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Joanna Hershon is the author of the novels,\xa0Swimming,\xa0The Outside of August,\xa0The German Bride,\xa0A Dual Inheritance and, as of the pub day today (!!), St. Ivo. St. Ivo\xa0is a psychological/emotional story that centers on a married couple with something out of control in their lives (don\u2019t want to spoil the plot!!) and how they cope during a reunion with two old friends during a weekend in the country. This book deals with how individuals cope with uncertainty and is a timely read for this moment in time! Joanna and I discussed how being what she calls a \u201crecovering actress\u201d influences her writing and her interest in how humans move through the stages of trauma and loss. Joanna shared how writing can feel like time spent with a companion and the idea that writers are often exploring their unconscious anxieties through their work. Make sure you listen in to hear about the encounter on the subway that inspired this book! Joanna's\xa0writing has appeared in\xa0Granta,\xa0The New York Times,\xa0One Story,\xa0Virginia Quarterly Review,\xa0and two literary anthologies,\xa0Brooklyn Was Mine\xa0and\xa0Freud\u2019s Blind Spot. She teaches in the creative writing department at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the painter Derek Buckner.

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