In Episode 19 of Literary Prospects, we talk with author Amy Lin about her debut memoir, Here After.
Amy is a writer and educator who lives in Calgary, Canada. She’s a graduate of the MFA program at Warren Wilson College, her short fiction has been published in Ploughshares, and she has been awarded residencies from Yaddo and Casa Comala. Here After, her first book, is a raw and intimate memoir about the death of her 32-year-old husband, Kurtis.
In this interview, Amy talks about the physical toll of grief, the importance of asking good questions, whether art requires audience and much more…
*The musical piece Amy mentions near the end of the interview is The Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson. You can hear the full audio here.
