Isaac Fitzgerald, author of the new memoir, Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional, and I talk about the art, craft, and business of writing his memoir.

Isaac is the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts. He appears frequently on The Today Show and is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (winner of an IACP Award). His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and numerous other publications. He lives in Brooklyn.

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(Recorded on July 15, 2022 via Zoom)

 Music and sound design by Travis Barrett

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