Podcast Interview by Neva Talladen
I’m writing for myself first and foremost; I am the beneficiary of that.
I’m writing for myself first and foremost; I am the beneficiary of that.
A conversation about Fay's "Pathological" memoir and mental-health misdiagnoses (yes, plural).
The flash form often invites me to use what I call a communal or a collective voice.
He loved self-reflection—the way memory, personal changes over time, and reality can come together to conjure a place far beyond documentation.
It’s toxically lethal for writers to perceive themselves as geniuses able to dash off greatness.
Writing succeeded where the best professional help had failed.
I think he stumbled on telling the truth to save his own life—and it worked.
The intensity and obtuseness of family bonds is a mystery few of us tire of.
Nature writing isn’t just recording what you see, hear, and feel.
I bristle at the notion that creative people feel the deepest connections to nature.