Priscilla Gilman, Author of "The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy"

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🗓️ 19 June 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Priscilla Gilman, author of "The Anti-Romantic Child" and former assistant English professor at Yale and Vassar, talks about raising her autistic son, coping with divorce, managing her career and finding happiness, all the while weaving the wonderful words of Wordsworth throughout her story.

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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 Bobbo Botanicals, B-A-B-O-Banicals.
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0:39.6	I'm here today with Priscilla Gilman.
0:44.3	Priscilla is the author of the beautiful and heartfelt memoir, The Anti-Romantic Child,
0:49.9	a story of unexpected joy from 2011, which was her story of raising her special needs son,
0:50.3	Benjamin.
0:56.0	Priscilla and New York City native is a Yale undergrad, master's, and PhD graduate,
1:01.2	and a former assistant professor of English at both Yale and Vassar. She also worked as a literary agent. She's published essays in many publications, including the New York Times,
1:05.9	Red Book and Real Simple, and is a book critic for the Boston Globe. She also speaks frequently
1:10.3	at schools and
1:11.0	organizations about autism, parenting, education, and the arts. Her second book,
1:15.7	The Critic's daughter, is coming out most likely in 2020. She currently lives in Manhattan
1:20.0	with her two sons, ages 19 and almost 16. I'm here with Priscilla Gilman. Welcome Priscilla.
1:27.1	Hello. Welcome, Priscilla. Hello.
1:31.3	So I'm just going to jump right in because I have so many questions for you.
1:34.5	Sure. First of all, how did you remember all the incredibly detailed scenes in the anti-romantic child, quotes and everything that you included?
1:42.8	Like, I can't even remember when my fourth kid walked.
1:45.3	Everybody's always asking, like, when did this person do this? I have no idea. How did you
1:49.3	remember it all? What did you do? You know, it's funny. I think on the one hand, I have amazing
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