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'The Irish Goodbye' and 'Frog' are micro-memoirs and essays about everyday life
In today’s episode, two authors tackle everyday experience through short-form writing. First, The Irish Goodbye is a collection of micro-memoirs by the poet Beth Ann Fennelly. In these recollections, she considers childhood, marriage, and old friends – and she told NPR’s Scott Si ... Show More
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'An American Marriage' author Tayari Jones is out with a new novel 'Kin'
Tayari Jones, author of the 2018 novel An American Marriage, says her next book was supposed to be about gentrification in the American South. But while writing her draft, Jones says she realized the backstory of that project was actually the real story. That’s how her new histor ... Show More
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Andrew Krivak’s novel 'Mule Boy' takes readers inside a Pennsylvania coal mine
Author Andrew Krivak grew up hearing stories about his grandfather, who died in a coal mine collapse in the early 1900s. These stories inspired Mule Boy, a novel about a 13-year-old who survives a deadly accident at a Pennsylvania mine. The story takes place during a 24-hour peri ... Show More
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