Season 6 - Ep. 136 A Man, a boy, a mom, a pig, and Ben Franklin with guest Donna Gordon

In this episode, we chat with debut novelist Donna Gordon. While she has a long background as a poet and short story writer, she ventured into writing a novel when two ideas began swirling around in her head.

Her novel, What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me, tells the story of two characters, Lee and Tomás,  who seem to have nothing that connects them and yet they do. It’s a novel that deals with some heavy topics in a way that doesn’t leave you despondent but instead you feel strangely hopeful. It was recently named one of "45 Books We're Excited About from Indie Presses in 2022" by the Independent Book Review.  Donna’s book hits bookstore shelves today.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

1- What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me by Donna Gordon
2- Lesser Saints by Donna Gordon
3- The Little School by Alicia Partnoy
4- You Can't Drown the Fire: Latin American Women Writing in Exile edited by Alicia Partnoy
5- The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren
6- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
7- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
8- Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
9- Six Days in Rome by Francesca Giacco