I'm going to write about food and sex for the rest of my writing days because they are two lenses through which I see the world and through which I see most human interaction. Hi.

Let it out.

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and let it out. Hi, welcome to Let It Out.

I'm your host, Katie Dale Bout.

This week I got to interview one of my favorite authors, Stephanie Danler.

She's a novelist, a memoirist, a screenwriter.

She wrote the international bestselling book, Sweetfeiter, and created

and executive produced the TV series of Sweetbitter, which I loved. And her work has appeared in

the New York Times, Vogue, Paris Review. And her latest book, Stray, is a memoir that I genuinely

loved so much. Her story and her style are so unique, which we talk about

both in this episode, as well as many of the themes in stray, like inheriting trauma and boundaries

and relationships and motherhood. And we talk about writing and her process. And I really enjoyed speaking with her and this episode.

I'm excited for you to hear us talk about creativity and the importance of poetry.

And it was a genuinely lovely conversation.

So before we get to that, just a couple of announcements.

We're doing a book club.

I wanted to read fiction for this book.

So we're doing The House of Deepwater by Jenny McFarland.

It just came out.

And it actually takes place in Michigan, which is where I'm from.

I am not super far into it, but I'm far enough in to know that I love it and I love her writing style.

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