“We are all connected. We are all far apart. This is our American reality as we all become more and more polarized. Inequities of wealth, class, and culture are pulling us further away as we struggle to define what America is, was, and should be.”

Eric Johnson joins Tony for a wide-ranging discussion on the writing process, being an outsider, character development, the terror of the artistic unknown, and Johnson’s debut novel, Whenever a Happy Thing Falls.

Liz opens the show by welcoming Eric M. Johnson on air to discuss his new novel, Whenever a Happy Thing Falls, which follows a young literature student forced by his father into the seedy world of elite investment banking.

Novelist and aerospace reporter Eric M. Johnson joins host Joe Bartlett to discuss his debut novel, Whenever a Happy Thing Falls

Novelist and Reuters News journalist Eric M. Johnson joins acclaimed author Mary Wisniewski to discuss Chicago literature, the writing process, character development, and his new literary novel Whenever a Happy Thing Falls!