Sara Lippmann is the author of the novel Lech and the story collections Doll Palace and Jerks. Her fiction has won the Lilith Prize and been honored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, and her nonfiction has appeared in The Millions, The Washington Post, The Chicago Review of Books, Lit Hub and elsewhere. In today’s episode, Annmarie and Sara discuss the 80s, the 90s, the joy and pain of writing workshops, and what healing can look like when we must reach deep into the past to find our way forward again.

Bookstore Spotlights:

Narberth Bookshop – At Narberth Bookshop, we’re a community of readers, writers, and lifelong learners, and we look forward to welcoming you to our store. Stop by our Narberth, Pennsylvania store or learn more at narberthbookshop.com.

Powerhouse Arena – A laboratory for creative thought in Brooklyn, New York. Home to world-renowned art book publisher POWERHOUSE BOOKS, the Arena is a gallery, boutique, book store, performance, and events space. The POWERHOUSE ARENA showcases a series of landmark exhibitions, performances, and controlled mayhem fusing the worlds of art, photography, design, fashion, pop culture, advertising, music, dance, film, and television into a glorious whirlwind of captivating spectacle. And they’re opening a new location this summer at the Upper West Side in the Shops at Columbus Circle. Learn more and shop online at powerhousearena.com. 

Titles by Sara Lippmann: 

Hidden River

Lech

Doll Palace

Jerks

Smashing the Tablets, co-edited with Seth Rogoff

Other Titles Mentioned in This Episode:

The Delegation, by Avner Landes 

Consolation, by Deborah Shapiro 

The World Between, by Zeeva Bukai

Everybody Needs Something, by Melanie Pappadis Faranello

Follow Sara Lippmann:

Instagram: @sara.lipp

Twitter/X: @saralippmann

Bluesky: @saralippmann.bsky.social

Facebook: @saralippmann

Threads: @sara.lipp

Substack: @saralippmann

saralippmann.com

**Writing Workshops: 

If you liked this conversation and are interested in writing together, please consider the opportunities below. 

For women interested in an online Saturday morning writing circle, you can sign up here. 

For anyone interested in an August weekday accountability hour, you can sign up here. 

For anyone looking for support writing their memoir, Annmarie is teaching a class here.

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