Episode 00—Welcome to LitFriends!

Show Notes

On our inaugural episode, co-hosts Annie Liontas and Lito Velázquez introduce LitFriends, a podcast.  Each week, we welcome two literary friends to discuss the writing life, how literary friendships get us through tough times, and what they love about their literary bestie.

Join Annie and Lito for Season One as they speak with today's most engaging literary talents and their lit friends.

Coming up this season, conversations with:
* Justin Torres & Angela Flournoy
* Lucy Corin & Deb Olin Unferth
* Melissa Febos & Donika Kelly
* Yiyun Li & Edmund White
* George Saunders & Paula Saunders
* Liz Moore & Asali Solomon
* CJ Hauser & Marie-Helene Bertino
* and more!

Links

https://sites.libsyn.com/494238

www.annieliontas.com

www.litovelazquez.com

https://linktr.ee/litfriendspodcast

https://www.instagram.com/litfriendspodcast/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553436475678

https://justin-torres.com/

https://www.angelaflournoy.com/

https://www.lucycorin.com/

https://debolinunferth.com/

https://www.melissafebos.com/

https://www.donikakelly.com/

https://georgesaundersbooks.com/

https://paulasaundersbooks.com/

https://www.lizmoore.net/

https://www.asalisolomon.com/

https://cjhauser.com/

https://www.mariehelenebertino.com/

 

Transcript

Annie & Lito: (00:01)
Hey, LitFriends!

Annie:
Thanks for joining us for episode zero. This episode is a little special because we'll introduce you, our LitFam, to the LitFriends podcast. We'll talk about our origins, our season one guests, and how much I love Lito.

Aww, and how much I love you, Annie.

Annie: 
This is Annie Liontas.

Lito:
And I'm Lito Velázquez. Welcome to LitFriends, a podcast in which we speak with novelists, poets, memoirists, writers, and thinkers of all kinds about the great work that they do in the world, on and off the page, and about their great literary friendships.

Annie:
This show has everything, British nicknames, e-flirtations, picking up fam when they're down, literary competition, rooting for one another, and more.

Lito:
And much, much more. Join us this season as we welcome the amazing writers:

Annie & Lito:
* Marie-Helene Bertino and CJ Hauser
* Liz Moore and Asali Solomon
* George Saunders and Paula Saunders
* Yiyun Lee and Edmund White
* Melissa Febos and Danika Kelly
* Deb Olin-Unferth and Lucy Corin
* Justin Torres and Angela Flournoy

Annie & Lito:
Get ready to get lit!

Lito:
Welcome to the show. I'm so glad we're here, Annie. It's been a long time coming. We've been thinking about–

Annie:
Ages!

Lito:
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