8. What Kind of Love Is That?, by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

In this special episode, I sat down with writer Elizabeth Gonzalez James to read and discuss her story "What Kind of Love Is That?" which appeared in The Rumpus in September 2018. We discussed empathy, grace, and birthing cows. It was a great pleasure to have her on the show to discuss her fiction. Elizabeth Gonzalez James' stories and essays have appeared in The Idaho Review, PANK, Barrelhouse, and elsewhere and have received numerous Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. In 2021 she will be a regular contributor to the Ploughshares Blog. Her debut novel MONA AT SEA was a finalist in the 2019 SFWP Literary Awards judged by Carmen Maria Machado, and is forthcoming in July 2021. You can find more information at www.elizabethgonzalezjames.com. If you're a writer and would like to have your story read on Barn Burning, please email me at [email protected], or find us on Twitter at @barnburnpodcast.