Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Conversation begins at 7:50
Author Jonathan Papernick (https://www.jonpapernick.com) joins the show to celebrate his fantastic new short story collection, Gallery of the Disappeared Men (bookshop.org/a/4669/9781611883541), and new novel, I am my Beloveds (bookshop.org/a/4669/9781611883497) (both from Story Plant). We talk about his writing life, the weirdness & joy of retracing the footsteps of his characters in Israel, his move into playwriting and how it contrasts with writing novels & stories, and how a failed novel sparked a very successful novella. We also get into his career teaching fiction writing, what he's learned from teaching, how his students have changed and how he learned to appreciate trigger warnings, and the Tobias Wolff story he uses in virtually all of his fiction-writing classes. Plus, we discuss Judaism, his multi-generation Canadian roots, why he likes living in Providence after leaving Boston, the very embarrassing time he met Margaret Atwood, and more! Follow Jonathan on Twitter (twitter.com/doingitinpubli1), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thelatejonnypapers.bsky.social) and Instagram (instagram.com/thelatejonnypapers/) • More info at chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-541-jonathan-papernick • Support The Virtual Memories Show via patreon.com/vmspod or Paypal and via our newsletter, https://buttondown.email/vmspod
Conversation begins at 7:50
Author Jonathan Papernick (https://www.jonpapernick.com) joins the show to celebrate his fantastic new short story collection, Gallery of the Disappeared Men (bookshop.org/a/4669/9781611883541), and new novel, I am my Beloveds (bookshop.org/a/4669/9781611883497) (both from Story Plant). We talk about his writing life, the weirdness & joy of retracing the footsteps of his characters in Israel, his move into playwriting and how it contrasts with writing novels & stories, and how a failed novel sparked a very successful novella. We also get into his career teaching fiction writing, what he's learned from teaching, how his students have changed and how he learned to appreciate trigger warnings, and the Tobias Wolff story he uses in virtually all of his fiction-writing classes. Plus, we discuss Judaism, his multi-generation Canadian roots, why he likes living in Providence after leaving Boston, the very embarrassing time he met Margaret Atwood, and more! Follow Jonathan on Twitter (twitter.com/doingitinpubli1), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thelatejonnypapers.bsky.social) and Instagram (instagram.com/thelatejonnypapers/) • More info at chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-541-jonathan-papernick • Support The Virtual Memories Show via patreon.com/vmspod or Paypal and via our newsletter, https://buttondown.email/vmspod
