Ep 593 - Less, by Sean Andrew Greer

Overdue

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week’s book tackles aging and writing and the author’s determination to write a book about a gay character who is allowed to experience joy. These are all themes that hit us where we live as we trundle into early middle age ourselves.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.2	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.5	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.3	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Hey everybody, welcome to OverDue.
0:41.4	It's podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:44.0	My name is Craig.
0:45.2	My name is Andrew.
0:46.5	June's slipping in.
0:48.5	Just May.
0:49.5	When did May happen?
0:50.5	That's my question.
0:51.5	I don't know.
0:52.5	May have passed us by.
0:54.9	I don't, May was, when did May happen?
0:57.9	I'm so confused.
0:59.5	This book that I read this week, which we're going to talk about in a minute, is a lot
1:02.4	of it's about aging.
1:03.8	Okay.
1:04.8	As I age, I just feel like the years go faster and faster.
1:08.6	April.
1:09.6	To me, this year went by very quickly.
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