Girl Gone Wild: The Story Behind My Memoir—Interviewed by Lili Gourley
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Courtney Kocak interviews Lili Gourley about her debut memoir 'Girl Gone Wild' and its 15-year journey to publication.
Welcome, writers and book lovers. The Bleeders is a podcast about book writing and publishing. Make sure you subscribe to the companion Substack : https://thebleeders.substack.com/welcome Today the tables are turned—host Courtney Kocak sits down with Trio House Press junior editor Lili Gourley to talk about her debut memoir Girl Gone Wild . Girl Gone Wild is a coming-of-age tale of ambition, delusion, drugs, sex, and misogyny... including selling T-shirts on the Girls Gone Wild bus. This special episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the book’s 15-year journey from first essay to publication, the revision process, how the Girls Gone Wild tour became the title essay, substance abuse, the writers who influenced her journey, how memoir can literally heal you, and, most importantly, what I hope you get from reading it. Get your copy of Girl Gone Wild from Bookshop.org or Amazon . Preorder 10 copies of Girl Gone Wild to join The Confessional—a live memoir writing residency during the launch of Girl Gone Wild. For more details, visit www.courtneykocak.com/teaching . The Bleeders is hosted by Courtney…
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