Elaine Castillo, HOW TO READ NOW: Essays
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Elaine Castillo, one of Financial Times' “30 of the Planet’s Most Exciting Young People,” joins Zibby to discuss her latest book of essays, How to Read Now. The two talk about the circumstances and events that inspired Elaine to begin writing these essays, as well as the significance literature holds in her and her parents' lives. Elaine also tells Zibby about her newfound love for astrology, why she included painful stories about the trauma and discrimination her family has faced, and what she's learning from reading books at a slower pace.
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| 1:13.8 | Elaine Costello is the author of How to Read Now essays. Elaine was named 30 of the planet's |
| 1:19.0 | most exciting young people by the Financial Times. She was born and raised in the Bay Area. Her |
| 1:24.0 | debut novel, America is Not the Heart, was a finalist for numerous prizes, including the L. Big Book Award, the Center for Fiction Prize, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize, and was named a best book of 2018 by NPR, Real Simple, Litav, the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, and the New York Public Library. |
| 1:43.1 | Welcome, Elaine. Thank you so much for coming on Mom |
| 1:45.3 | Don't have time to read books to discuss how to read now essays. Oh, thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:50.4 | It's a real joy to be here. Oh, it's so fun. This is so interesting. There's so much here that I |
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