FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH with Blake Melnick
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH with Blake Melnick
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Chapter 5 - Burlington Vt. 1963-1967
A sun-baked fraternity roof. Two friends. LSD starting to take hold, and a Whitman passage rising up like a prayer. This moment in 1967 is the frame for Ken Klonsky’s University of Vermont years, where everything feels possible and dangerous at...
Chapter 4 - Rockville Centre
A move to Rockville Center is supposed to be a fresh start: better schools, more opportunity, a peaceful, suburban life across from a golf course. We follow Ken as he begins to notice the lines that divide everything. Lakeview is wh...
Out of the Fire Chapter 3 - Long Beach New York
Chapter 3 of Out of the Fire takes us to Long Beach, New York between 1951 and 1955, where the Atlantic Ocean is both wonder and warning, Some days feel almost golden, anchored by a mother’s unbeatable cooking and the small pride of “help...
Behind the Fire - Part 1
In this episode of #thespaceinbetween, I sit down with author Ken Klonsky to unpack why he turns to memoir as a way to unify an unusual life and test the stories he has carried for decades. We discuss grief, inherited trauma, and the sometimes ...
