Conversations With Friends
A former book critic and literary journalist, Joanna frequently interviews writers for bookstores around the country. Here are a few of her favorite conversations:
Jessica Anya Blau: Writing race in Baltimore, for Chaucer’s Bookstore
Gina Frangello: A frank talk about memoir, divorce, adultery, and friendship, for The Strand
Diane Johnson: On writing with small children and revisiting favorite characters, for Politics & Prose
Barbara Becker: On living life with the end in mind, for Merritt Bookstore
Heidi Pitlor: When politics underpins a novel, for Harvard Bookstore
Rebecca Pacheco: How to live mindfully but make it funny, for Brookline Booksmith