February 28, 2024 • 59 mins
Sloane Crosley is the author of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and several other books. Her new memoir is Grief Is for People.
“You take a little sliver of yourself and you offer it up to be spun around in perpetuity in the public imagination. That is the sacrifice you make. And it makes everything just a little bit worse. So it's the opposite of catharsis, but it's worth it. It's worth it for what you get in return: a book.”
Show notes:
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Longform Podcast #343: Sloane Crosley
01:00 Grief Is for People (MCD • 2024)
14:00 Heartburn (Nora Ephron • Vintage • 1996)
25:00 "Patchett: In Bad Relationships, 'There Comes A Day When You Gotta Go.'" (Fresh Air with Terry Gross • WHYY • Jan 2014)
25:00 Joan Didion on Fresh Air with Terry Gross
25:00 "Long COVID, Chronic Illness & Searching For Answers" (Fresh Air with Terry Gross • WHYY • Feb 2022)
32:00 "Obituary: Russell Perreault, V-P at Vintage Anchor, 52" (Rachel Deahl • Publishers Weekly • Jul 2019)
37:00 The Clasp (Picador • 2016)
49:00 How Did You Get This Number (Riverhead Books • 2011)
51:00 "Five O’Clock Somewhere" (Gary Indiana • Granta • Feb 2024)
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