Episode 43: Interview with Author Tess Callahan

In Episode 43 of Literary Prospects, we talk with author Tess Callahan about her new novel, Dawnland.

Tess is the author of April & Oliver and, most recently, Dawnland. Her essays and stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Writer’s Digest, National Public Radio, AGNI, Narrative Magazine, and elsewhere. Her TEDx talk on creativity is titled “The Love Affair Between Creativity and Constraint.” Tess is a graduate of Boston College and Bennington College Writing Seminars, and she teaches creative writing and meditation. A dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, Tess lives with her family and number one life coach: her dog.  

In this interview, Tess talks about the connection between meditation and art, how constraint breeds creativity, and much more...