I’m truly honored to share this episode with Summer Brenner, fiction writer, poet, and the oldest guest on the show (Summer turned 80 this year)!In this episode, we step back in time to the 1950s through her memoir, DUST. We discuss her encounters with racism and being Jewish in the South, caring for her brother who suffered from schizophrenia, dealing with her father’s suicide, other complexities with her family, and her thoughts on writing for over fifty years.As I said on the show, this episode was as meaningful as I hoped it would be, and I hope you find it as meaningful too.Show highlights00:00 – Introduction02:08 – Summer on turning 8003:33 – On discovering writing and poetry7:15 – On freedom and happiness09:25 – Looking back after fifty years of writing 11:47 – The impact of encountering racism on her life and her writing 17:05 – On her father and his influence on her writing 21:28 – On leaving to live and caring for her brother later in life 30:36 – The hardest part of the book to write  34:33 – Writing about family complexities and the family’s response 42:08 – On being a multidisciplinary artist and finding fulfillment 46:17 – Her secret to staying on the journey of the art_____________________Listen on Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-art_____________________Guest’s linksBuy DUST: https://www.amazon.com/Dust-Summer-Brenner/dp/1959556460/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=uPJ8A&content-id=amzn1.sym.a7785aa2-ac28-4769-b3eb-cff7b9738627&pf_rd_p=a7785aa2-ac28-4769-b3eb-cff7b9738627&pf_rd_r=140-8988532-3141708&pd_rd_wg=OtiJq&pd_rd_r=29f6d760-a810-4611-8e6f-4baae3cfc550&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dskVisit Summer’s website: http://summerbrenner.com_____________________ Host’s linksFind out more about the show: https://www.journeyoftheart.com/Follow Journey of the Art on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheartpod/   Book a one-on-one with Lola: https://wordcaps.com/coaching/

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