Maira Kalman, WOMEN HOLDING THINGS
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by critically acclaimed artist and bestselling author Maira Kalman to discuss Women Holding Things, an extraordinary visual meditation on women and the objects they carry in their hands, hearts, and minds. Maira explains the origin of this project and analyzes many of its paintings, anecdotes, and themes (including motherhood, the constraints of time, and the inevitability of death). Finally, she describes her artistic process (it involves classical music and falling in love with people on the street), her next big project, and the books she is currently reading!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.2 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Myra Kalman is the author and illustrator of women holding things. |
| 1:02.7 | She illustrated William Strunk Jr.'s classic, The Elements of Style, |
| 1:06.6 | and is the author of My Favorite Things, Principles of Uncertainty, |
| 1:10.4 | and In The Pursuit of Happiness. Myra is also the author of my favorite things, principles of uncertainty, and in the pursuit of happiness. |
| 1:12.8 | Myra is also the author-illustrator of numerous children's books like the book, |
| 1:16.8 | Cake, which my husband gave to my son, and her artwork has graced a dozen covers of the New Yorker. |
| 1:22.4 | Her watches, clocks, accessories, and paperweights have been featured at the Museum of Modern Art Store. |
| 1:27.0 | She lives in New York |
| 1:27.7 | City. Myra is like a really, really big deal. You should definitely listen. Welcome, Myra. Thanks so |
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