Curtis Sittenfeld, ROMANTIC COMEDY

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Zibby interviews New York Times bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld about Romantic Comedy, a hilarious and compelling meta-romance (and Reese's Book Club pick!) about a comedy writer who has sworn off love, the comedy sketch she writes about the phenomenon of ordinary-looking men dating gorgeous female celebrities (and how the opposite just doesn’t happen), and the dreamy pop star that flips the script on all her assumptions. Curtis talks about her love of SNL, how much fun she had researching it, the real-life “dating-up” phenomenon, and the experience of writing mid-pandemic (and incorporating it into the story). She also talks about her impressive twenty-year career, her favorite writer, and the A++ book she read recently.

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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.
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1:03.0	Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of Romantic Comedy, a novel. And I have to say Curtis was on my
1:09.4	list of wish list when I started this podcast five years ago. And I have to say, Curtis was on my list of, like, wish list when I started this podcast
1:12.4	five years ago. And I am just so excited. I got to interview her, and she is just as lovely and
1:17.2	delightful as I expected. And I was just really happy about the whole thing. So enjoy.
1:23.2	Curtis Sittenfeld is the New York Times best-selling author of six novels, including Rodham,
1:33.0	eligible, prep, American wife, and Sisterland, as well as the collection, You Think It, I'll Say It.
2:01.3	Her novels have been translated into 30 languages. In addition, her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire, and the Best American Short Stories, for which she has also been the guest editor. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, Time and Vanity Fair, and on public radios, This American Life. Her seventh novel, Romantic Comedy, is out now. Welcome, Curtis. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books to Discuss Romantic Comedy, your latest novel. Thank you for having me.
2:02.4	It's a pleasure.
2:05.1	Okay, romantic comedy, so fun.
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