Joan Wickersham

For the Yale Alumni Magazine, Ben Yagoda interviewed Joan Wickersham about her acclaimed memoir, The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order. Part of the Q & A:Y: When did you first decide that you were going to write about your father's death?W: I knew it pretty fast. At first I thought I would write a novel. But the result was flat, neat, "lyrical," dull. I kept putting it aside and