A Small, Good Thing
A Small, Good Thing
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"A Small, Good Thing" is a podcast about short fiction. In every episode, I get to discuss the short story form with writers, academics, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories.
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The podcast explores themes around short fiction, including publishing challenges, writing techniques, and the cultural significance of short stories. Episodes feature discussions on specific works by authors such as John Cheever and Yiyun Li, as well as insights into initiatives like short story competitions. Additionally, it touches upon the evolution of narrative styles and engages with the academic perspectives on storytelling.
“A Small, Good Thing” is a podcast about short fiction. In every episode, I get to discuss the short story form with writers, academics, publishers, and anyone who shares a passion for short stories.
In this two-part episode, I have the privilege of chatting about Lucia Berlin’s short fiction with writer (and Lucia Berlin’s personal friend) Elizabeth Geoghegan. In the first part, Elizabeth tells me how she met Lucia Berlin and what kind of teacher she was; we also discuss the story “Angel’s Laundromat”. In the second part of the episode, I ask Elizabeth about the stories “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” “So Long,” and “Carmen”. A very special thank you to David Berlin and the Lucia Berlin Estate for allowing me to include two clips of Lucia Berlin reading “Angel’s Laundromat”. You can listen to the whole reading on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/readlucia/lucia-berlin-angels-laundromat
Works mentioned (in order of appearance):
Elizabeth Geoghegan, eightball (SFWP, 2019)
Elizabeth Geoghegan, Natural Disasters (She Writes Press, 2014)
Elizabeth Geoghegan, The Marco Chronicles (SFWP, 2023)
Lucia Berlin, Welcome Home: A Memoir with Selected Photographs and Letters (Picador, 2018)
Stories from Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women (Picador, 2015)
– “Here It Is Saturday”
– “Angel’s Laundromat”
– “A Manual for Cleaning Women”
– “So Long”
– “Grief”
– “Mama”
– “Carmen”
– “Unmanageable”
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