Today Virginia is chatting with Emma Copley Eisenberg, author of FAT SWIM. Emma joined us to chat about her new short story collection, what thin authors get wrong about fat characters in fiction, why we’re over Jonathan Franzen and so much more. *Paid subscribers also get access to comments, transcripts + our new our new bonus segment - Indulgence Gospel!*
Emma is the author of the nationally bestselling novel Housemates and the story collection Fat Swim. Her essays, literary criticism and reporting have appeared in The New Republic, Granta, and Esquire among others, and she writes the Substack newsletter Frump Feelings. She lives in Philadelphia.
Emma joined me to chat about her new short story collection Fat Swim, fat characters in fiction, what thin authors get wrong, why we’re over Jonathan Franzen and so much more.
Corinne is going to hop on to debrief this interview with me. We're talking about fat kids in fiction, our Default Outfits and MORE! Paid subscribers all get commenting privileges and a full episode transcript. JOIN US HERE.
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