Miranda July branches out to pen debut novel
Filmmaker and performance artist Miranda July on The First Bad Man, her first work of longform fiction.
In a conversation from the q vault: Miranda July joins guest host Shad to discuss her debut novel The First Bad Man and how writing long form fiction differs from the parade of projects she's taken on in the past.
The filmmaker and performance artist also reflects on themes of isolation and loneliness, why her character is a "shadow version" of herself, and how she feels about being called the "queen of whimsy".
