Lorraine Hanlon Comanor, a former US figure skating champion and anesthesiologist, shares memories of her relationship with her mother. Lorraine's mother's own drive toward achievement and success created a problematic mother-daughter relationship for them in her mother's last years, but in this essay Comanor reaches for understanding and acceptance.

Liz Kellebrew reads her essay "Blue State," and we discuss the survival of individuals, species, and the connections between these.

Barbara Y. Phillips reads her essay "Renovation" and discusses it with editor Martha Highers.

Grace Culbertson reads her essay "That Word" and discusses her journey of dealing with assault, trauma, triggering events years later, and, finally, healing through art.

Erin Byrne reads her essay "The Vanishing Threshold" and discusses it with editor Martha Highers. The essay explores the collision of Byrne's writing and personal worlds on January 6, 2021, and since, in light of her ongoing research of and writing about Hitler and Nazi-occupied Paris.

In this episode of Under the Sun Podcast, we welcome Alida Winternheimer to the show to read her essay, "The Sun Still Shines on the Worst Day of Your Life."

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Listen to authors read their recently published essays from Under the Sun journal of creative nonfiction, Cookeville, Tennesee. Each reading is followed by an interview with our editors so we can delve into the craft and issues the essays bring to light.

Get all of our essays and back issues at www.underthesunonline.com.