The author of the gripping new true crime/memoir, THE FACT OF A BODY, Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich tells James that “the book teaches you how to write it.” They talk about how those lessons evolved over a decade of work, as well as earning the story, engaging with darkness, measuring the emotional impact of working on a memoir versus finishing one, and geeking out over the work of Maggie Nelson. Plus Colin Dickerman, editor at Flatiron Books.
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Alexandria and James discuss
Mike Scalise
The Muse and the Marketplace
Celeste Ng
Jung Yun
Emerson College
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FACE by Lucy Grealy
SHOT IN THE HEART by Mikal Gilmore
FULL BODY BURDEN: GROWING UP IN THE NUCLEAR SHADOW OF ROCKY FLATS by Kristen Iversen
NOW WRITE! NONFICTION by Sherry Ellis
SON OF A GUN: A MEMOIR by Justin St. Germain
DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson
DRIVING MR. ALBERT by Michael Paterniti
The Writer’s Room in Boston
Sven Birkerts
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
THE HALF-KNOWN WORLD: ON WRITING FICTION by Robert Boswell
BLUETS by Maggie Nelson
JANE: A MURDER by Maggie Nelson
Flatiron Books
Colin and James Discuss
Flatiron Books
The Penguin Press
THE PARIS REVIEW
Joy Williams
Norman Rush
Lydia Davis
Stephen King
A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara
Marc Maron
THE KINGS OF BIG SPRING by Bryan Mealer
OLIVER LOVING by Stefan Merill Block