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Host Christina Jeurling Birro interviews the most innovative and influential people working in television, film, entertainment and pop culture.

Episode 6: Kevin McEnroe - Our Town

June 9, 2015 Renee Wikander
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Guest: Kevin McEnroe

Our Town, the critically acclaimed debut novel by author Kevin McEnroe, begins in the Golden Age of Hollywood and is a fictionalized account of his grandmother actress Joanna Moore - her life, passions, addictions and ultimate self-destruction.

Kevin McEnroe, son of tennis legend John McEnroe and actress Tatum O’Neal, talks to Pop Culture Confidential about his book, how writing it was a very personal turning point and how his grandmother saved his life.

Host/Producer: Christina Jeurling Birro
Producer: Renee Viterstedt
Editor: Tom Hansen
Theme Song: Carl Borg


  Image courtesy of   Mary Bisbee-Beek.

Image courtesy of Mary Bisbee-Beek.

  Joanna Moore, Kevin's maternal Grandmother.

Joanna Moore, Kevin's maternal Grandmother.

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Kevin McEnroe was born in Los Angeles but soon after moved to New York. He graduated from Skidmore College, and then earned an MFA from Columbia University. He currently lives and writes in Gowanus, Brooklyn.You can purchase Our Town on Amazon.com.

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