Minisode: An Interview with Author Anissa Gray
The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Schwartz
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2019
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
This is a departure from our regular day and format! We wanted to get this interview into your ears as soon as possible, so welcome to our first minisode!
Today, I'm chatting with debut novelist, Anissa Gray, who just released The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls this week on February 19th.
Anissa has been a news journalist for 20 years now, and this is her first foray into fiction. Our conversation centers on that transition, the pressures put onto authors of color, and the ways that reading makes you a better person. You won't want to miss it!
At the end, Anissa presses a book into your hands, because… it's what we do. Hope you enjoy!
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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
Written on a Body by Jeannette Winterson
Anissa's website
Anissa on Instagram @anissagrayauthor
Anissa on Facebook
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| 0:00.0 | Hi readers, this is Katie, and I'm here today with a special minisode of currently reading. |
| 0:14.7 | Today I'll be interviewing Anissa Gray, the author of the brand new novel The Care and Feeding |
| 0:19.2 | of Ravenously Hungry Girls, which came out this past Tuesday. |
| 0:23.8 | This is Anissa's first novel, but she's been a writer for a good long time. |
| 0:27.7 | She's an award-winning journalist for CNN and has spent 20 years covering the news. |
| 0:32.5 | Her debut novels centers on Althea, |
| 0:34.9 | a woman forced into the matriarchal role in her family |
| 0:37.4 | and dealing with the fallout of some bad decisions, |
| 0:39.4 | both personally and legally. |
| 0:41.2 | We also hear on alternate storylines from her two sisters. |
| 0:44.4 | Biola is an eating disorder therapist who struggles with eating disorders herself |
| 0:49.1 | and is reeling from the breakup of her marriage. Lillian is the baby of the family and has care of |
| 0:53.9 | Althea's twin teenage daughters as well as her own aging mother-in-law. |
| 0:57.8 | She has had this role just thrust upon her. I can't wait for you to hear my conversation with |
| 1:04.6 | Anissa today and I hope you love it. |
| 1:07.0 | Anissa, welcome to currently reading. Thank you for having me. Thanks for being here. |
| 1:14.0 | So first of all, I wanted to say today is a super exciting day for you. |
| 1:17.0 | It's the book birthday of your first novel, and I am super excited that you took time to chat with me today about it in the midst of what |
| 1:24.9 | must be a very busy day for you. |
| 1:27.6 | How are you feeling about your baby being out in the world? |
| 1:31.3 | Excited. |
| 1:32.3 | I'm very excited. I mean you spend in the case of this book about three years |
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