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Molly Ringwald on "When It Happens to You"

I always feel much calmer when my characters are in turmoil

By Michelle MeyeringNovember 29, 2012

    When it Happens to You by Molly Ringwald. It Books. 256 pages.

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    Molly Ringwald talks about writing, crying over one's own characters, dealing with doubt, and her latest novel When it Happens to You.




    Interviewed by Michelle Meyering, editor of The Rattling Wall, at LARB's offices.


    Molly Ringwald reading from When it Happens to You:



    LARB Contributor

    Michelle Meyering is the Director of Programs and Events at PEN Center USA and editor of The Rattling Wall, a literary journal she founded in 2010. She graduated from the University of Redlands in 2005 with a BA in English. She received her MFA from American University in 2008. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals in the US. Michelle currently teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program in Los Angeles.

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