Bustle Book Club
InThe Vaster Wilds, she takes readers to a brutal winter in 17th-century Jamestown.
I was super intoNaked and Afraid, the three-time National Book Award finalist tells Bustle.
Only in hotels do I watch reality TV.
Seeing our bodies as ecosystems can change the way that we view nature.
She also dances, Groff says, now beaming.
Or Ill read a great deal of poetry aloud to her.
She is the number one star of everything that I do.
Below, Groff reflects on her love of paint chips, Google spreadsheets, and Oblique Strategies.
She is one of the best translators in the world, and this is her first novel.
This book is wild.
Its about fungus, translation, and Poland.
Its kind of joyous.
Ill venture to think into the work in a different way.
On tracking every book she reads in a Google spreadsheet:
Its the diary of my life.
Its not meant for anyones eyes but my own, but its a really beautiful way to mark time.
[I also have]Oblique Strategies, these cards that Brian Eno created.
Every day you pick one up, and theyre creative prompts.
This one just says, Accretion.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
