Episode 115: Jen Percy

Published: Oct. 29, 2014, 11:13 p.m.

b'Jen Percy is the author of Demon Camp: A Soldier\'s Exorcism.\\n\\n"As is the nature of obsession, you just start gathering materials, hoarding documents and taking notes in a way that\\u2019s totally chaotic and overwhelming. You don\\u2019t even care yet because you\\u2019re so excited by what you\\u2019re gathering. If you start trying to make a narrative out of it too soon it will be false or it will fall apart."\\n\\nThanks to TinyLetter and Dear Thief, the new novel by Samantha Harvey, for sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow Notes:\\n@JenPercy\\nPercy on Longform\\n[1:00] "My Terrifying Night With Afghanistan\'s Only Female Warlord" (The New Republic \\u2022 Oct 2014)\\n[1:00] Demon Camp: A Soldier\'s Exorcism (Scribner \\u2022 2014)\\n[19:00] "Voice in the Night" An excerpt from Demon Camp (Harper\\u2019s \\u2022 Nov 2013)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'