StarShipSofa 774 Caren Gussoff Sumption

About this episode

Caren Gussoff Sumption discusses her writing and experiences as an autistic, Romany, Jewish author.

Caren Gussoff Sumption lives in a nest of books, knitting, and rescue cats, south of Seattle, WA. The author of six books (most recently, her postcolonial, deep space, far-future comedy of manners, So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion ) and more than 100 short stories, Caren received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 2008, was the Carl Brandon Society’s Octavia E. Butler Scholar at Clarion West.  Caren is autistic, Romany, Jewish, and can't carry a tune (she tries anyway, gods help us all). Find her online at  www.spitkitten.com This story originally appeared in Interzone #253. Narration by: Will Stagl Will Stagl lives in Tucson Arizona and is a proud member of the StarShipSofa team. This month you’ll likely find him tearing through some fantasy epic at a local café or waiting for the next sci-fi TV show to air. Fact: Looking Back At Genre History by Amy H Sturgis Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Will Stagl

Guest: Caren Gussoff Sumption

Topics covered

• autism
• science fiction
• comedy
• literature
• writing
• interview

Keywords

• Caren Gussoff Sumption
• StarShipSofa
• science fiction
• autism
• writing
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carl Brandon Society

Books & works: So Quick Bright Things Come to Confusion, Interzone #253

Places: Seattle, WA, Tucson Arizona

More episodes of StarShipSofa

• StarShipSofa 780 P. A. Cornell · June 3, 2026 · 56 min
• StarShipSofa 779 Kenneth Mark Hoover · May 20, 2026 · 40 min
• StarShipSofa 778 Will Waller · April 22, 2026 · 43 min
• StarShipSofa 777 Carrie Finch · April 8, 2026 · 34 min
• StarShipSofa 776 Sandra McDonald · March 25, 2026 · 43 min
• StarShipSofa 775 Caren Gussoff Sumption · March 11, 2026 · 55 min