The Lives of Writers

Chris Gonzalez

Episode Summary

Michael talks with Chris Gonzalez about early reading and writing experiences, his story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, narrators and characters in the same world, determining POV, ordering a collection, changing forms, therapy as a useful part of the writing process, and more.

Episode Notes

Michael talks with Chris Gonzalez about early reading and writing experiences, his story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, narrators and characters in the same world, determining POV, ordering a collection, changing forms, therapy as a useful part of the writing process, and more.

Chris Gonzalez is a queer Puerto Rican writer living in New York. He is the author of the short story collection I’m Not Hungry but I Could Eat (SFWP, 2021). His writing appears in the NationCatapult, the MillionsLittle Fiction, the Forge, Lunch TicketCosmonauts Avenue, and elsewhere. He currently serves as fiction editor at Barrelhouse.  

Podcast theme: DJ Garlik & Bertholet's "Special Sause" used with permission from Bertholet.