843. Molly Lynch

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Brad Listi

Books, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Molly Lynch is the author of the debut novel The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman, available from Catapult. Lynch grew up on the west coast of Canada and lived in Ireland as a teenager. She worked in Dublin, Cork, Manchester and Malaga before moving to Montreal to study literature. She's spent time in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey and moved to Baltimore where she earned an MFA from the Johns Hopkins Writing Seminars. She now teaches creative writing at the University of Michigan. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi’s email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Right, that's it. Come on. Lights out. You've got a test tomorrow. Just two minutes. I'm about to reach the next level. It's going off now. Yeah, whatever. Let's see. Where's the app? Oh, here it is. What? How? Oh, no. You're out. Better look next time. Mom! It's game over for late nights on school nights. EE Wi-Fi controls help you get them off the Wi-Fi and into bed.
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0:29.2	Okay, where is there?
0:35.4	Hello, everybody. How are you? Welcome to the program.
0:38.4	This is the Other People podcast.
0:39.9	I'm Brad Listy.
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0:59.0	I have a great episode for you.
1:01.9	My guest today is Molly Lynch,
1:05.3	author of the debut novel,
1:07.8	The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman.
1:11.6	I think that a part of what I am really interested in with mothers and motherhood in this novel and beyond it has to do with the role that you assume when you become a mother, which is something that is kind of like historically
1:29.2	and culturally invented and constructed. And there are all of these expectations on you as a mother.
1:37.8	You sort of like step into things that you didn't even realize you've been internalizing.
1:44.9	All right. That was Molly Lynch.
1:46.8	Her debut novel is called The Forbidden Territory of a Terrifying Woman.
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