Rex Ogle, PUNCHING BAG

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 12 February 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Author Rex Ogle returns to discuss his second memoir, Punching Bag, which is a follow up to his debut memoir, Free Lunch. Rex and Zibby talk about the moments in Rex's childhood that ended up being so significant as he grew older, why his abusive past is important to talk about even though doing so is often painful, and the ways in which he is trying to reach kids who might be in similar situations today. Rex also shares the book he's working on next about his grandmother who remains such a powerful force in his life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.1	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids.
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0:28.5	And of course, my new publishing company called Zivvy Books.
0:32.3	And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi.
0:37.4	Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show.
0:41.2	Rex Ogle is the author of Punching Bag. Rex has been on this podcast before for his first book,
0:46.9	Free Lunch. Rex was born and raised mostly in Texas. He moved to New York City after college
0:52.2	to pursue an editorial career, interning at Marvel Comics,
0:55.5	before working at DC Comics, and later at Scholastic and Little Brown Young Readers. He's championed
1:00.5	over a dozen New York Times bestsellers on major brands such as X-Men, Justice League, Star Wars,
1:05.6	Lego, Power Rangers, Transformers, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But writing for himself was always
1:10.8	the ultimate goal.
1:12.1	He has written under a lot of pen names, most notably Trey King, Honest Lee, and Ray Ter Ciro,
1:18.6	which is just Espaniol for Third King, which is apt since Rex is Latin for King, and Rex is the
1:24.7	third Rex in his family. Now he lives in Los Angeles, where he writes full-time
1:29.4	when he's not outside hiking with his dog, Toby, playing Mario Kart with friends and losing
1:33.9	terribly or reading. Welcome, Rex. Thank you for coming back on Mom's Don't have time to read books
1:39.2	to discuss punching bag. Thanks for having me. Actually, I'm holding this up, but I have another copy of it somewhere, but sorry, I'm
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