IRENE ZION has been married to the same curmudgeon for 40 years. She has 5 children, none of whom sufficiently appreciates her. The one you probably know is Lenore, who frequently gives her mother hives. Irene paints oil portraits and makes her own frames. She has been described as an outsider artist. Most of her paintings creep people out, especially her family. She finds this to be greatly satisfying. She writes non-fiction for TNB and loves every minute of it. She is writing fiction now too, but is too chicken to show it to anyone. She has two golden retrievers who will inherit anything of worth she leaves behind. Her kids will delight in dividing up her famous cork collection and her notorious stockpile of bubble wrap.
The Evil Eye Situation
Irene Zion thinks she can escape missing Christmases Past by leaving the country and instead is attacked by an Evil Eye in a foreign land.
The Ghost Town and the Ghosts
Irene Zion and her husband are on a long road trip. Sometimes a simple thing like getting gas can be an unexpectedly unnerving experience.
A conversation with Steve Almond, author of the acclaimed new story collection God Bless America, now available from Lookout Books. Other People is a twice weekly author interview podcast hosted by TNB founder Brad Listi. For more information, please visit the show's official website. And be sure to subscribe for free at iTunes.
