Nerdette Book Club: 'Our Missing Hearts'

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Greta Johnsen

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Nerdette Book Club is wrapping up October with this spoilery and delightful conversation on Celeste Ng’s newest novel, ‘Our Missing Hearts.’ Our panelists are Dessa, rapper and author of the new poetry collection ‘Tits on the Moon,’ and Elise Hu, ‘Ted Talks Daily’ host and NPR host-at-large. Thank you to all of the listeners who joined the conversation!

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0:00.0	When it's your job to ask people questions,
0:03.0	there's nothing like here in this.
0:05.0	It's like a great question.
0:06.0	That's such a good question.
0:08.0	Yeah, that's a great question.
0:09.0	You asked such great questions.
0:11.0	That's a good, excellent question.
0:12.0	Thank you so much for these very thoughtful questions.
0:15.0	Throughout the week on the rundown podcast,
0:17.0	you get to hear some of your favorite Chicago
0:19.0	wants to talk about their work
0:21.0	in a way that they haven't really thought about it before.
0:23.0	Listen, like and subscribe,
0:25.0	wherever podcasts are available.
0:30.0	From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson.
0:36.0	And this is the Nerd at Book Club.
0:38.0	It's just like a regular book club,
0:39.0	except you've got to bring your own snacks.
0:41.0	It is October and our selection for this month
0:44.0	is Celeste Ng's Our Missing Hearts.
0:47.0	It's about Noah, also known as Bird,
0:49.0	who is in grade school when the novel starts.
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