Caitlin Macy, A BLIND CORNER
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Guest host Julianna Goldman speaks to award-winning author Caitlin Macy about A Blind Corner, a sharp and playful collection of short stories about pride, privilege, uncomfortable truths, and ill-fated good intentions. Caitlin talks about her writing and publishing process (her editor was expecting a novel!) and the real-life details that inspired the stories. She also discusses her fascinating Wall Street Journal article about performative social media, emojis, teenagers, and the mental health crisis.
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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, |
| 0:42.3 | 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. |
| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Caitlin Macy is the author of A Blind Corner. |
| 1:01.4 | This is one of our guest-hosted episodes by Juliana Goldman. |
| 1:05.6 | Caitlin is the author of Mrs. |
| 1:07.6 | And she was actually on this podcast for that book. |
| 1:09.9 | So you can go back and listen to that. |
| 1:11.6 | The Fundamentals of Play and Spoiled. The recipient of an O. Henry Award, |
| 1:15.9 | Macy's work has been published in The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine among other |
| 1:19.5 | publications. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children. |
| 1:23.4 | Caitlin Macy, author of A Blind Corner, thank you so much for joining us. |
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