“On the cover of my book, is a portrait that one of my friends, Omar Rayyan did. His strange, whimsical paintings of people carrying their own horrible-looking beasties, to me is 100-percent what it’s like dealing with mental illness,” Jenny Lawson. On this episode, Jenny shares her openness and humor with Mitchell Kaplan. BROKEN (in the best possible way) is her new short stories collection. Recorded in Miami and San Antonio.

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