About this episode

Greta Johnsen interviews T Kira Madden about her novel 'Whidbey' and its themes of trauma and victimhood.

Host Greta Johnsen talks with T Kira Madden, whose novel Whidbey is the GRETAGRAM Book Club selection for May. (TW: Child sexual abuse.) Whidbey is told from the points of view of three women who are all connected to Calvin, a sexual precator: Mary Beth, his mother, and Birdie and Linzie, who victims who approach their trauma in very different ways.  T Kira talks about the book’s enticing opening scene, the ways that victimhood can be exploited, and whether she considers writing fiction to be cathartic.  SHOW CREDITS Creator and host: Greta Johnsen Senior Producer: Ben Goldberg Composers: Ross Bellenoit and Jeremy Thal Tile art: Mac Maclean See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Greta Johnsen

Guest: T Kira Madden

Topics covered

• literature
• trauma
• victimhood
• fiction
• book club

Keywords

• Whidbey
• T Kira Madden
• trauma
• victimhood
• fiction
• book club
• literature

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Books & works: Whidbey

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