Margaret F. Chen's short story collection Suburban Gothic peers behind the facade of life in the 'burbs...and it gets a little dark.

In this episode, Margaret discusses her fascination with suburbs, choosing to publish independently, and why she's going to stick to writing short stories.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Lesley University's low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program
• A Short-Story Writer Publishes on Her Own Terms
• Kirkus review of Suburban Gothic
• Suburban Gothic and Three Terrible Tales are available from Politics and Prose

Find all our episodes, show notes, and transcriptions at https://lesley.edu/podcasts/why-we-write.