Life Stories #56: Beth Lisick

Beth Lisick decided she was done writing autobiographical essays--but as she started work on her novel, she realized she still had a number of personal stories, stories that didn't necessary fit into larger literary concepts, but that she still wanted to tell. Focusing on "cringe-worthy" moments in her life, she's collected several of these vignettes in Yokohama Threeway. In this episode of Life Stories, we talk about the paradox of loving what she does when what she does is lay out all her worst moments for the world to see, and about how she was able to return to that novel with a renewed sense of energy.