Angela Himsel, A RIVER COULD BE A TREE

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Angela Himsel is the author of A River Could Be a Tree, a memoir chronicling Angela’s journey from a conservative Christian upbringing in rural Indiana to life as a practicing Jewish women in Manhattan. Angela and I discussed growing up with ten siblings, the fascinating research that went into the book, and the magical brochure that changed her life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
0:12.0	Moms don't have time to read books.
0:14.0	Please sign up for my newsletter at Zibbyowens.com for updates on podcast guests and lots of live events.
0:21.3	Today's episode has been sponsored by the Iceland Readers Retreat, which is happening
0:25.4	April 29th to March 3rd in Iceland.
0:28.5	Who doesn't want to go to Iceland?
0:30.0	While you're there, you'll get small group lectures and talks by renowned authors, learning
0:34.2	about the rich literary heritage of this Nordic book-loving nation.
0:38.0	Adam Gopnik is the special guest this year, and he will be doing a small seminar on memoir
0:43.5	between all these intimate book discussions.
0:45.9	You get to have literary theme tours of the countryside here from other Icelandic writers
0:50.2	and discover some really cool artifacts in Reykjjavik's museums.
0:55.5	This sounds so fun,
1:02.2	and I'm hoping I can somehow manage to get there. But you should check it out at Icelandreaderset.com.
1:09.6	That's Icelandwritersretreat.com. The price is $1,600, but that includes so much, everything, for basically four days of your life. So check it out
1:12.4	at the Iceland Reader's Retreat. Thank you so much. Angela Hymzel is the author of Memoir
1:16.8	A River Could Be a Tree. Angela has contributed to the New York Times, the Jewish Week, the
1:20.8	foreword, and Lilith, among other publications. She received the American Jewish Press
1:24.8	Association Award for her column on doteevka on Zik.net.
1:29.0	Angela has a BA from Indiana University, which included two years at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
1:33.8	and an MFA from the City College of New York.
1:36.8	Welcome, Angela. Thanks for coming on, Mom. So don't have time to read books.
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