March 5, 2025 Kendal Cliburn

How Reimagined Pasts Inform Present Realities with Allison Alsup: This Week on TALK by Turner

On the latest episode of TALK by Turner, we're joined by author and co-founder of the New Orleans Writers Workshop, Allison Alsup. In this conversation, Allison discusses her debut novel, Foreign Seed, and discusses how we can build empathy and gain a deeper understanding of our modern world through reading historical fiction.

Allison Alsup is an award-winning writer, teacher, and editor. She holds an MFA in fiction from Emerson College and her debut novel, Foreign Seed, was named a finalist for the 74th National Jewish Book Awards Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction.

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