Topics of Conversation

A story of stories: Review of WU alum’s ‘Topics of Conversation’

Why do stories matter? This is a question I didn’t used to have an answer to. I knew I liked stories, both as a listener and as a teller. I’ve thought about good stories as full of powerful messages that could travel great distances and have lives beyond their intentions. However, after reading “Topics of Conversation” by Miranda Popkey, I’ve begun to see stories in a different light. Now, I see the power inherent in telling a story at all.

Lydia McKelvie | Staff Writer

‘Topics of Conversation’: WU MFA alum publishes first novel

Left Bank Books in the Central West End was packed in a pleasant, middle-of-winter way for Washington University alum Miranda Popkey’s reading Jan 14.

Elizabeth Phelan | Staff Writer

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