"Cat Person" author on what it's like to go viral

It’s been a little more than a year since Kristen Roupenian’s short story “Cat Person” blew up the internet.

Since then, her debut short-story collection, You Know You Want This, has hit shelves in the United States, and she’s had time to digest and reflect on that first burst of fame.

The short version: Man, was it complicated, intense, and exhausting.

The long version can be found in the New Yorker, which of course first published “Cat Person.”