{"id":15942,"date":"2023-03-27T16:12:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T20:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=15942"},"modified":"2023-03-27T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T20:15:04","slug":"episode-532-priscilla-gilman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-532-priscilla-gilman","title":{"rendered":"Episode 532 – Priscilla Gilman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 532:
\nPriscilla Gilman<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I didn’t want to turn the reader off by going on and on about my father’s biography, but it was extremely important to me to convey my father’s power in two realms: his power in the world as a writer, critic, and teacher, and his power in my private world as my father.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With her new memoir, The Critic’s Daughter<\/a> (Norton), Priscilla Gilman<\/a> explores her relationship with her father, Theater Critic and Yale Drama professor Richard Gilman<\/a> (as well as with her mom, literary agent Lynn Nesbit<\/a>). We get into the perils of literary-kid memoir, the NYC book-scene she grew up in, her parents’ divorce and how it led to her learning way<\/em><\/strong> too much about her dad’s sexuality at 10 years old, and the challenges of capturing her early selves without jarring the reader. We also talk about how much she enjoyed recording her own audiobook, the role of the critic and the golden age of literary reviewing, what she’d ask her dad if he were around now, the disconnect between her parents’ public & private personae, and the lessons she had to learn for herself about love, marriage, and parenthood. Plus, we share a literary lightning round, some football talk, and our Thurman Munson<\/a> memories! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go read The Critic’s Daughter<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“I think that writing about grief and writing about someone who’s gone, you get that person back.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n