From 2010-2017, writer and editor Sari Botton ran an interview series at The Rumpus called “Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me.” From the intro to Sari’s first interview in this series (with Vivian Gornick): “As a writer of first-person nonfiction, I have lately been paralyzed with fear, mostly about hurting other people through the stories I tell. Every time I publish a personal essay, someone close to me freaks out – sometimes because I’ve revealed something about myself ...
