Black Dog with Erica Kent
Send us Fan Mail For many of us, the defining moments of adolescence set the stage for how we meet life’s heaviest challenges. In this episode, author Erica Kent discusses her novel Black Dog, a story that begins with the shock of John Lennon’s death and navigates the complex, turbulent landscape of youth, mental health, and loss. We examine the thin lines between memory and reality and what it takes to reclaim light from the dark. Listen on demand! ERICA KENT is a winner of the Santa F...
For many of us, the defining moments of adolescence set the stage for how we meet life’s heaviest challenges. In this episode, author Erica Kent discusses her novel Black Dog, a story that begins with the shock of John Lennon’s death and navigates the complex, turbulent landscape of youth, mental health, and loss. We examine the thin lines between memory and reality and what it takes to reclaim light from the dark.
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ERICA KENT is a winner of the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Program. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in StoryQuarterly and The Brooklyn Rail, among other publications. She is the recipient of scholarships from Marilyn Moss Rockefeller and James S. Rockefeller, Jr., Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Portland, Maine.