Why the Hell Did I Write This

Combat Love, by Alisyn Camerota

Award-winning journalist Alisyn Camerota’s astonishing and witty memoir, Combat Love, details her dicey childhood, less-than-ideal upbringing, outlier friends, homelessness, and fascination with punk rock. We discuss her reasons for writing it now, how her mother's past experiences affected how she was raised, and her family’s - especially her mother’s - reaction to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisyn_Camerota Have any great writing? Send 2-5 minutes of it to WhyTheHellDidIWriteThis@gmail.com. And thanks for listening!

Dwell House, by Hadley Boyd

Actress and writer Hadley Boyd’s entertaining micro fiction recounts an evening in which a recent divorcée throws a far-too-expensive party in her new rental home, before realizing that the house is haunted by the woman who lived there before her. Hadley speaks of her own experience as a divorcée, finally finding a home so she can be with her children, only to find… uch. hadleyboyd.com Have any great writing? Send 2-5 minutes of it to WhyTheHellDidIWriteThis@gmail.com. And thanks for listening!

Diaspora Daughter, by Julie Sarkissian

In her newest book, Diaspora Daughter, Julie Sarkissian writes about a Gen X teen learning about her family’s harrowing escape from the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Julie based her story on her great grandmother’s and great uncle’s devastating loss in the genocide, and ultimate rescue after four years of aimlessly wandering around Europe. We discuss the difficut family anecdotes which comprise her great grandmother’s history and who, surprisingly, revealed them. westportwriters.org/profile/jsarkissian Have any great writing? Send 2-5 minutes of it to WhyTheHellDidIWriteThis@gmail.com. And thanks for listening!

Kill Your Darling, by Clay McLeod Chapman

WARNING: Graphic Celebrated horror writer Clay McLeod Chapman reads from his newest book, Kill Your Darling, about a man whose son was hideously killed years before and the killer was never caught. We discuss Clay’s lifelong fascination with horror and what makes horror such a compelling, though still taboo, genre. claymcleodchapman.com Have any great writing? Send 2-5 minutes of it to WhyTheHellDidIWriteThis@gmail.com. And thanks for listening!

Deadly Lies, by Viviana Vasiu

Attorney and editor Viviana Vasiu writes a taut thriller about a murder in a sorority house, informed by her own college experience in Kappa Alpha Theta and navigating Rush. We discuss the good and bad of sorority life and the reasons for its not-always-great reputation. vivianavasiu.com Have any great writing? Send 2-5 minutes of it to WhyTheHellDidIWriteThis@gmail.com. And thanks for listening!