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An honored academician writing on horror and the “avant-garde,” Joan Hawkins returned to creative writing just over a decade ago. Almost all of her writing begins with a memory that nags at her. Once she writes it down she sees the larger story and the re-writing begins. In all of her stories the detail used to create a sense of time and place seem to put the reader into the story, making discoveries along with the author.
In this episode of Speaking of Stories, we’ll hear Hawkins reading two pieces from her book School and Suicide: “God and Joe DiMaggio” and “My First Cappuccino.”
Here’s a link to the text of “God and Joe DiMaggio” at Alien Buddha Press.
Hawkins has appeared previously on Speaking of Stories:
Episode 9 – “Freeze Tag” by Joan Hawkins
ABOUT the Author
Joan Hawkins is professor of film in The Media School at Indiana University. School and Suicide was published by Alien Buddha Press and 
is available through independent book sellers and Amazon.
MUSIC
Bud Powell, “Over the Rainbow”
CREDITS
Narrator: Joan Hawkins
Producer & Host: Robert Shull
Audio Producer: Doug Storm
Recording Engineer: Cindy Beaulé
Literary Consultant: Shana Ritter
Executive Producer: Josh Brewer
