Michael talks with Betsy Bonner about being a poet by default, her memoir The Book of Atlantis Black (Tin House Books), writing about family and the mystery of a missing sister, collaging her sister's voice into her own narrative, mental illness & social media, the process of writing memoir through grief, whether there's closure, and more.
Betsy Bonner is the author of the poetry collection Round Lake (Four Way Books) and the memoir The Book of Atlantis Black (Tin House Books), which is out now in paperback. She is a former director of the 92 Y Poetry Center, where she now teaches creative writing. She is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and the T. S. Eliot House.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.