Heidi Pitlor, IMPERSONATION
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Heidi Pitlor's third novel came out yesterday, and she and Zibby talked about writing the book you want to read, motherhood, and the magic of libraries.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | Moms don't have time to read books. Thanks so much for listening to my podcast. If you like what you hear, |
| 0:17.1 | please follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens and also at Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. Thanks so much for listening. Enjoy it. |
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| 1:25.5 | Thank you, Book Nix, for sponsoring. |
| 1:26.8 | Heidi Pitler is the author of the novels The Birthdays and The Daylight Marriage, which |
| 1:31.8 | was optioned for film. |
| 1:33.4 | Her third novel, Impersonation, will come out on August 18th. |
| 1:37.3 | A former senior editor at Mifflin Harcourt, she has been the series editor of the Best |
| 1:41.5 | American Short Stories since 2007. |
| 1:44.0 | She's also the editorial director of the literary studio, Stories since 2007. She's also the editorial director |
| 1:45.5 | of the literary studio, Plimpton. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, |
| 1:50.7 | Lit Hub, Plow Shares, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere she lives outside Boston. Welcome, Heidi. |
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