Tessa and Ellen talk to Nicole Graev Lipson, author of MOTHERS & OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

NICOLE GRAEV LIPSON is the author of the memoir-in-essays Mothers and Other Fictional Characters, a USA Today national bestseller. Her writing has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, selected for The Best American Essays anthology, and shortlisted for a National Magazine Award. Her work has appeared in The Sun, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gettysburg Review, River Teeth, Alaska Quarterly Review, LA Review of Books, The Millions, Nylon, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, among other publications.

Nicole holds a BA from Cornell University and an MFA from Emerson College. Originally from New York City, she lives outside of Boston with her family.

Annie and Tessa chat with Nicole Cuffy, author of O Sinners!

Nicole Cuffy is the author of Dances,longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. Cuffy has an MFA from The New School and is a lecturer at the University of Maryland and… More about Nicole Cuffy

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