You're listening to Reading Glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed

to help you read better.

I'm author and booked about our Mallory Amara.

And I'm great grad filmmaker and e-reader.

This episode, we're talking about how to figure out which books are coming out and when,

and how to get your grubby hands on them.

Get those little, little chocolate covered hands on them.

And we're kicking off spooky season with author and librarian Becky Spratford.

But first, what are you reading, Brian?

I am about a quarter of the way through.

Charlie Jane Andrews new book.

Never said you can't survive.

How to get through hard times by making up stories, which is great.

It's a non-fiction sort of advice book for writers.

So all y'all who are like, I'm going to do an anorama this year.

You know, any of you people, I know we have a ton of authors listen to the show.

It's great.

So I didn't know, but in, so I guess Charlie Jane Andrews father died of COVID.

And Charlie Jane had a tough time during 2020 as a lot of people did.

And she talks a lot about using writing as catharsis and, you know, and,

and writing as a means of,

like, it's almost like a rebellious act against the world when the world is going to shit.

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