{"id":335,"date":"2010-12-15T17:16:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T01:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisabravermoss.wordpress.com\/?p=335"},"modified":"2022-06-10T16:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:42:08","slug":"with-all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisabravermoss.com\/with-all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print\/","title":{"rendered":"All the News That&#8217;s Fit to Print"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was late afternoon when my publicist, Nina, called, and I was scrambling to get ready for a party I was hosting that evening. \u00a0I was thinking flatware, not book promotion.\u00a0 Plus, I\u2019ve barely gotten used to the idea that I <em>have<\/em> a publicist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cSo this reporter from the <em>New York Times<\/em> just phoned,\u201d Nina said.\u00a0 \u201cHe wants to interview you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201c<em>WHAT!?<\/em>\u201d I would have shrieked, but I was so stunned, I\u2019d left my body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTomorrow morning, 9:30.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it <em>awesome<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cBut\u2014but\u2014what do I say?\u201d I blurted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Nina laughed.\u00a0 We strategized.\u00a0 I scribbled down notes, my hand shaking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019ve been interviewed a number of times recently following the publication of my novel, <em>The Measure of His Grief<\/em>, and while I\u2019ve been thrilled with the exposure, I\u2019m always a little rattled by the process.\u00a0 First of all, with subject matter as squirmy, emotionally charged, and complex as the circumcision controversy, it\u2019s easy to misspeak or be misinterpreted.\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot of nuance to convey, and once I get started, I tend to want to elaborate\u2014a good way to get tripped up in an interview.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Between the challenging topic and the obvious pressure of the <em>Times<\/em> name brand, how was I going to sound calm and articulate the next day?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s always been hard for me to speak my mind about something and then<em> stop talking<\/em>. \u00a0Especially in situations where I don\u2019t get an immediate, readable response, I want to fill the empty space. \u00a0It\u2019s as if the silence is an invitation to self-doubt, something to be countered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even if I\u2019ve just expressed my opinion that tomatoes don\u2019t belong in a green salad, a blank look will set me rolling. <em> Because tomatoes make it too soggy, don\u2019t you think?\u00a0 And another thing\u2014what\u2019s with butter lettuce and arugula? \u00a0I mean, where\u2019s the appeal in salad greens that aren\u2019t crunchy?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\u2019d have to be different the next morning. \u00a0I\u2019d have to trust my talking points, speak them, and then stop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Think of the silences as time for meditation<\/em>, I told myself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Did someone say medication?<\/em> I retorted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I woke up early and spent several hours refining pithy statements that reflected my perspective, and when the reporter called, I was ready.\u00a0 It went smoothly, and he even indicated that I was educating him on several points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Not that it was easy.\u00a0 I would say something, stop, and hear him wheezing or clicking his throat as he typed.\u00a0 These wordless moments were long and loud the way a pundit\u2019s pores are huge and distracting on HDTV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I kept fighting the urge to add something spontaneous.\u00a0 \u201cMy novel is really about a family in crisis,\u201d I wanted to explain.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not just about the issue; it\u2019s about the characters.\u201d\u00a0 But he was writing an article about the issue. \u00a0I stuck to the plan.\u00a0 <em>Breathe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cYou nailed it,\u201d my husband, Mark, said afterward.\u00a0 But a few days later, when the article appeared\u2014I wasn\u2019t even mentioned in it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This time, I found myself fully able to shriek, \u201c<em>WHAT!?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And a few other words of similar length.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Published in <em>The Piedmont Post<\/em>, December 15, 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was late afternoon when my publicist, Nina, called, and I was scrambling to get ready for a party I was hosting that evening. \u00a0I was thinking flatware, not book promotion.\u00a0 Plus, I\u2019ve barely gotten used to the idea that I have a publicist. \u201cSo this reporter from the New York Times just 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