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"From Scarsdale" by Dan O'Brien
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"From Scarsdale" by Dan O'Brien

Dan O'Brien on his memoir, childhood trauma, and playwriting

Dan O’Brien joins Chad to talk about the new edition of his memoir, From Scarsdale: A Childhood, his other two Dalkey Archive books (A Story that Happens: On Playwriting, Childhood, & Other Traumas, True Story: A Trilogy) two of his poetry collections that relate to his and his wife’s cancer diagnoses (Our Cancers, Survivor’s Notebook), the state of drama in America, and much more.

The music in this episode is “Aerial Troubles” by Stereolab.

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