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    Siri Hustvedt Is Writing to Discover

    by Hope Reese Mar 06, 2019 4 minutes

    Siri Hustvedt is frustrated sometimes when people ask her how much of her work—in particular, her latest book, Memories of the Future—is based on her life. The book is a novel, and it includes fantastical elements, such as a coven of witches and a character called the Introspective Detective. Yet Memories of the Future, set in New York City in 1978 and featuring an aspiring novelist from Minnesota as its heroine, closely mirrors Hustvedt’s own experiences, and I couldn’t resist the impulse to inquire.

    Hustvedt answers me graciously: “I’m playing with my own autobiography, if you will.”

    tells the story of a 23-year-old woman,

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