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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to his wife, novelist and screenwriter Amy Koppelman, about her new book Hesitation Wounds and her recent film I Smile Back. The two discuss Amy’s lifelong battle with depression, the themes and characters of her stories, and how writing has, in many ways, saved her life. Plus, Amy talks about the letter she wrote to Philip Roth, why Per Petterson is one of her favorite authors, and how she overcame resistance from publishers and peers throughout her career.
Topics mentioned on today’s show include:
- Hesitation Wounds by Amy Koppelman
- I Smile Back by Amy Koppelman
- A Mouthful of Air by Amy Koppelman
- I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
- The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
- The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” by the Beatles
- Osner typewriters
- Columbia University
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth
- The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
- Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
- University of Pennsylvania
- Sundance Film Festival
- Deauville American Film Festival
- Nemesis by Philip Roth
People mentioned on today’s show:
- Amy Koppelman
- Sarah Silverman
- Josh Charles
- Thomas Sadoski
- Paige Dylan
- E.E. Cummings
- Kurt Cobain
- Gary Gulman
- Alan Hunter
- Mark Goodman
- Michael Cunningham
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Leo Tolstoy
- Anton Chekov
- Grace Paley
- Touré
- Richard Locke
- Joan Didion
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