Podcast #258 – Hester Kaplan

About this episode

Hester Kaplan discusses her book 'Twice Born' and her literary career in an interview with Jenny Skoog Mondesir.

Photo by Rupert Whiteley This author’s Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography was published by Catapult Press in October 2025. Kaplan has authored novels and story collections, including The Edge of Marriage, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series. She is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, and she was named a Mark Twain Fellow for Twice Born. BIO member and podcast producer Jenny Skoog Mondesir interviewed Hester Kaplan.

People in this episode

Host: Jenny Skoog Mondesir

Guest: Hester Kaplan

Topics covered

• biography
• literature
• writing
• awards
• interview

Keywords

• Hester Kaplan
• Twice Born
• biography
• literary awards
• fiction
• nonfiction
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catapult Press, National Endowment for the Arts

Books & works: Twice Born: Finding My Father in the Margins of Biography, The Edge of Marriage

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