Anna Quindlen, WRITE FOR YOUR LIFE
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode (a live event for the Streicker Center!), Zibby speaks to one of her greatest literary role models, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen, about her latest book, Write For Your Life. Anna talks about how important it is to write – for our mental health, connection with others, and historical record – although it can be intimidating, even for her. She also talks about parenting and grandparenting, her years as a New York City reporter, the book she is currently working on (between bouts of procrastination), and the tattoo she got for her 70th birthday! Finally, the two exchange book recommendations and Anna answers questions from the virtual audience.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called ZibbyMag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.5 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Anna Quindlin is the author of Right for Your Life and many, |
| 1:07.5 | many other books. Anna and I had this amazing conversation at the Stryker Center at |
| 1:11.9 | Temple Emanuel, and there were over 500 people who watched us live and many more after. And now |
| 1:16.9 | all the rest of you can hear our conversation. Anna Quinlan is a novelist and journalist whose work |
| 1:21.6 | has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She's the author of many novels, |
| 1:28.5 | Object Lessons, One True Thing, Black and Blue, Blessings, Rise and Shine, Every Last |
| 1:32.9 | One, Still Life with Breadcums, and Millers Valley. Her memoir, lots of candles, plenty of cake, |
| 1:38.0 | published in 2012, was a number one New York Times bestseller. Her book, A Short Guide to |
| 1:42.7 | A Happy Life, has sold more than a million copies. While a columnist at the New York Times bestseller. Her book, A Short Guide to a Happy Life, has sold more than a million copies. |
| 1:46.0 | While a columnist of the New York Times, she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two |
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