Brian Trapp Writes His Twin into Literature
Talking Writing by Martha Nichols, John Vogel, and Neva Talladen
Episode notes
For this week's episode, author Brian Trapp sits down with TW creative director John Vogel to talk about Brian's 2025 novel Range of Motion (Acre Books). The book is semi-autobiographical fiction about twin brothers, one of whom was born with cerebral palsy and severe intellectual disabilities, an experience paralleling Brian's own with his twin brother Danny.
The novel is written with tenderness, humor, and celebration centering twin brothers Michael and Sal, their parents Hannah and Gabe, and the whole family’s experience balancing care, work, school, and social lives.
In 2009, while enrolled in a master’s program for creative writing at the University of Cincinnati (UC), Brian started to write a fictional story based on a week ...
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creative lifefictionjohn vogelpodcastBrian TrappRange of Motionautobiographical fictionspecial needsdisability studiescerebral palsy