John Irving, THE LAST CHAIRLIFT
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Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
John Irving, one of the world’s greatest novelists of all time, joins Zibby (who idolizes him!!) in this once-in-a-lifetime interview to discuss The Last Chairlift, a sweepingly cinematic, multigenerational ghost story about a slalom skier, her accidental pregnancy, and, years later, the son who returns to Aspen to uncover her story. After discussing this latest release, Mr. Irving describes the fascinating process behind each of his iconic books, revealing he has piles of notes waiting to be turned into novels (but refuses to start writing them until he knows exactly how they will end!). He also shares how helpful and influential his first readers (like Kurt Vonnegut!) and editors have been in his career.
You can all meet John Irving at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival on May 20th!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:06.7 | This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes. |
| 0:14.9 | I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir. |
| 0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
| 0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
| 0:31.2 | features. |
| 0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
| 0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
| 0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
| 0:56.1 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. I am so excited to introduce my episode with John Irving. |
| 1:07.7 | Yes, the John Irving. This was like the highlight of my career. I was sitting here alone in my office and on Zoom. And all of a sudden it says, John Irving is in your waiting room. I was like, oh my gosh. So anyway, I screenshoted it and posted it. So you all pretty much who follow me on Instagram know that this is coming. But anyway, John Irving, the reason he came on is to help promote his appearance, which is coming up at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, which is May 19th to 21st at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. |
| 1:42.1 | You should be part of this unforgettable long weekend dedicated to celebrating a shared |
| 1:46.2 | love of language and ideas. |
| 1:48.3 | There will be more than 30 events with literary legends, a free community stage, and more. |
| 1:53.2 | So you should definitely check that out at sF international litfest.org. |
| 1:58.5 | And John's appearance will be on the big stage at 6.30 p.m. until 745 on Saturday, May 20th. |
| 2:07.1 | He is a lifelong voice for social justice, feminism, and tolerance of sexual minorities, |
| 2:12.6 | and the author of 17 books, including The World, according to Garp, the Ciderhouse Rules, and the Last Chairlift. |
| 2:18.2 | Here is John Irving's official bio after all that about the festival. |
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