Dr. April Burns, Associate Professor of Psychology at Guttman Community College, joined me for a CUNY Academy Book Talk where the subject was my own novel, Study in Hysteria (Vine Leaves Press, 2024). The best part of publishing this book is getting to hear different reactions to the story and the characters, and I’m always gratified when I feel like readers experienced some connection to it. April was an incredibly thoughtful reader and came up with even more new insights and observations. This conversation was recorded live and is a slightly edited version of the event. I’m grateful to the CUNY Academy team for providing this opportunity and to Dr. April Burns for her unique take on the book which was, to my delight, very character-centric, and which included the fantastic adjectives endometrial and autoethnographical.
Discussed/related/bonus:
• Excerpt from Study in Hysteria in Another Chicago Magazine
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
• Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
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