Elizabeth Kadetsky

Elizabeth Kadetsky’s new memoir-in-essays, "The Memory Eaters" (University of Massachusetts Press), explores family illness, addiction, inherited trauma, and the secrets of her inherited past. She is author of the memoir "First There Is a Mountain," the short story collection "The Poison that Purifies You" and the novella "On the Island at the Center of the Center of the World." A professor of creative writing at Penn State and nonfiction editor at the New England Review, she is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Program, MacDowell Colony, and Vermont Studio Center.