Welcome everyone to a new episode of Storybound.

This week on the show, we're joined by Paul Lysicki, who will be reading an excerpt from his latest memoir, Later, My Life at the Edge of the World.

Paul is the author of five books. He's received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment of the Arts, and he teaches in the MFA program at Rutgers University Camden.

Paul's work has been praised everywhere from the New York Times and Slate,

the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe.

He will be joined by Jordan Wormack for an original musical composition.

All right, let's start the show.

Hi, this is Paula Sicki, and you're listening to Storybound.

Welcome to Storybound, presented by Lit Hub Radio and the Pod Agglomerate.

I'm your host, Jude Brewer.

In just a little bit, you're going to get to hear Paul Asicki read from his memoir later,

My Life, At the Edge of the World, joined by an original composition with jordan warmac

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