For the first episode of Season Two, we chat with Elizabeth Engelman, author of The Way of the Saints, which was awarded the 2019 Nilsen Prize and published in 2021. The Way of the Saints is Elizabeth’s debut book–it’s a collection of linked short stories that reads very much like a multigenerational novel. Elizabeth has also published essays in The New York Times and Endeavor Magazine.
Today, we talk to Elizabeth about turning poems into short stories, raising a profoundly deaf child, dealing with literary rejection, and following an intuitive, holistic writing process. Elizabeth generously shares both her insights and her debut work with us.
PWN's Debut Review is hosted by Project Write Now, a nonprofit writing studio. Learn more at projectwritenow.org.
