I haven’t posted in awhile, but I am excited to share my new interview in The Rumpus. I spoke with Lidia Yuknavitch about her new memoir Reading the Waves.

From the introduction to the interview:

Reading the Waves (Riverhead Books, 2025) takes us from the forests of Oregon to the basements and pools of Texas and back again as she tells stories from her life: about the death of her ex-husband, about her life as a teenager and her relationship with her mother, and about her family life with her husband and son. Through her eyes, we watch with awe as a white hummingbird hovers in the air and we stand on the top of a construction crane, looking down at the ground with fear and exhilaration in equal measure. Each part of Reading the Waves is an adventure while at the same time a meditation on love, death, and the act of artistic creation.

You can find our discussion here!