Episode 152: Rachel Lyon

Writer Rachel Lyon returns to the show to discuss her latest novel, Fruit of the Dead, a contemporary retelling of the Persephone myth in which a young woman is seduced by wealth and privilege in a story about addiction, class, sexual assault, and power. In our conversation, we talked about how malleable identity can be during adolescence and how that informed how she wrote the character of Cory, how family members do and don’t see each other, and why it was important for the characters in this story to have agency. Then for the second segment we talked about stages of life.

(Recorded June 28, 2024.)

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Show Notes:

• Rachel Lyon
• Purchase Fruit of the Dead: Broadside Bookshop (Northampton, MA) | The Book Catapult (San Diego, CA) | Bookshop.org
• Rachel Lyon - Self-Portrait with Boy
• Keep the Channel Open - Episode 79: Rachel Lyon (January 2019)
• The Holdovers
• Charles Baxter - First Light
• Elizabeth Jane Howard - The Long View

Transcript Episode Credits

• Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
• Music: Podington Bear
• Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo