Sarah Ruhl, LESSONS FROM MY TEACHERS: From Preschool to the Present

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Totally Booked: LIVE! In this special episode of the podcast (in-person at the Whitby Hotel with a live audience!), Zibby chats with critically acclaimed author, MacArthur genius, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Tony Award-nominated playwright, Sarah Ruhl, about her tender and thoughtful essay collection, LESSONS FROM MY TEACHERS. Sarah reveals the figures—inside and outside the classroom—who shaped her life and work, from her eccentric actress mother to her legendary mentor Paula Vogel. She also talks about memory, grief, her writing process, unexpected health journeys, the healing power of literature, and the impact of honoring teachers while they're still with us.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive
0:24.0	look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't
0:29.3	have to.
0:30.3	Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.
0:36.2	For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens.
0:44.6	Welcome to Totally Booked with Zibi.
0:47.1	I am so excited to be here with Sarah Ruhl, who I've never met in person until now,
0:51.8	but have been on Zoom with.
0:53.0	So exciting.
0:53.8	Her new book, Lessons from My Teachers, from preschool to the present, was so good.
1:00.7	I cried.
1:01.9	I laughed.
1:03.0	I just, like, loved it.
1:05.1	So I'm so excited to talk about it.
1:07.5	Here's a little bit about Sarah that you might not know.
1:10.4	Sarah Rule is a playwright,
1:12.2	essayist, and poet. Her 15 plays include in the next room or the vibrator play, The Clean House,
1:19.4	and Eurides. I mean, who knows how the Greek said it, but I say Eurydice.
1:24.8	Eurydice. Sorry, Eurydice. She is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony Award nominee, and the recipient of the MacArthur
1:33.4	Genius Fellowship.
1:35.5	Her books include Smile, a Memoir, and 100 essays I Don't Have Time to Write, a New York
1:41.5	Times notable book.
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