In the fifth episode of the MIR Podcast, Peter J Coles talks to author Lily Dunn about ‘A Wild and Precious Life: A Recovery Anthology’. They discuss how the anthology came about, writing addiction, and the ups and downs of alternative forms of publishing.
Show Notes:
A Wild and Precious Life: A Recovery Anthology
Lily Dunn
Shadowing the Sun by Lily Dunn
Granta
The Real Story
Aeon
Hackney Recovery Service
Zoe Gilbert
Kerry Hudson, Lowborn
Leslie Jamison
Mary Oliver
Unbound
Common People
This podcast was produced and edited by Peter J Coles
Lily Dunn is a published author of fiction and creative nonfiction, teacher and PhD student. She has recently finished a hybrid memoir about the legacy of her father’s various addictions, and has had essays published by Granta, Litro, the Real Story and Aeon. She is co-founder of London Lit Lab, and a lecturer at Bath Spa University. She is leading a crowdfunding campaign with Unbound to publish an anthology of recovery stories by people who have suffered from addiction and mental illness. You can pledge for a copy here: https://unbound.com/books/recovery/