<p>Eva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Chloé Caldwell, author of <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/trying-a-memoir-chloe-caldwell/56dc7cb417f6ab1c?ean=9781644453476&#38;next=t">Trying</a>, about loneliness in infertility, contradictions with IVF in the queer community, and the rawness of writing in the moment. Over the years that Chloé had been married and hoping to conceive a child, she’d read everything she could find on infertility. But no memoir or message board reflected her experience; for one thing, most stories ended with in vitro fertilization, a baby, or both. She wanted to offer something different.</p><p>Chloé Caldwell is the author of the national bestselling novella, <em>Women</em> (recently reissued by Harper Perennial) and the books<em> I’ll Tell You In Person</em>, <em>The Red Zone</em>, and <em>Legs Get Led Astray</em>. Her latest book, the memoir <em>Trying</em>, is out now with Graywolf Press.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.chloesimonne.com/about/">Author Website</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/chloeeeecaldwell/?hl=en">Instagram</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://chloecaldwell.substack.com/">Substack</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.scrappyliterary.com/">https://www.scrappyliterary.com/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://literarymama.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">literarymama.substack.com</a>