Q&A with Brenda Miller

I met Brenda Miller at the Get Lit! festival this past April, almost two years after I first read her wonderful essay "Blessing of the Animals" in The Sun. I was reminded of the exquisite beauty of her writing when I heard her read and promptly devoured her new book (titled after that essay) as well as her first collection, Season of the Body. Brenda's essays have been described as "affecting and thought-provoking" (Publishers Weekly), "glistening, sensuous" (Kirkus Reviews), and "memorable f...