A Q&A with Madeline Cash

Madeline Cash’s wicked sense of humor is on full display in “Our Lady of Suffering’s Inner Beauty Pageant,” the excerpt we published from her debut novel, Lost Lambs. But Lost Lambs isn’t just funny. Cash’s chronicle of the Flynn family and its dysfunction is animated by a tender appreciation for ordinary, flawed humanity and a sharp insight into the madness of life in contemporary capitalist America. Livia Wood, our associate fiction editor, spoke with Cash about her writing process, her influences, and her tax-advantaged domestic partnership. Lost Lambs is out today from FSG. While you wait for your copy, be sure to read our excerpt online.