It is really easy to write sex poorly, to be political in one's stories in a way that feels like propaganda, to write about death and have one's prose flattened by a sense of propriety, a need for the utmost seriousness.  A lot of writers will just avoid these potential pitfalls but Liz Prato does not turn away from these topics because they are risky.  Sex, death, families falling apart, new ones being forged, her stories have stakes, her characters are on the brink of something that will change them.  Listen to my conversation with Liz about her collection, Baby’s On Fire here