Before publishing her debut novel, 'Worry,' Alexandra Tanner spoke to us about memes, mommy bloggers, and Miss Americana: Taylor Swift.
and I first knew each other on the internet. When we eventually met IRL through mutual friends, she told me that, once, she’d seen me walking on the street and whispered to her partner, fellow writer Sasha Fletcher,We went on to become much more than internet acquaintances, but the moment speaks to not only how much of our lives we live online, but the particular experience of being someone who is not only extremely online but incredibly self-aware about it.
TANNER: I see a lot of people making noise about it and I don’t really know what to make of the noise. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of successful autofiction is Chelsea Hodson’s long Edouard Leve project.TANNER: I don’t know how much of that is fact. It’s a very formally structured project, but it feels so intimate. I think strict autofiction doesn’t exist because as soon as you put something on the page, you’re imbuing it with your impression.
SCHUH: Yeah. At one point, Jules says, “Poppy’s never been interested in the internet and the feelings it can offer.” You and I are both very “online,” as they say. How do you change your communication style when talking to people who areTANNER: I’m thinking of my parents. So many things are funnier when you can tie them back to something that’s a shared meme that everyone loves and that instantly makes you feel connected to other people who think it’s funny. It’s this beautiful shorthand.
SCHUH: I love that. So, I enjoyed the riff in the book about how dead art is everywhere. Can you perhaps even riff a little more about dead art? Is art dead?dead. I think there are so many moments in life where it’s easy to feel art is dead, because there’s so much saturation of shit and advertising and bullshit everywhere, in every sphere of life. But when I read], when I read something beautiful or encounter a beautiful movie, I feel that art isn’t dead. It’s alive and we’re all making it.
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