Kevin Kwan, SEX AND VANITY

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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I had the most fun laughing and talking with Kevin Kwan who is the author of Crazy Rich Asians trilogy, the international best-selling novels and almost unprecedented single-author trifecta. The film adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians became Hollywood's highest-grossing romantic comedy in over a decade. His latest book is called Sex and Vanity. Kevin and I talked about his upbringing in Singapore and Texas, satirizing social codes and outlandish snobbery, being a lifelong observer, and his funny and terrific advice to authors: "don't be afraid to really take a chance and let your freak flag fly" because you never know what'll happen when you just write from your own place of authenticity.

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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.
0:56.5	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy it. This episode with Kevin Kwan is a special weekend re-release.
1:06.4	Kevin, for those of you who don't know, curated a shelf, a bookshelf at Zibby's
1:10.8	bookshop in Santa Monica.
1:12.2	So if you've not been in there lately, you should go check it out and see what Kevin recommends.
1:16.5	I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:18.3	I had the most fun ever laughing and talking to Kevin Kwan, who is the author of Crazy Rich Asians,
1:25.0	the international best-selling novel that has been translated into
1:27.8	more than 30 languages. Its sequel, China Rich Girlfriend, was released in 2015 and Rich People
1:33.7	Problems. The final book in the trilogy followed in 2017. For several weeks in 2018,
1:38.7	the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy commanded the top three positions of the New York Times bestseller
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