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Miranda Popkey’s new novel, “Topics of Conversation,” owes its existence to the MFA program at Washington University in St. Louis. The California native was a student there when she wrote much of it.
The novel takes its inspiration from what it’s like to be a young woman in this fraught time. How do we talk about sex and our desires? How do we make sense of our choices, and our lives?
On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, Popkey will join us to discuss her novel, which was recently named one of January’s 20 “must-read books” by Entertainment Weekly. She’ll also be reading at Left Bank Books on Tuesday night.
Related Event
What: Miranda Popkey Book Reading
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Where: Left Bank Books (399 N. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108)
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