Nina LaCour, YERBA BUENA: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by bestselling and award-winning author Nina LaCour to talk about her debut adult novel, Yerba Buena. Nina shares how she started the book while she was still an undergraduate, her experience working in bookstores, and her favorite way a reader has described her book. The two also discuss why Nina decided to pause her podcast, "Keeping a Notebook," and what she's working on next.
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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, |
| 0:42.3 | 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. |
| 0:58.1 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Nina LeCur is the author of Your Beboina, a novel. |
| 1:01.9 | Nina is the Michael L. Prince, award-winning and nationally best-selling author of Watch Over Me, |
| 1:06.9 | We Are Okay, Hold Still, and Everything Leads to You. |
| 1:10.5 | She hosts the podcast Keeping a Notebook |
| 1:12.7 | and teaches for a Hamline University's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. |
| 1:17.9 | A former indie bookseller and high school English teacher, she lives with her family in San |
| 1:21.7 | Francisco. Your Buoyna is her adult debut. Welcome, Nina. Thank you so much for coming on. |
| 1:26.7 | Moms. Don't have time to read books to discuss Your Buoyna. Thank you so much for coming on. Moms. Don't have time to read books to |
| 1:28.0 | discuss Yerba Buoyna. Thank you so much for having me. I'm thrilled to be here. Oh, it's my pleasure. |
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