MMA Fighting, Memory Loss & Identity
MMA Fighting, Memory Loss & Identity  
Podcast: Fresh Air
Published On: Mon Sep 26 2022
Description: Writer John Vercher trained in mixed martial arts as a young man. His novel, After the Lights Go Out, centers on a veteran MMA fighter who is experiencing memory loss, severe mood swings and tinnitus. The book is also about the fighter's biracial identity.Also, Maureen Corrigan reviews Less is Lost by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Andrew Sean Greer.