Finding the Mini in Memoir

AN INTERVIEW WITH JENNIFER LANG

By Lisa Rizzo

Jennifer Lang

Writer and teacher Jennifer Lang’s memoir, Places We Left Behind: a memoir-in-miniature (Vine Leaves Press 2023) takes the reader on her journey with her French-born husband, Phillipe. Using experimental prose and forms, Lang reveals her struggle with their different religious needs while making peace with Israel as their final home. Poet and memoirist, Lisa Rizzo met with Jennifer to discuss her artistic decisions.

Lisa Rizz...