Capturing Contradictory Truths w. EMMA COPLEY EISENBERG

Capturing Contradictory Truths w. EMMA COPLEY EISENBERG

Emma Copley Eisenberg is a writer whose work has appeared in Granta, VQR, McSweeney's, Tin House, The Paris Review online, The New Republic, Salon, Slate, and elsewhere. Her work has been supported by the Millay Colony for the Arts, the Elizabeth George Foundation, Lambda Literary, and the New Economy Coalition. Her reporting has been recognized by GLAAD, the New York Association of Black Journalists, the Deadline Club and Longreads' Best Crime Reporting 2017. Eisenberg lives in Philadelphia, where she co-directs Blue Stoop, a community hub for the literary arts. Her first book, The Third Rainbow Girl (Bookshop), was published by Hachette Books in January 2020.

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Emma talks about coping with the emotional and mental toll of writing about trauma.

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