Megan Marshall

Megan Marshall joins me to talk about writing from fragments—letters, objects, and the traces people leave behind—and how those pieces become a life in narrative form. We discuss the intimacy and responsibility of writing about others, and how that work turns us back toward our own lives.

Megan is a Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer and the author of five books, including Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast, and  After Lives, out now--a collection of essays that moves between history, memoir, and the enduring question of how we make meaning from the lives around us.

What is The Writer's Bio(luminescent) Podcast?

The Writer’s Bio(luminescent) Podcast offers deep-dive conversations with illuminating writers. Each episode opens with a brief, writerly portrait and moves into a discussion about craft, creativity, and the life behind the work. Every conversation includes a reading and the space to explore what really matters, both on and off the page, with insights that might offer a quiet glow.