The Guest: SHARON GUSKIN is the author of the debut novel, THE FORGETTING TIME. She has also written and produced award-winning documentary films and holds degrees from Yale University and the Columbia University School of the Arts. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

The Books: “The Forgetting Time” by Sharon Guskin, “Where Reincarnation and Biology Intersect” by Ian Stevenson, “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, “Winnie the Pooh” by A.A. Milne, “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte, “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys, “Ways to Disappear” by Idra Novey, “Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O’Keefe” by Dawn Tripp, “The Illusion of Separateness” by Simon Van Booy, “A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki

The Music: “Morning Passages” by Philip Glass and “So Long, Lonesome” by Explosions in the Sky

Writing: What is the story you want to write? Not the story you think others will be impressed by, or that will be received or published. Write a 10 minute timed writing for you: what are you wanting to write?

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