Ep 392: Insightful and entertaining memoirs

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Books, Arts, Leisure

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Memoir is a well-loved genre for so many readers, and today Anne is joined by R. Eric Thomas to talk about the wise, sobering, hilarious, and heartbreaking sketches in his own works, as well as some of the memoirs they each love best.

You may know R. Eric Thomas from his works Here For It or Congratulations, The Best is Over! (a 2023 Summer Reading Guide pick) which just released today. Anne couldn't stop thinking about this collection of essays, and today she and Eric enjoy a delightful conversation about his work, the art of storytelling, embracing midlife, and so much more.

We've included links to Eric's website and Instagram account, as well as the full list of titles discussed today, at our show notes page at whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/392.

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0:00.0	Here for it was a coming-of-age memoir, and this is a coming-of-middle-age memoir, and
0:06.0	at first I was like, yikes!
0:08.0	Um...
0:16.0	Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogle, and this is What Should I Read Next.
0:22.0	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:27.0	What Should I Read Next?
0:29.0	We don't get bossy on this show.
0:31.0	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:42.0	Around here, we take a personalized approach to the reading life, and the heart of What Should I Read Next
0:47.0	is talking with readers like you about what they love and why, what they don't and why not,
0:53.0	and what it all means when it comes to choosing their next read.
0:56.0	If you would like to join me for a conversation here on the show, we have just reopened our submission form.
1:02.0	It's at What Should I Read Next, podcast.com slash guest.
1:06.0	So you know how it works.
1:08.0	When my recording schedule is full, we close the form.
1:11.0	And when it's time to fill up the calendar again?
1:13.0	Like right now, we open it.
1:15.0	We are scheduling fall episodes now, and if you think you'd be a good fit, or no-a-reader who would be,
1:20.0	that page is the place to visit.
1:22.0	What Should I Read Next, podcast.com slash guest.
1:25.0	We can't wait to see what you send us.
1:30.0	Readers, as soon as I finished, congratulations.
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