We are beyond excited to bring you this week's very, very special guest. An individual whose work we adore and consume with gusto; the novelist, essayist and New York Times Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld! Curtis is the author of six novels and a short story collection including including YB faves Prep, Eligible and American Wife. Her latest is the highly anticipated fictional look at Hilary Clinton: Rodham. We talked to her about First Ladies, short stories, writing like there's nobody watching and trying to make your kids like Laura Ingalls Wilder.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableCurtis Sittenfeld - RodhamCurtis Sittenfeld - The NomineeHilary Clinton - Living HistoryCurtis Sittenfeld - American WifeEmily Gould - Perfect TunesEmily Gould - And the Heart Says WhateverLily King - Writers & LoversLily King - EuphoriaSusan Choi - Trust ExerciseLaura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie Carol Ryrie Brink - Caddie WoodlawnGertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar ChildrenEL Konigsburg - From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank WeilerBecky Albertalli - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaCurtis Sittenfeld - You Think It I’ll Say ItElizabeth Strout - Olive KitteridgeAlice Munro - Selected StoriesTessa Hadley - The PastSusanna Daniel - StiltsvilleSusanna Daniel - Sea CreaturesMarisa Meltzer - This is BigSue Miller - MonogamySally Rooney - Normal PeopleSally Rooney - Conversations With FriendsCurtis Sittenfeld - EligibleJane Austen - Pride and PrejudiceDemi Moore - Inside OutCurtis Sittenfeld - PrepRebecca Lee - BobcatJoseph O’Neill - Good TroubleLaura van den Berg - I Hold a Wolf by the EarsAli Smith - How To Be BothRaymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
May 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Welcome to You’re Booked, the podcast for literary nosy parkers who would like the chance to snoop around their favourite authors’ bookshelves.I’m Daisy Buchanan, your Book Inspector, and I’ll be asking our guests all about the first forbidden books they read under the covers, the beloved books they have borrowed, and never given back, and those impressive heavyweight hardbacks that make them look like intellectual giants – even though they couldn’t get beyond the first twenty pages.We’ll also be talking about what makes readers into writers, how our guests became book lovers and their favourite reading memories, all with a dash of intelligence and a dollop of irreverence. Our guests include Dolly Alderton, Nina Stibbe, Nikesh Shukla, and many more favourites from our own bookshelves. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
