Meredith Broussard reading
Editor Meredith Broussard reads from her book, The Encyclopedia of Exes: Twenty-Six Stories by Men of Love Gone Wrong, a collection of fictional stories by male writers that explore love and relationships from the male perspective. She begins by reading the forward of the book which relates how she became interested in collecting stories about relationships. Author Lee Klein, at the time a student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, reads a story by Jonathan Ames as well as his own piece from the collection.
Broussard compares her impressions of the stories in this book, all authored by men, with the stories she collected for her previous work, The Dictionary of Failed Relationships: Twenty-Six Tales of Love Gone Wrong, all authored by women, and reflects on gender differences. She discusses how she tried to choose authors for this collection that would be a counterpoint to the authors in The Dictionary of Failed Relationships. She also discusses her personal relationships and a new project, a memoir of her parents. Finally, Lee Klein talks about his experience in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the process of being edited by Meredith Broussard.
In: "Live from Prairie Lights" Audio Archive
Authors: Meredith Broussard , Lee Klein
Date Recorded: November 29, 2005
Works Read: forward, Sealed-off by Jonathon Ames, Last by Richard Rushfield, Nightlife by Lee Klein
Program: Live From Prairie Lights
Format: reading
Contributors: Julie Englander
Topics: love, relationships, gender