Sloane Crosley Processes Her Grief With Humor

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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It’s never a great idea to pigeonhole a talented writer, but you could probably call Sloane Crosley a humorist... most of the time. Her newest, Grief Is for People, is a funny, raw, introspective, and beautiful look at grief from every angle. Rocked by the suicide of her best friend, Crosley dives into her pain and loss in this slim, but effecting book that will make you laugh out loud while you reach for your tissue box. (Yes, a cliche. But, here, a true one.) We also speak with McLean and Eakin books in Petoskey Michigan, run by a husband and wife team who fell in love in the shop they now own. Books mentioned in this week's episode: Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley The Clasp by Sloane Crosley The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett The Long Goodbye: A Memoir by Meghan O'Rourke Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature and Feminism in Our Time by Vivian Gornick The Painter by Peter Heller The Last Ranger by Peter Heller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.8	Hello, book casers. You can turn off the alert on your Alexa device, telling you that it's Thursday in time for another episode of the bookcase because it is. I'm Charlie Gibson.
1:06.6	Yes, you haven't slept for days awaiting this moment. I am Kate Gibson, and it is good to have you back or with us for the first time.
1:14.4	Either way, we're happy to have you listening.
1:16.6	Indeed, I drove 13 hours yesterday, Kate, to get from one city to another.
1:21.4	I don't know at this point, which is which.
1:23.2	I'm a little punch drunk, so I apologize for that in advance.
1:26.8	Today's author, Sloan Crosley.
1:29.7	She has written, I think, one novel in a number of essay books, and they're quite funny.
1:35.0	But this book, while it's certainly amusing, is a bit more serious, and it's called
1:40.4	Grief is for People, Just Out.
1:43.2	You know, when I looked at that title, I thought, oh, Lord, this is another self-help book
1:47.6	telling you how to deal with grief.
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