Summary: Gina Frangello, author of Every Kind of Wanting, joins Marrie Stone to talk about writing through difficult life circumstances, how literature can save us, the inspiration for her characters, and more. In the second half, Francine Prose shares her novel Mister Monkey. Everything is fodder for her writing. She talks about embracing various points of view, how books have a life of their own, life coincidences, and how she tackled the "monkey problem." Download audio. (Broadcast date: November 2, 2016)
