Emily Maloney, COST OF LIVING: Essays
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by author Emily Maloney to talk about her book of personal essays, Cost of Living, which grew out of a piece that is featured in the Best American Essays compilation. The two discuss the current state of healthcare in America, as well as what Emily sees as the industry's potential future. Emily also shares her 15-year process of publishing this book, at which stage she decided to incorporate anecdotes about her parents, and what she is working on next.
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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. |
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| 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. Emily Maloney is the author of Cost of Living essays. |
| 1:01.9 | Emily's work has appeared in glamour, Virginia Quarterly Review, Best American Essays, |
| 1:05.9 | and the American Journal of Nursing, among others. |
| 1:08.1 | She has worked as a dog groomer, pastry chef, general contractor, tile- setter, and catalog model, and has sold her ceramics at art fairs. She has twice been awarded a McDowell Fellowship. She lives in Evanston, Illinois, and her books include Burn This House Down, and now Cost of Living. Welcome, Emily. Thank you so much for coming on. Momsdown have time to read books to discuss Cost of Living essays. Thank you so much for having me. Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books to Discuss Cost of Living Essays. |
| 1:28.7 | Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here. Yay. This is a great cover, by the way. |
| 1:34.6 | I'm in like a cover moment where I'm like analyzing every cover in detail. And I just like, as soon as I saw it, I love it. The bright color, the medical tape all |
| 1:45.8 | over. I'm trying to explain it for people listening. But it's bold, but also relates to the |
| 1:51.3 | health care theme. And it's just awesome. Aren't you happy? I love it. I was so lucky to get a |
| 1:57.3 | great cover. And I just thought, I don't know, they sent me one version and that was it. |
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