The Old Ties That Dominate America
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/25/fiction.features3
In this interview and profile in The Guardian, Gaby Wood introduces the now-well-known Curtis Sittenfeld to the public after the publication of her debut novel. Sittenfeld discusses her own prep school days, the difference between money and class, and the strange place that prep schools hold within America's culture of aspiration and constant reinvention.
Write What You Like
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/04/write-what-you-like/303949/
In this interview with The Atlantic, Sittenfeld discusses her thoughts on what makes fiction work, MFA programs, and autobiographical writing.
Confessions of a Prep-School Feminist
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/confessions-of-a-prep-school-feminist
In this essay for the New Yorker, Sittenfeld looks back with a critical eye on her own days advocating for women's and girl's rights within the context of her prestigious prep high school.
