“authors shouldn’t get political” …babe, I’m from Massachusetts. Every summer, I sail the same waters where the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea. As a kid, my first field trips were to the site of the Salem Witch Trials and indigenous tribal lands. In my 20s, I lived in a drafty loft on an old wharf once owned by John Hancock. Do you have any idea how much history I spent my formative years walking on? Do you not think by this point it’s part of my marrow? I’m inherently political. ALL ART IS!