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Let's Deconstruct a Story"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Cleo QianHi Everyone,I had so much fun discussing “Monitor World” with Cleo Qian. In case you missed my earlier posts, “Monitor World” was first published in Shenandoah in 2021, and is available here.Please read the story before listening to our discussion!Here’s a link to Lucia Berlin, another writer discussed during our interview.Next up on Let’s Deconstruct a Story, paid subscribers will be talking about Ethan Canin’s story, “The Palace Thief,” on Thursday, February 27th at 3 pm.Cleo Qian is a queer fiction writer and poet. She i...2025-02-1544 min
Let's Deconstruct a Story"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring David MeansHi Everyone,“The Depletion Prompts” was first published in The New Yorker on October 25, 2021, and is available here.Here’s a link to two other stories discussed during our interview:Vladimir Nabokov's “Signs and Symbols.”Virginia Woolf’s “The Mark on the Wall.”Next month, I’ll be talking to Cleo Qian about her story, “Monitor World” first published in Shenandoah. Check out our discussion here on Substack!Cheers!KellyPS: All of the podcasts are free, but if you would like to support the podcast, pleas...2025-01-2233 min