Amy Fusselman, THE MEAN$: A Novel
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Zibby speaks to author Amy Fusselman about The Mean$, a breezy and hysterical new novel about a stay-at-home Manhattan mom who is hell-bent on purchasing a Hamptons house (or shipping container, if necessary!). Amy talks about the inspiration behind the story, her fascinating protagonist (Shelly Means–disgruntled, enraged, and deep in capitalist delusion), and the themes she enjoyed exploring–wealth, desire, and the value of a mom’s unpaid labor. She also describes her journey to becoming an author and shares her best advice for aspiring authors.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 1:00.9 | Amy Fisselman is the author of The Means, a novel. |
| 1:03.1 | Amy is the author of five books. |
| 1:05.6 | Her latest, The Means, is her first novel. |
| 1:10.0 | Her previous four books, were all nonfiction, have been translated into several languages. |
| 1:11.3 | Her work has been nominated for the Believer Book Award and the University of Iowa's Krause Essay Prize. |
| 1:16.6 | Her essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, |
| 1:21.0 | McSweeney's Internet Tenancy, Ms. Art News, ArtNet, and many others. She lives in New York City |
| 1:26.0 | with her family and teaches creative |
| 1:27.9 | writing at New York University. Welcome, Amy. Thank you so much for coming on moms. Don't have time |
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