An Interview with Vi Khi Nao

When one door closes, another one opens. I’ve been thinking about this idiom since I talked with author Vi Khi Nao over Google Docs about her new book Suicide: The Autoimmune Disorder of the Psyche, released this year on Pi Day from 11:11 Press. It’s less an idiom than a platitude. There is only a slight difference in the economy of these constructions, but one is social and the other is emotional. A platitude is used by someone who doesn’t care about you as an emotional palliative to make you stop complaining about your misfortunes