Sarah Polley, RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER: Confrontations with a Body of Memory

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 1 March 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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"I had to develop a connection with my body that I hadn’t had as much in the past. That's a really exciting turning point for me, that we're friends now." Zibby is joined by director, actress, and writer Sarah Polley to discuss her memoir, Run Towards the Danger, which is a collection of six personal essays about memories and how we construct them. Sarah shares how the title came from a piece of advice her doctor gave her as she was going through treatment to recover from a years-long concussion and why that experience has shifted her entire approach to life. The two also talk about some of the things Sarah's body has had to endure, why she is extremely hesitant to let her daughter get into acting while she's still a child, and the meticulous planning that went into every word of the essay on Sarah's #MeToo experience.

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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,
0:42.2	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.
0:58.3	Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Sarah Polly is the author of Run Towards the Danger, Confrontations with a Body of Memory.
1:03.3	I am re-releasing this episode in celebration of the fact that Sarah was just nominated for
1:09.4	Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture by the Academy
1:14.2	Awards for her film Women Talking. So exciting. I'm so happy for her. And in honor of that,
1:21.6	we're re-releasing this episode, which we rarely do, but we're doing it. So now you can listen
1:25.8	and feel like you know her when you watch the awards. Sarah Polly is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter, director, and actor. After making
1:33.4	short films, Polly made her feature-length directorial debut with the drama film away from her
1:38.2	in 2006. She received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay, which she adapted from the Alice
1:43.4	Monroe story The Bear Came Over the Mountain. Her other projects include the documentary film
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