Nick White is a novelist and short story writer who teaches in Ohio State University’s creative writing program.
He grew up in a small Mississippi town called Possumneck, and that setting informs much of his work.
Nick’s debut novel How to Survive a Summer came out in 2017 and a collection of stories titled Sweet and Low came out the following year.
The small joys mentioned in this episode include growing up in a small town, The Golden Girls, reading novels slowly, soap opera cliffhangers, and Tina Turner's 1988 concert in Rio.
Funding for Small Joys with Hanif Abdurraqib is provided by The Columbus Foundation.
