This is the Beautiful Writers Podcast. I'm Danielle Lipport, and I'm here with Linda Sieverts,

where we are chatting with some of the most amazing authors, publishing leaders, and creatives.

Between the two of us, Linda and I have written something like 12 books, including our co-creation,

your big beautiful book plan. And we're here because we love this game. We love everything about

the publishing industry, about getting ideas out into the world and being as creative as you

possibly can. This all started with us interviewing some of our favorite agents and fellow

authors for a membership group that we have called the Beautiful Writers Group. And because we don't

believe friends should let their friends write alone, we are sharing the interviews with you. So,

for the next 45 minutes, because 45 minutes is a new hour, we will be digging deep and going for the light. Welcome.

Hello, hello. This is the big, beautiful writers interview with Sarah Manguso in conversation with myself, Danielle

Lipport and Linda Siebertson. And if you're familiar with us, you know that we start

everything with a blessing. And it goes like this. We are here now to give witness to a shared

truth that absolutely everything has progress, that we have all that we need, and that brilliance is unfolding here and now, and so it is. And off the top, we let you know where you can find us. So, you know, you can find me at danielapporte.com. Linda lives at bookmama.com. And Sarah Manguso, I'm going to spell her name. So this is her URL as well. So it's Sarah with an H-S-A-R-H-M-A-N-G-U-S-O.com.

And Linda, take it away.

Hi.

So we are bringing you Sarah Manguso because we know that her work is extraordinary.

She is the author most recently of ongoingness, the end of a diary, which we'll talk all about.

Her five other books include The Guardians, which was named one of the top ten books of the year by Salon,

and the two kinds of decay, named an editor's choice by the New York Times Book Review

and a best book of the year by the Independent, the San Francisco Chronicle, the telegraph,

and more.

She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize, and her books have been

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