Novelist Hershon discusses her craft
When she was 16 years old, novelist Joanna Hershon broke her jaw so severely she could not speak all summer. Until it healed, writing was her only means of communication. Since then, one of her greatest fascinations has been “the effect of trauma, of pivotal moments, on people’s lives,” she said at a Branford College Master’s Tea on Monday afternoon.
Before an audience of about 10 undergraduates, Hershon talked about her newest work, which explores the experience of Jewish-German immigrants in the American West in the years following the Civil War. She also outlined her career as a...
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