Author and scientist Joseph Osmundson joins host Brian Gresko to discuss his memoir Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood. Osmundson shares what brought him to write a memoir, and how the craft involved is the work an author does in order to earn a reader’s attention. In this wide-ranging, fascinating conversation, he talks about the self-care he needed to write this book and how theory has changed and shaped his life, as well as masculinity and queerness, family and cooking. This is an episode any fan of memoir, and creative nonfiction writer, will find of interest! To purchase a copy of Osmundson’s memoir, please visit our friends at Bookshop.

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