Michael talks with Lucas Mann about becoming a father after his third book, Reality TV, the different modes of his nonfiction work, the importance of friction in writing, his newest and upcoming work, whether fragmentary autobiographical literature is a gimmick (no), and more.
Lucas Mann is the author of three books: Captive Audience: On Love and Reality Television, Lord Fear: A Memoir, and Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere. His essays have appeared in outlets such as the LA Review of Books, Guernica, BuzzFeed, Slate, Barrelhouse, TriQuarterly, and The Kenyon Review. He teaches creative writing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and lives in Providence, Rhode Island with his wife and daughter.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Favorite Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.