Episode 158 || Love is in the Air

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In the spirit of St. Valentine and Fabio, Annie and Chris are talking about romance in literature--the kind we like, the kind we don't, and why it seems like YA seems to be doing it best. Mentioned this week: + When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon + Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell + Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum + What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum + This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills + Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch + The Meet Cute Series by HarperCollins Publishers You can listen to this week's This American Life here. Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like in-store playlists or Chris's comprehensive media log, consider supporting us on Patreon here.

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0:00.0	How's life?
0:02.0	So hard.
0:03.0	So hard.
0:04.0	I don't know. I did finally write and defend my dissertation prospectus.
0:09.0	Yeah. Woohoo.
0:10.0	Which, you know, feels like a big deal.
0:12.0	It is a big deal.
0:14.0	I had my backup against a deadline wall where, like, I would be unable to apply for fifth year funding if I didn't have it
0:22.4	submitted.
0:23.9	Turns out that it was just the kick in the pants you needed.
0:26.4	Turns out.
0:27.3	That was the thing that I needed.
0:29.4	And so I did it in about 48 hours.
0:33.9	You're very deadline oriented.
0:35.3	I really am.
0:36.4	Yeah.
0:36.8	I really do need deadlines. And as soon as I have that, I can get anything done. Yeah. I can do anything with the deadline. That's not a good quality to have. Well, I mean, you can make up your own deadlines. No. That doesn't work for you. It doesn't work for me at all. An authority has to tell you.
0:55.0	An authority has to say like, your life will be null and void if you do not do this thing by this date.
1:02.6	And so that happened and I finally did it.
1:05.2	I'm going to one conference of this calendar year.
1:08.6	Oh, good for you.
1:09.6	I know, right?
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