Edan Lepucki's daughter reminds her to liv, lath, love

Circling Issue #19, featuring Edan Lepucki

Edan Lepucki is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels California, Woman No. 17, and Time's Mouth, which is longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is also the editor of Mothers Before: Stories and Portraits of Our Mothers As We Never Saw Them. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. She writes a Substack called Italics Mine, and she lives in Los Angeles with her family. 

We have been fans of Edan for many years, and it was a delight to meet over Zoom and talk about her habits, her spaces, and her creative life. Our conversation wove through recurring themes around physical movement, parenting as an artist, Edan’s relationship with technology, and how she resists martyrdom and gives herself what she needs. You can find Edan on Substack, and find her books at a bookstore near you!