"Renegade Daughter" by Arlene Mandell

In this bonus episode, North Carolina writer and portrait artist Arlene Mandell remembers two fathers of her career—admiration and inspiration, of course, but also her father and Grandpa Moe.

Arlene Mandell is an artist living in Linville, North Carolina. Her engaging portraits can be seen year-round at the Carlton Gallery in Banner Elk. Relocating two years ago from Miami to the Grandfather Mountain community inspired a love of writing. She is a member of the North Carolina Poetry Society and Sue Spirit's Writing Workshop in Vilas. Her essays and poems have appeared in Second Spring and Gateways literary anthologies.