Lauren Groff, the acclaimed writer whose novel “Fates and Furies” was Barack Obama’s favorite book of 2015, found a completely subversive way to shut down a question about how she balances her career and motherhood.
“Until I see a male writer asked this question, I’m going to respectfully decline to answer it,” Groff told The Harvard Gazette in an interview published Tuesday.
The reporter for the university’s official news service, Colleen Walsh, had noted that Groff was a mother of two who had produced three novels and two short-story collections in the last decade. “Can you talk about your process and how you manage work and family?” she asked.