About this episode

Erin Vincent discusses her memoirs and the impact of losing her parents at a young age.

Erin Vincent is an author, essayist, journalist, and public speaker. In addition to literary contributions to anthologies and other publications, she has also appeared on national television and radio programs both in her native Australia and in the US. Her memoir, Grief Girl, published in 2008, chronicles her life and emotions following the death of her parents from an automobile accident. It was named a New York Public Library Best Book and was an American Library Association Best Book Nominee. Her second book, Fourteen Ways of Looking, published just this month, revisits the year her parents died by exploring wide-ranging associations to the number 14, evoking a wide variety of images and feelings in the process. Recorded 4/20/26 in the U.S. (4/21/26 in Australia.)

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Kelter

Guest: Erin Vincent

Topics covered

• grief
• memoir
• loss
• family
• literature
• personal experience

Keywords

• grief
• memoir
• Erin Vincent
• loss of parents
• literary contributions
• personal story

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Grief Girl, Fourteen Ways of Looking

Places: Australia, U.S.

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