Michael talks with Siân Griffiths about her horse (Larry), riding, coming of age as a writer in denial, finishing a novel and grad school as a new mother, starting her essay collection THE SUM OF HER PARTS around 2016, writing layered analysis, the process of structuring longer essays, sharing work with her filmmaker sister, writing across genres, trusting your obsessions, and more.
Siân Griffiths the author of four books: the novels Borrowed Horses and Scrapple, the story collection The Heart Keeps Faulty Time, and most recently the essay collection The Sum of Her Parts. She teaches creative writing at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and serves on the editorial teams for Barrelhouse and American Short Fiction.
Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.