A Reel Page Turner welcomes Nancy McKinley to discuss "Cider House Rules." The 1985 John Irving novel was adapted into the 1999 movie starring Michael Cain, Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron and Paul Rudd. Donny and Maura discuss the major differences between the movie and book, plus the beautiful writing of Irving.
Trigger warning: topic of abortion
More about our guest:
Nancy McKinley is an award winning author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel-in-stories, St. Christopher on Pluto, was featured on NPR Fresh Air by Maureen Corrigan and was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Nancy earned her Ph.D. from State University of New York at Binghamton (now Binghamton University), receiving the John Gardner Newhouse Award; M.A. from Colorado State University; and B.A. from College of the Holy Cross where she was one of the first females at the previously male school. A founding faculty member for the low-residency Wilkes University Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, she teaches fiction and nonfiction, and supervises the writer-as-teacher internships. She also taught in the English Department and served as the Director of Women’s Studies. Having called Pennsylvania home for decades, she now lives in Ft. Collins, Colorado with her spouse, Mike Lester, and visits daughters, Darcy, Kelsi, and Hali around the globe. Her website is www.mckinleywrite.com.
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