You're listening to reading glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed

to help you read better.

I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour, Mallory Omera.

And I'm Bria Grant, actress, filmmaker, and e-reader.

This episode, we're discussing being a reader in a non-reader world,

and hopefully saving some bookish marriages on our way.

Fingers crossed.

But first, Bria, what are you reading?

So I actually already read this, but I wanted to recommend it because here's,

it's not the kind of book you're like reading you read it because it is very

short it is not a book you keep reading and it is John Waters make trouble

his was it good?

I want to get that so bad.

All it is is he, not all it is, but it is, he did a commencement speech at

RISD, the Rhode Island School of Design Design which I used to live near.

So it's a commencement speech but then also he drew a bunch of really funny and cute little

drawings and it's just all about being an artist and you know it's so funny because at one point in time John Waters was so

controversial I know like he talks to me he's like my now my stuff is like Blasey like you know you guys are doing way more controversial things and he was like

supporting that and he's still doing such cool stuff do you remember that he he

hitchhiked across America not that long ago? No.

Like you could have picked up John Waters.

Anyway, I just think he's amazing.

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