Memoirist Isaac Fitzgerald, author of "Dirtbag, Massachusetts"
Isaac Fitzgerald, author of the new memoir, Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional, talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about the art, craft, and business of writing his memoir.Fitzgerald is the New Yo...
6 Sep 20220s
Memoirist Amy Turner, author of "On the Ledge"
In 1957, when Amy Turner was four years old, her father stepped out onto the ledge of his high-rise hotel room and threatened to jump. More than 50 years later, Turner faced her own near-death experie...
29 Aug 20220s
Novelist Jacinda Townsend, Mother Country
Jacinda Townsend, author of the novel Mother Country (Graywolf), and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett discuss her new book and the setting of Morocco, alternating POVs, slavery, writing with the senses, and mo...
22 Aug 20220s
Novelist Tom Perrotta, author of "Tracy Flick Can't Win"
Tom Perrotta joins Marrie to talk about his latest novel, Tracy Flick Can't Win. The author of nine previous works of fiction, Perrotta wrote Election, The Leftovers, Little Children and Mrs. Fletcher...
15 Aug 20220s
Novelist Susan Straight, Mecca
Susan Straight, author of the novel, Mecca, which Michael Connelly called "a masterpiece," talks with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett about her new novel and how it came to be. Susan Straight was born in Rive...
8 Aug 20220s
Monique Roffey, author of "The Mermaid of Black Conch"
Monique Roffey is the author of six works of fiction and the 2012 memoir, With the Kisses of His Mouth. The British-Tobagonian author's latest book, The Mermaid of Black Conch, was released by a small...
1 Aug 20220s
Memoirist Tad Friend
Memoirist Tad Friend, author of In the Early Times, and Barbara DeMarco-Barrett discuss getting to the truth in memoir, what to do when you're asked to record your own audio book (and don't want to), ...
25 Juli 20220s
Debut crime writer Dwyer Murphy, author of "An Honest Living"
Dwyer Murphy is the editor-in-chief of CrimeReads, Literary Hub‘s crime fiction vertical and a popular destination for thriller readers. A former litigator, Murphy is the author of the debut novel An ...
18 Juli 20220s
