Jessica Keener is today’s guest. Her debut novel, Night Swim, is now available from Fiction Studio Books.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan says:
Jessica Keener steps boldly into the terrain of Eugene O’Neill, conjuring up the pathologies and quirks of a besieged Boston family in stark, quivering detail that never entirely distracts us from the looming sense of crisis. This gripping first novel announces the arrival of a strong, distinct and fully evolved new voice.
A super-interesting and unexpected conversation. Jessica is delightful.
Topics include: Purim, Esther, Haman, Hamantashen, International Women’s Day, Russians, Brookline, Boston, bone marrow, aplastic anemia, Karmu, white light, love at first sight, The South, Atlanta, Flannery O’Connor, books, Brown, New York, manners, Emory, self-hypnosis, fear, death, gay nightclubs, wealth, spirituality, the afterlife, writing, out-of-body experiences, Time-Life books, hippies, Woodstock, writing speed, goals and satisfaction.
Monologue topics: Walter, raisins, wailing children, veterinarians, medicine, mushrooms, and Queen Latifah.
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Hi Brad,
I enjoyed your interview with Jessica Keener! It appears that our travel patterns are similar. I grew up in Louisiana (I understand you have family there) – lived in Los Angeles (where you currently reside) – survived hurricanes in Atlanta, and recently experienced my first New England snow storm in New Hampshire.
I laughed out loud when Jessica mentioned “collard” greens because I cooked some a week ago. I’m still a southern girl at heart
Janet
P.S. I’m glad your dog recovered from the raisin episode, I was worried.
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