Writer Mother Monster: Amy Shearn, “Growing a person in my guts. That’s bananas.”
Writer Mother Monster
English - October 15, 2020 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBBooks Arts Kids & Family Parenting writer mother author literature fiction parent parenting motherhood working mother writer mother Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“Growing a person in my guts. That’s bananas.”
Amy Shearn is the author of the novels Unseen City, The Mermaid of Brooklyn, and How Far Is the Ocean From Here and lives in Brooklyn with her children ages 9 and 11. In this episode, Amy talks about giving up on perfection, how divorce has impacted her writing, practicing stoicism, and how “bananas” it is “to grow a person in your guts.” Find out how a woman at a playground inspired Amy’s second book.
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