Look to the Future with Laura Maylene Walter

Feb 2, 2022

Laura Maylene Walter is the author of BODY OF STARS, a novel in which women’s bodies predict the future. Annmarie and Laura discuss love and loss and the power of manifesting our dreams through storytelling.

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Artists and Titles Discussed in This Episode:

Body of Stars, by Laura Maylene Walter

“Questions Not Asked During My MFA Thesis Defense,” McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, September 2015.

“The Art of Belief: On Talking to the Dead in Lily Dale,” Literary Hub, March 2021.

The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai

Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler

The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by Aimee Bender

“Haven,” by Alice Munro

“Coda,” by Tessa Hadley

“Face Time,” by Lorrie Moore

“Running Up that Hill” and “Wuthering Heights,” by Kate Bush