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🗓️ 21 August 2021
⏱️ 17 minutes
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"Laughter goes hand in hand with tragedy and how we cope." Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong joined Zibby for an Instagram Live to discuss her debut memoir, This Will All Be Over Soon. Combining her own story with that of her beloved cousin Owen, Cecily reflects on the pandemic as it unfolded and what the loss felt like. Cecily hopes the book will keep Owen's optimistic spirit alive, as well as help readers cope with their own loss.
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0:00.0 | Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
0:07.0 | I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology, |
0:12.2 | which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology. |
0:16.8 | All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research. |
0:20.4 | And I'm the editor-in-chief of Moms Don't Have Time to Write a new publication on Medium. |
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0:34.8 | Okay, now back to this amazing podcast. |
0:38.1 | Cecily Strong is the author of This Will All Be Over Soon, a memoir. |
0:42.7 | Cecily returns this year to Saturday Night Live for her ninth season. She has entertained |
0:47.6 | viewers with her standout weekend update character, Kathy Ann, Michael Chey's wacky, |
0:52.3 | chain-smoking neighbor who offers her opinions on current events. |
0:55.8 | Her recurring character, Gemma, a British singer with various boyfriends, also quickly |
1:00.7 | became a fan favorite. She earned rave reviews for her notable impressions of Judge |
1:05.3 | Janine Piro, Senator Diane Feinstein, and Melania Trump. Strong has co-hosted Weekend Update alongside both Seth Myers and Colin Jost. |
1:14.3 | In 2020, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |
1:19.0 | for her work on Saturday Night Live and also has another Emmy nomination right now. |
1:23.5 | In Chicago, Strong improvised regularly at I.O. |
1:26.5 | And served as an understudy for the Second City main stage and ETC shows. |
1:30.7 | She performed as a member of the Second City National Touring Company and has also appeared in the Chicago Sketchfest, Chicago Just for Laughs, the New York Sketchfest and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. |
1:41.0 | She has appeared in the female brain and Paul Figueg's reboot of Ghostbusters, as well as |
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