C. Mallon is the author of Dogs, is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and a fellow of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. Below Mallon offers the books, films, and music that inspired Dogs.
Continue reading “C. Mallon reveals the books, films, and music that inspired Dogs”
Subscribe: Apple | Spotify
or listen below
Vince Granata‘s memoir Everything is Fine is one of the most heartbreaking books I’ve ever read. I think that term is thrown out a lot; however, the story inside it truly made me weep. Vince’s brother, with undiagnosed schizophrenia, killed their mother. His memoir is about that event and what came after. How could he still love his brother? How would their family move on? So many questions I asked myself how I’d react in Granata’s shoes but couldn’t.
Everything is Fine is a moving mediation on pain and suffering, but also love and persistence. We corresponded via email about his background and why this memoir had to be written.
Continue reading “Vince Granata knew he always had to write his heartbreaking and revealing memoir Everything is Fine”