Corinna Barsan of The Magazine of Yoga interviewed Marcy for the “On the Lit Mat” column.
Who or what was your greatest influence in picking up the pen?
I wrote my first short story in elementary school. It was twenty handwritten pages about an African elephant in an American zoo who misses the other elephants. I have always wanted to be a writer.
Marcy shared her New Year’s resolution with the L.A. Times’ Jacket Copy and talked to the 30th Avenue blog about babysitter jokes, inspiration, and her favorite Astoria cafes.
At The Awl, Marcy joined Emily Gould for an episode of Cooking the Books. Watch Marcy and Emily make Marie’s favorite foods: instant chocolate pudding and macaroni and cheese.
At Writers on Process, a blog “dedicated to the creative process of writers across all genres,” Marcy talks to Benjamin Opipari.
I have a dark sense of humor, and I don’t think that’s going to change. I’m not going to suddenly become politically correct or think proper good thoughts because I am a mother now. I wish I would, but I think I am always going to be a little off-kilter.
The Current Reader (“just the best in new books”) interviewed Marcy about good girls gone bad, movie adaptations, and the most rebellious thing she’s ever done.
MD: I love the idea of being a screenwriter. More specifically, being the screenwriter at the premiere at Sundance, and then, naturally, in the audience at the Oscars. But when it comes to writing the screenplay, I think I’d prefer someone else to do it.
At The Nervous Breakdown, Marcy interviewed herself about unsympathetic characters, escargot, and her favorite baby nicknames. You can also read an excerpt from Bad Marie, which involves escargot as well.
Marcy was interviewed by Meg Pokrass for the blog of the literary community Fictionaut. From the interview:
I should hold a contest: how many movie references are in Bad Marie. Many of my film references were unintentional; some, of course, were. Victor Nunez’s Ruby in Paradise is one of my favorite films of all time. I name a character Ruby in Bad Marie. Ruby works in an industrial laundry — which also happens in the film. Marie says the name Benoit Doniel out loud to herself, repeatedly, and that comes directly from Francois Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses. I borrowed the name Ludivine for my sick cat in the novel from French actress Ludivine Sagnier. Etc.
Marcy talked to Ed Champion for the Bat Segundo Show, “the world’s best literary podcast” (Largehearted Boy.) You can listen to the 40-minute podcast here.
Founded in 1994, Levi Asher’s LitKicks is one of the oldest literary sites on the web. Marcy talked with Levi about good and evil, parenthood, and Goodnight Moon:
I wonder if writing this book was my way of telling myself I wanted a baby. I sort of think it has to be, but Bad Marie was finished before I became a parent. The final edits were approved two days before I gave birth. I was busy writing that scene in Nice where Marie eats escargots for the first time (a late addition to the novel) when I was supposed to be getting the nursery ready.
