![]() ![]() ![]() “A tremendous amount of narratives come from him, more than many authors are aware, I think.” “Shakespeare is so fundamental to the way we see story,” she says. ![]() Serle says she wasn’t daunted by taking on one of the most beloved works ever in her debut. We hit on Romeo and Juliet and wondered, ‘Whatever happened to Rosaline?’ Immediately something clicked in my head. “I was over at my best friend’s house, talking about love stories and eating ice cream. “I was heartbroken because someone had pulled a Romeo on me,” she says. But far from a postmodern intellectual exercise, Serle’s primary inspiration came from real-life experience. She lists Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead-an alternative take on Hamlet from the point of view of the Danish prince’s ill-fated best friends-as serving, in part, as a model for When You Were Mine. Serle, an effervescent personality in her mid-20s with a fetching smile and easy laugh, received her MFA from The New School in New York City. ![]()
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