. That kind of text tends to lack literary style, so my artistic well can run a little dry. The antidote is poetry.<\/p>\n

What advice would you give writers who are just starting out, especially in creative nonfiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think the best writing, and the best ideas, need time to cure. My advice would be to arrange a lifestyle that allows writing and thinking to take their time. It\u2019s scary, and all but paralyzing, for creative work to be do-or-die\u2014especially when you\u2019re just starting out. If you have a livelihood, you have the great gift of not needing to be in a rush with your artistry. No matter what you do with the bulk of your day, commit to richening yourself as an artist with a daily commitment to reading and writing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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