Cassandra started as a reporter, then went back to get her MFA in creative writing. Cassandra’s first full-length book is a non-fiction memoir called We Are Bridges, and Jeannie devoured it entirely in a day. We Are Bridges a story that ranges across three generations from Louisiana with the lynching of a great-grandfather to modern life in Los Angeles, exploring romance and race and motherhood and what they all mean together. She shares with us her practiced art of listening, how working with editors and deadlines helped, and her drive to become a writer and a storyteller.
- Cassandra’s Website
- Twitter @casslanewrites
- She’s Editor in Chief, L.A. Parent magazine
Mentions from Episode 109:
- Tiana, the Disney Princess
- Toni Morrison
- Alexandre Dumas
- Jill Phillips – that British writer, who did the Memoir of Lamlash street
- Someone’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
“You didn’t put the dirt on the laundry.”
