Joyce Maynard has been writing for over 45 years about the kind of human experiences we're often taught to keep hidden - stories  about envy, anger, vanity, self-pity, pride.  

We read her stories because they offer a chance to first confront and then forgive ourselves for how those emotions can shape us into people we don't like. 

Her honesty has come at a cost to her. 

She has been criticized for writing about her relationship as an 18-year-old with a famous 53-year-old writer after 26 years of silence. She was told she should have kept quiet.  She did this 20 years before #MeToo.

Today, we have a wide-ranging discussion with Joyce Maynard about politics, #MeToo, art, music and her marriage at 59-years-old to a love who died from cancer 3 short years later.

Joyce Maynard has been writing for over 45 years about the kind of human experiences we're often taught to keep hidden - stories&nbsp; about envy, anger, vanity, self-pity, pride.&nbsp;&nbsp;
We read her stories because they offer a chance to first confront and then forgive ourselves for how those emotions can shape us into people we don't like.&nbsp;
Her honesty has come <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/can-we-finally-stop-judging-joyce-maynard_us_59cdd368e4b0f58902e5cb29" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/can-we-finally-stop-judging-joyce-maynard_us_59cdd368e4b0f58902e5cb29">at a cost</a> to her.&nbsp;
She has been criticized for writing about her relationship as an 18-year-old with a famous 53-year-old writer after 26 years of silence.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/books/review/joyce-maynard-at-home-in-the-world.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMaynard%2C%20Joyce&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=timestopics&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;pgtype=collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/books/review/joyce-maynard-at-home-in-the-world.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMaynard%2C%20Joyce&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=timestopics&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;pgtype=collection">She was told</a> she should have kept quiet.&nbsp; She did this 20 years before #MeToo.
Today, we have a wide-ranging discussion with Joyce Maynard about politics, #MeToo, art, music and her marriage at 59-years-old to a love who died from cancer 3 short years later.

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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