Issue 2. June 2010 : MICHELLE HOOVER Our Little Bertha

EPISODE · May 31, 2010

Issue 2. June 2010 : MICHELLE HOOVER Our Little Bertha

from The Drum: A Literary Magazine For Your Ears · host The Drum Literary Magazine

Michelle Hoover’s essay “Our Litter Bertha” recounts her discovery of her great-grandmother's journal, the document which she later used to inspire her novel, The Quickening. Hoover ponders the stories of her Midwestern family found in diaries and letters. She contemplates her upbringing and the consequences of her relocation from Iowa to Boston. The essay is a vivid study of the connection between identity and place.

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