Guest Episode: Fiction writer Mary Gaitskill! In this episode Eric talks with novelist and short story writer Mary Gaitskill, author of VERONICA, BAD BEHAVIOR, THE MARE and many other books.

Eric talks to fiction writer and New Yorker contributor Mary Gaitskill about getting started as a writer; publishing Bad Behavior; Philip Roth and Richard Yates; her perceptions of Eric when he studied with her at the Syracuse University MFA program; redemption in "Secretary" and "Romantic Weekend"; her parents' opinions of her work; writing as a spiritual practice; and so much more.