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And I’m not just saying this because I’m in conversation with you, but this has to the most thoughtful question I’ve been asked about my book, because a lot of the questions I’ve been asked so far have been about Pakistan and politics, and we’ll get to that. Mira Sethi: Miranda, thank you so much for asking that. And describes her as “brave.” And I think that “brave” is a word that’s overused when describing works of literature, but I’m curious what it means for her, for your character, but also for you, to be publishing work that is quite daring and that is really trying to paint a picture of different pockets, different communities, in Pakistan that we ignorant Americans may not be familiar with. And I won’t spoil the twists and turns that the story takes, but she has a moment with her husband, where she’s remarking on a mutual friend. Miranda Popkey: I wanted to ask you about your protagonist at the end of that story.
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You can watch it in full as well on our YouTube channel. You can listen to the entire event on our podcast. This event was originally broadcast live via Zoom and hosted by our events coordinator Peter Maravelis. This event features Mira Sethi in conversation with Miranda Popkey, celebrating Sethi’s new short fiction collection Are You Enjoying? published by Knopf.
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This is an excerpt of a free event for our virtual events series, City Lights LIVE. Writing from Fierce Love: Mira Sethi in Conversation What books are you reading right now? Which books to you return to? But-my wife, our dog (an incredibly neurotic Schnauzer/Wheaten mix whose sanity is questionable, herself), our subscription to the Criterion Channel, and very carefully measured amounts of tequila-with-lime have all helped. Nobody told me I was supposed to remain sane! Perhaps I should have planned it differently. What’s kept you sane during the pandemic? I know people in the Bay Area have, erm, mixed feelings about LA (who threw that tomato that just whistled by my ear?), but, alas, here I am. Los Angeles, which I often think is a condition of the spirit as much as it is a geography.
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Matthew Specktor will be in conversation with Adam Pfahler (of Jawbreaker!) in our City Lights LIVE! discussion series on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021! His newest book is Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California, published by Tin House.
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He has been a MacDowell fellow, and is a founding editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Paris Review, The Believer, Tin House, Vogue, GQ, Black Clock, and Open City. Matthew Specktor is the author of the novels American Dream Machine and That Summertime Sound a nonfiction book, The Sting and the forthcoming memoir The Golden Hour (Ecco/HarperCollins). My goal is to guide you on your journey, lighting the road towards a life worth celebrating.Ĭhange only happens when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of making the change.5 Questions with Matthew Specktor, Author of Always Crashing in the Same Car You’re in the driver’s seat, I’ll be your headlights. I encourage daily connection with nature and offer outdoor movement therapy sessions. I provide the support and guidance you need to explore new ways of living. Your defense mechanisms may have protected you, but you’re ready to break free. We will work together from a trauma-informed perspective to reduce shame around your unhelpful behaviors. I’m here to support you in moving from thinking to action. You want to live a life worth celebrating. You want to change your behavior to match your values, what’s important to you. These unhelpful coping skills aren’t protecting you anymore, they seem to be making your problems grow. These behaviors (substance use, anxiety, depression, social isolation) are ways you learned to protect yourself from pain. You’ve behaved in ways you aren’t proud of. You can’t change what happened, but you can choose what happens next.