On this month’s episode, host Nicole Flattery is joined by Ella Gaynor to read from and discuss her essay 'What About Rain?', published in the Winter 2025 issue of The Stinging Fly ⁠⁠Issue 53 Volume Two, the climate issue.

Nicole and Ella discuss the presence of weather in writing, how we think about and combat climate catastrophe, as well as pushing through doubt, writing about work, and occasionally finding characters in restaurants.

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Ella Gaynor is a writer & waiter. Her short stories, poetry & essays have been published in The Stinging Fly, The Pig’s Back & The Dublin Review. She has served tables in Dublin, Galway, Vienna, Amsterdam & New Zealand. She writes about work weekly her Substack ‘Tray Chic’.

Nicole Flattery⁠⁠ is a writer and critic. Her story collection ⁠⁠Show Them A Good Time⁠⁠, was published by The Stinging Fly and Bloomsbury in 2019. Her first novel, Nothing Special, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023.

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Each month on The Stinging Fly Podcast,  we invite writers from the latest issue of the magazine to read and discuss their work. Previous episodes of the podcast ⁠⁠can be found here⁠⁠. The podcast’s theme music is ⁠⁠‘Sale of Lakes’, by Divan⁠⁠. All of ⁠⁠The Stinging Fly’s archive⁠⁠ is available to ⁠⁠subscribers.⁠⁠