Vanessa Veselka is known for writing the novel Zazen and the “Best American Essay” “Truck-Stop Killer,” but she also has stories about growing up in 30 Rock, organizing unions, guitar, working on ships, and being a teenage runaway hitchhiker who escaped from a serial killer. She calls bullshit on memoir and Vanessa and Nato reveal the untold story of Nato’s abortive standup performance at Occupy San Francisco.
