Michael Frank, WHAT IS MISSING

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🗓️ 22 January 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Michael Frank is the author of What Is Missing, a gripping psychological novel centered on the lives of three brilliantly developed characters. His memoir, The Mighty Franks, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, one of The Telegraph's and The New Statesman's best books of 2017, and the winner of the 2018 JQ Wingate Literary Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and many other publications. He was a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times Book Review for almost ten years.

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0:42.3	I'm here today with Michael Frank, who's the author of What Is Missing, a novel.
0:46.0	His memoir, The Mighty Franks, was a Barnes & Noble discover great new writer's selection,
0:50.5	one of the telegraphs and the new statesman's best books of 2017, and the winner of the 2018 JQ Wingate Literary Prize.
0:58.7	His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, and many other publications.
1:03.4	He was a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Times Book Review for almost 10 years.
1:07.5	He currently lives with his family in New York City and Liguria, Italy.
1:11.6	Welcome, Michael.
1:15.7	Thanks for coming on moms to have time to read books. Thank you, Zibi, for having me. I'm delighted.
1:22.5	What is missing your novel, which is also missing an eye on the cover. Tell me about what this book is about and why the eye is missing. Well, what is missing? That's a good place to start, I think.
1:28.3	The title comes from a poem by Mark Strand.
1:31.2	Wherever I go, I am, what is missing is the line.
1:34.6	And I'll confess that I came to the title rather late in the book, only realizing after
1:40.2	I chosen it, how many things are, in fact, missing in this story.
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