Alena Dillon, MY BODY IS A BIG FAT TEMPLE: An Ordinary Story of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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"Everything was alive in the moment, which was an interesting process because I could see how my voice was changed by the experience." Alena Dillon returns to talk about her latest non-fiction book, My Body Is a Big Fat Temple, which chronicles her pregnancy and looks at the parts of motherhood that often get brushed aside. Alena and Zibby also discuss how although the reward of pregnancy is always worth it, it does a disservice to everyone when we ignore the hard conversations and hefty costs it puts on mothers.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
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0:41.2	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to
0:46.2	Kids. Here's a little snippet by one of the authors from the anthology. My name is Lindsay Powers,
0:52.7	and I'm thrilled to have contributed to Moms Don't Have Time to Haveology. My name is Lindsay Powers and I'm thrilled to have contributed to moms don't have
0:56.2	time to have kids. My essay is called Let's Just Meet Here Every Day. It's about the breakup of my
1:02.9	pandemic pod. And what I really don't have time for is more anxiety about COVID. I'm really looking
1:10.3	forward to getting my young kids vaccinated.
1:13.5	Elena Dillon is the author of My Body is a Big Fat Temple.
1:17.1	Elena is the author of Mercy House, a library journal Best Book of 2020, which has been
1:22.3	optioned as a television series produced by Amy Schumer, as well as the happiest girl in the
1:27.3	world, a good morning America
1:28.9	pick, and my body is a big fat temple, which is coming out now about a memoir of pregnancy and
1:34.8	early parenting. Her work has appeared in publications, including Lit Hub, River Teeth, Slice Magazine,
1:40.8	The Rumpus and Bustle. She lives on the north shore of Boston with her husband, son, and Black Lab. Oh, maybe her lab can play with Naya. Welcome, Elena. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss my body is a big, fat temple. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so pleased to be here. It's such a joy to have you. I feel like I have just sat down and had like a long
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