In this episode, Jacinda Townsend talks about her award-winning books Saint Monkey and Mother Country.

Along the way we cover:
Fiction writing as coping mechanism
Being the only Black kid at a fundamentalist Christian school in rural Kentucky
Agent-seeking, scarcity model, and dating
When you and your publisher disagree on the book's major theme
Graywolf press
Answering a psychological question with your first draft, and how publishing brings that answer home to your heart

Buy Saint Monkey here
Buy Mother Country here
Find out more about Jacinda here