“What is unsayable? And why does it matter? There are several meanings of the word, and we might begin with where we each draw the outer limits in our own work. I’ve asked this question in several workshops—what is unsayable for you? What would you, I ask, never write about? What scene, event, relationship, philosophical or political quandary, moral dilemma, action would you never attempt to explore on the page?”  Stacey D’Erasmo asks these questions in a lecture on writing the unsayable; read the rest of the article here.