Elizabeth Gaffney's guest appearances

Elizabeth Gaffney

fiction/non/fiction

Van Lathan

Candace Bushnell

Thomas Frank

Tennessee Williams

Tracy K. Smith

Jia Tolentino

Marlon James

Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Pamela Paul

Yiyun Li

Jeff VanderMeer

Nadia Hashimi

Curtis Sittenfeld

Madeline Miller

OwlTail

Wayne Miller

Poet Wayne Miller and novelist Elizabeth Gaffney join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss writing from the point of view of children before and during the pandemic. First, Miller discusses the unknowable interior lives of children, reads poems from his new collection We the Jury, and talks about connections to his essay “Learning to Write About Your Own Children.” Later, Gaffney reads an excerpt from her 2014 novel When the World Was Young, and discusses how the traumas her child narrator survives during WWII compare to the challenges children have faced during COVID-19.To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub’s Virtual Book Channel and Fiction/Non/Fiction’s YouTube Channel, and don't miss our brand-new website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/This episode is produced by Anne Kniggendorf and Whitney Terrell.﻿Selected readings:Wayne Miller We The Jury  Learning to Write About Your Own Children, LitHub   When Talking About Poetry Online Goes Very Wrong, LitHub Elizabeth Gaffney When the World Was Young Metropolis The 24-Hour Room  Others: Catcher in the Rye Family Ties  The Branch Will Not Break by James Wright   Kindred by Octavia Butler  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poet Wayne Miller and novelist Elizabeth Gaffney join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss writing from the point of view of children before and during the pandemic. First, Miller discusses the unknowable interior lives of children, reads poems from his new collection We the Jury, and talks about connections to his essay “<a href="https://lithub.com/learning-to-write-about-your-own-children/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning to Write About Your Own Children</a>.” Later, Gaffney reads an excerpt from her 2014 novel When the World Was Young, and discusses how the traumas her child narrator survives during WWII compare to the challenges children have faced during COVID-19.To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub’s <a href="https://lithub.com/story-type/the-virtual-book-channel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virtual Book Channel</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07g9fxim0XbDM_LhlnCL0w/featured?disable_polymer=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiction/Non/Fiction’s YouTube Channel</a>, and don't miss our brand-new website: <a href="https://www.fnfpodcast.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fnfpodcast.net/</a>This episode is produced by Anne Kniggendorf and Whitney Terrell.﻿Selected readings: <a href="http://onlythesenses.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wayne Miller</a><ul> <li><a href="https://milkweed.org/book/we-the-jury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We The Jury</a></li> <li> <a href="https://lithub.com/learning-to-write-about-your-own-children/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning to Write About Your Own Children</a>, LitHub </li> <li> <a href="https://lithub.com/when-talking-about-poetry-online-goes-very-wrong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When Talking About Poetry Online Goes Very Wrong</a>, LitHub</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.elizabethgaffney.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Gaffney</a><ul> <li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/57373/when-the-world-was-young-by-elizabeth-gaffney/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">When the World Was Young</a></li> <li><a href="https://moonpalacebooks.com/item/KUiuj9yeH6YC-en8uLAfBQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metropolis</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the24hourroom.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 24-Hour Room</a></li> </ul> Others:<ul> <li><a href="https://moonpalacebooks.com/item/OtXyWemh2F1TWwlZVu7VKg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Catcher in the Rye</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083413/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Family Ties</a></li> <li> <a href="https://moonpalacebooks.com/item/8h9cd0-olc8mG9I7E16MrA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Branch Will Not Break </a>by James Wright </li> <li> <a href="https://moonpalacebooks.com/item/VdT28uSLKvYmETawixJZFw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kindred</a> by Octavia Butler</li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

S4 Ep. 23: From the Mouths of Babes: Wayne Miller and Elizabeth Gaffney on Writing About Children in Uncertain Times