Jill McCorkle's First Novel In 17 Years Examines Love And Mortality

By Frank Stasio,

Shawn Wen

Published March 26, 2013 at 10:54 AM EDT

Jill McCorkle's first novel in 17 years, “Life After Life” (Algonquin/ 2013), is set in a retirement community. There, the dying grapple with life and death in humorous, dark turns. One character moved to the area to be close to the grave of her former lover. Another fakes dementia to avoid having to deal with his adult son. Jill McCorkle joins host Frank Stasio to talk about her newest work.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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Shawn Wen

Shawn Wen joined the staff of The State of Things in March 2012 and served as associate producer until February 2014.

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