36: Can You Write and Still Be Happy? – A Conversation with Rachel Whalen

Rachel Whalen is a writer and translator from Buffalo, New York. She earned her MFA in creative writing from NYU in 2021 and her BA in English from Cornell in 2019. She speaks English, Spanish, Italian, and a little bit of Russian and currently lives with her partner in Mexico City. In this episode, we discuss the joys of multilingual partnerships, the fascinating challenges of writing in a foreign language, workshop cultures in the US and Mexico, and whether it’s possible to pursue both happiness and literary excellence.