Writer Pagan Kennedy made a living writing for newspapers and magazines while toiling away at fiction. But her fervor for eccentric, real world characters took over. Her forthcoming book, The Dangerous Joy of Dr. Sex and Other True Stories, proves that the truth can often be more interesting than fiction. Her book profiles a bevy of characters, including a chemist who’s transforming the coast of an African nation, a psychologist who’s spent 27 years training an African Grey Parrot to make decisions, and a British biologist who imagined a utopia free from sexual mores or power struggles. She joins us on Word of Mouth to talk about her relationship with creative non-fiction, or, as she simply calls it, “not-fiction.”
