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Political Gabfest

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Politics, Government, News

4.5 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Emily Bazelon talks with author author Curtis Sittenfeld about her new book Romantic Comedy. They discuss why ordinary guys get to be with famous women, but usually not the other way around, the fun of writing a fictional version of Saturday Night Live, and how to write witty email exchanges. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at [email protected]. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:07.4	Welcome to Gabb best reads for the month of May.
0:09.9	I'm Emily Bathlun, one of the hosts of Slays Global Gabb best.
0:14.9	I'm here today with a wonderful fiction writer Curtis Sitonfeld.
0:19.5	Hey Curtis.
0:20.5	Hey Emily.
0:21.5	Curtis is the author of Excellent New York Times bestselling books, the novels that include
0:28.5	eligible and prep and American wife.
0:31.8	She has also written for The New Yorker and The New York Times, The Atlantic, Vanity
0:36.0	Fair.
0:37.0	She's been on this American life.
0:38.9	She deserves to be everywhere.
0:40.8	And she is the author of a new novel called Romantic Comedy, which of course is a Romantic
0:46.8	Comedy.
0:47.8	Could you just tell us a little bit about the premise of this novel and the main characters?
0:52.6	Yes.
0:54.3	The main character is a woman named Sally, who's in her late 30s and works for a late
1:00.0	night sketch comedy show in New York that bears a significant resemblance to Saturday
1:06.2	Night Live.
1:07.2	And she's worth it for nine years.
1:09.3	She writes a sketch kind of making fun of the phenomenon of men dating up, generally
1:17.0	like sort of talented but ordinary looking men dating super gorgeous, super successful
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