Nov 30

Nov 30 Tell Me What You’re Reading No. 21: Tracy Sidesinger - What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

Tracy Sidesinger, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in New York City, discusses What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence, edited by Michele Filgate. (“Some of these essays are harrowing, some heartwarming, some — like a lot of mother-child relationships — a mix of both. All of them suggest, though, that if you can talk to your mother, you should.” Tampa Bay Times)

Tracy also refers to Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose, and also Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voice of Desire by Jill Gentile with Michael Macrone. Tracy has said that all three books are along a similar theme, that is, addressing expectations of the feminine and opening up more authentic and useful discourse.

I was enjoying lunch one day last summer at Marty’s Mercantile in West Shokan in the Catskills when a bike rider stopped in to get a coffee and a donut. The bike rider was our guest today, Tracy Sidesinger. Tracy was in the middle of an impressive long distance bike ride but was happy to take a break and discuss books with me. In addition to long distance bike riding, Tracy is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in New York City. We didn’t record our podcast last summer at Marty’s, but I’m glad we get to do it this fall.

Tracy considered a number of books for us to discuss. Tracy mentioned Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty by Jacqueline Rose, and also Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voice of Desire by Jill Gentile with Michael Macrone.

But the book that Tracy thought seemed most widely relevant, most of current interest to her, and, importantly, most accessible among them all is What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate.

WHAT TRACY IS READING

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence

by Michele Filgate