Can “world building” apply to memoir if a story revisits a world the author no longer inhabits? Mary + Nicole discuss how Zamora creates a full immersion experience in Solito.
Ever wondered how to re-capture the voice of childhood in your memoir? Nicole + Mary recount the ways Zamora invites us into the mind and heart of his 9-year-old self.
From waves to Magic Eye, this novel is full of recurring images and metaphors. In this final episode discussing Zevin’s novel, Mary and Nicole identify these motifs and how she uses them to deepen our reading experience.
Writing a story within a story is tricky (Mary knows, she did it in her first novel When You Read This), but Gabrielle Zevin not only writes about gamers, she creates truly genius game concepts inside her story. In this episode, the hosts unpack how she does it so...
When Nicole and Mary met up to record this episode, they were both wiping away tears from having just re-read this one chapter. The death scene of Marx is a masterpiece. Why? Why does it work so well? They discuss.
