Author and photograph Anna Cox brought her charming and upbeat storytelling to the Jam Bunker to talk about her debut novel, I Keep My Worries in My Teeth. Anna and Brad talked about the importance of the arts early in life, a love affair with storytelling, the importance of her two brothers, and how an M.F.A. program jump-started her writing career. Oh, and they bonded a bit over their lifetime of bad decision making.

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