Bookshop Interview with Author Marina Brown (Episode #139)

In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Marina Brown discusses her latest work, a short story collection titled, When Women Danced with Trees. This collection contains thirty-five short stories, some of which are inspired by Marina’s own life and travels. When Women Danced with Trees is a collection that was years in the making, and she considers these stories to be part of her “staircase” -- that is, story ideas that eventually lead her to write some of her novels. Marina’s stories will make you laugh and cry, daydream of far-away places, and contemplate both the fragility of life and resilience of the human spirit. Marina also gifts us with a reading of one of her stories. In this episode, I’ll chat with Marina about her writing journey, the valuable role critique groups have played in her writing, and why she believes the short story is, at times, almost more difficult to write than a full-length novel.

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