About this episode

Katie Dalebout interviews Emmalea Russo about her novel Vivienne and the challenges of creating art that may not be comfortable for everyone.

This week I spoke with Emmalea Russo about her novel Vivienne and what it means to create something that doesn’t try to make everyone comfortable.

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