Julia Edelman is an author, a contributor to The New Yorker, and a Substacker, based in Brooklyn, NY.

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(00:00) Born in Queens, NYC keeps pulling her back

(02:18) Family roots: Brooklyn, Iraq, France

(04:28) Grandmother’s escape from Baghdad to NYU

(07:03) Writing young to process emotions

(09:12) Seventh-grade football tryout story begins

(12:41) Injury, bonding, and writing the essay

(14:58) Recognition: strangers understanding her voice

(16:47) High school: “serious novelist” era

(19:06) Self-publishing a 200-page fiction book

(21:18) Writing the Amelia Earhart school musical

(25:10) Choosing McGill for “interesting ex ...