Pearlsong Conversations

 Archived Conversations

Click here to listen to the Sunday, November 11, 2012 Conversation with Tracey L. Thompson, author of Fatropolis.

Fatropolis is the alternative history, paranormal romantic adventure of a young fat woman with low self esteem who falls into another world where fat people lead happy, normal, guilt-free lives.

Most of her life Jenny has felt she's not good enough, not attractive enough, because she's fat. Then one day she stumbles through a portal between a world that values thinness and one that values roundness.

Sometimes falling can wake you up.

Tracey L. Thompson was born and raised in southern California and now resides in northern Virginia. She is a wife and the mother of five children.

After overcoming domestic violence, divorce, single motherhood and low self-esteem, she went on to earn a master’s degree in psychology with a specialization in marriage & family therapy from Chapman University, and now has written a novel that sheds light on the issue of weight discrimination in a fun and fanciful way.

In the last twelve years Tracey has made a living at social work for hospice, working with at-risk youth and their families, training military families about aspects of resiliency, and now social work at the community level assisting needy families and the homeless. Her interests include spending time with her family, spiritual pursuits, playing Dungeons & Dragons, reading, writing, knitting, scrapbooking, movies, and music.

More info about Fatropolis |  About the Author

In January 2009 Pearlsong Press started hosting a series of free teleconference calls in which publisher Peggy Elam, Ph.D. chats with one or more Pearlsong authors (and possibly you!). If time and technology permit, callers can ask questions and join in the conversation. The calls usually last about an hour.

Each teleconference is recorded and the recording made available for listening online or downloading at the Pearlsong Press website. See the links below for the archived recordings.

Click on the link below to listen to and/or download the mp3 recording
of a Pearlsong Conversation.

A Life Interrupted—Louise Mathewson discusses living with brain injury
& her poetry collection chronicling transformation by trauma
(October 21, 2012)

Talking Fat—Lonie McMichael, Ph.D.
discusses health vs. persuasion in the war on our bodies
(September 9, 2012)

ExtraOrdinary—Michele Tamaren & Michael Wittner
discuss their true-life tale of transformation
(July 15, 2012)

Character Control―Lynne Murray, Leslie Moïse, Linda C.Wisniewski & other authors
discuss creating fictional characters
(May 20, 2012)

Conversation with Leslie Moïse, Ph.D., author of the memoir Love is the Thread:
A Knitting Friendship  (February 12, 2012)

Conversation with Mary Saracino, author of The Singing of Swans
(January 15, 2012)

2010-2011 Conversations

2009 Conversations