Mara Altman, Author of GROSS ANATOMY: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT (AND BACK)

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🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Listen as the hilarious Mara Altman talks about her book, GROSS ANATOMY: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT AND BACK, which comes out today (August 21!!)! Mara discusses the ins and outs of chin hair, waxing, PMS, and lice, not just from her experience but by interviewing experts around the world. Today she talks about her twins, her relationship with her mom and how she totally messed up training her dog. Relatable and inspiring, Mara will make every woman come to terms with every part of herself. While laughing.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books, the podcast that features conversations with writers of all types.
0:17.5	Today's episode of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books has been sponsored by Once Upon a Farm Organics.
0:22.6	Once Upon a Farm Organics.com, organic, cold press blends for babies, kids, and toddlers.
0:28.2	I am thrilled to be interviewing Mara Altman today.
0:31.6	Today is the publication day of her book, Gross Anatomy, Dispatches from the Front and Beck.
0:36.9	A former staff writer for the
0:38.3	Village Voice, Mara has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Salon,
0:43.2	and New York Magazine, plus daily newspapers in India and Thailand. A graduate of Columbia University
0:48.6	Graduate School of Journalism, Mara wrote her first book in 2009 called Thanks for Coming,
0:54.0	which was translated into three
0:55.3	languages. She has also penned eight best-selling Kindle singles. Mara lives in San Diego, California,
1:01.2	with her husband and young twins.
1:03.3	Hi, Mara. Hi, Mary. Hi, how are you? Hi. I'm good. How are you? I'm good. Thanks so
1:08.8	much for doing this. Yeah, thanks for having me.
1:13.0	And congratulations on your publication day. That's super exciting.
1:16.1	Oh, thank you. Yeah.
1:18.2	Looks like you're in Providence from your Instagram. Is that right?
1:21.2	Yeah, I am. Yeah, we've been following each other. Where have you been? It's been amazing.
1:25.9	I was like, oh my goodness.
1:27.0	Oh, where have I been? Where is been amazing. I was like, oh my goodness. Where have I been?
1:30.0	I was in Mekanos.
1:32.2	It was amazing.
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