Shannon Reed, WHY WE READ: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

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Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Beloved writer, teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize semifinalist Shannon Reed joins Zibby to talk about her whip-smart, hilarious collection, WHY WE READ: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out. Shannon describes her lifelong passion for reading, starting with her grandmother teaching her how to do it when she was just two. She also talks about the impact of her hearing impairment on her love of reading and the challenge of finding time to read (ha!). Finally, she hints at some potential future projects.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company, reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers.
0:31.6	Shannon Reed is the author of WIREE read on bookworms, libraries, and just one more page
0:36.4	before lights out.
0:37.8	Shannon is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh and a contributor
0:41.5	to the New Yorkers' shouts and murmurs pieces.
0:44.3	Her work has also appeared in Real Simple, The Paris Review, Slate, Lithev, Longreads, The Guardian,
0:49.9	Afar, the Washington Post, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and most notably McSweeney's.
0:56.0	She holds an MA in educational theater and teaching secondary English and an MFA in creative
1:00.5	writing.
1:01.1	Welcome, Shannon.
1:01.9	Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books, to discuss why we
1:06.0	read, something I think about all the time on bookworms, libraries, and just one more page before it lights out.
1:13.1	Congrats.
1:13.3	Thanks so much.
1:14.2	I'm delighted to be here.
1:15.7	Oh, my gosh.
1:16.5	I loved this book so much.
1:17.9	I chuckled so many times.
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