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Podcast: Let's Keep It Real
Episode: The Big Hurt: We Are Not the Stories People Tell About Us
Description: Guest: Erika Schickel
Erika Schickel is the author of "The Big Hurt" (Hachette Books, 2021) and "You’re Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom" (Kensington Books, 2007). She has taught memoir and essay writing at UCLA and privately. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, LA City Beat, Salon, Ravishly, Tin House, Bust Magazine, and The LA Review of Books, among others. She lives in Altadena, California with her boyfriend.
To learn more about Erika and to get her book “The Big Hurt”, check out the following links:
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