We are coming up to the last episode/s of the season and will have news about the podcast for next year very soon but for now, we're re-releasing an episode from earlier in the year with (American writer) Kevin Wilson... Enjoy!
Kevin Wilson has been on Katherine's interview wishlist oh about forever and FINALLY she got to speak to him. The discuss weirdness, including how Kevin writes about it with such tenderness, and talk a lot about art -- it's creation, secrecy vs publicness. Also, how often Kevin writes (answer: not very often).
Kevin Wilson is the
New York Times bestselling author of the novels
Now is Not the Time to Panic,
Nothing to See Here, which was a Read with Jenna book club selection;
The Family Fang, which was adapted into an acclaimed film starring Nicole Kidman and Jason Bateman; and
Perfect Little World; as well as the story collections
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, winner of the Shirley Jackson Award; and
Baby, You're Gonna Be Mine. His fiction has appeared in
Ploughshares, Southern Review, One Story, A Public Space, and
Best American Short Stories. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife and two sons.
Among other things, Kevin and Katherine discuss this Time Magazine article:
I Was Worried My Anxiety Would Prevent Me From Being a Good Father.
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