We are so unbelievably delighted to bring you this week's conversation with author CSE Cooney, whose novella DESDEMONA AND THE DEEP blew our minds this year and whose mind is a puzzle box of amazing anecdotes and compelling, nuanced thoughts on connecting with and commenting upon history. She breaks down the relationships between characters undergoing great transitions in their lives and the ways in which her stories provide pathways to understanding what it means to come out and come into our own.

It's telling that we'd already spent half an hour falling in love with Cooney's ferociously good stories BEFORE we hit the "record" button. What other stories might someone like Cooney share with the world? We can't wait to find out.

To find out more about DESDEMONA AND THE DEEP as well as Cooney's other projects, visit her website at www.csecooney.com.

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