Molly McNett is an instructor of Fiction Writing and ESL composition at Northern Illinois University. McNett recently released a new novel, Child of These Tears, which was named as one of the Best Books of 2025 in The New Statesman.
Ahead of McNett’s January 22 reading excerpts from her book at The Rogue Bookshop in Beloit, Wisconsin, she sat down for an in-depth chat on Child of These Tears with WNIJ host Jason Cregier.
(This is a portion of a longer conversation, which has been edited for time and clarity. Listen to the full interview in the link above.)…