This week, Ira spoke with Laura McBride, author of We Are Called to Rise and In the Midnight Room. In this fanciful episode of Ira’s Everything Bagel, Laura talks about how her first novel was published as a result of extraordinary luck; growing up in a family that prized stories; why she likes to write as a practical person (because writing as a novelist has an impractical quality); how reading fiction can help maintain memory as you age; her process for writing a novel; the feeling of being on a creative roll; and the challenges for your family and friends when writing on a schedule and you are totally focused.

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