This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to his wife, Amy Koppelman, a novelist and screenwriter, 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
Oswald 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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