Season 3, Episode 6
Lucia Berlin, read by Elizabeth Geoghegan + Rebecca Rego
Lucia Berlin died more than a decade before short story collection A Manual for Cleaning Women became an international bestseller. Berlin's friend and former student Elizabeth Geoghegan talks about her life and work, and reads her story, "Mama."
Elizabeth Geoghegan, by Lovisa Stephenson
Songwriter Rebecca Rego talks about the album of songs she wrote in response to A Manual for Cleaning Women, and plays her song, "Mama."
Photo by Stephanie Bassos
For a live show with Rebecca and Elizabeth I wrote a song in response to "Mama," called "Mercy Redux." You can hear it, and explore other episodes of SongWriter, below
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