The Optimist's Daughter: Q&A

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

You have questions, we’ve got thoughts! So click that play button and dig into this conversation on The Optimist’s Daughter!

Please note: next week we will be off, but after that we will begin conversations on The Scarlet Letter with very special guest Karen Swallow Prior!

This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, I'm Heidi White.
0:04.3	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:05.9	And this is Close Reads, a podcast for The Incurable Reader on which we are discussing listeners' questions for the book we just finished, The Optimist Daughter by Udora Welty.
0:18.1	Sean, how are you doing?
0:19.7	We're doing well, Heidi.
0:20.7	How are you? I am doing well, Heidi. How are you?
0:21.7	I'm doing great.
0:23.2	David is not here again.
0:25.2	Yeah.
0:26.6	Yeah.
0:27.2	He does have a strong work ethic.
0:28.8	He does care very much about this podcast.
0:32.2	But he is currently on vacation with his wife.
0:36.0	He's in England.
0:37.2	He's in the Cotswolds today.
0:39.3	He's been in London and Oxford.
0:41.6	And he is texting us actually quite often about books that won the Pulitzer Prize, sending us pictures.
0:51.1	He's doing well and thriving and flourishing.
0:53.4	But he is on vacation. And I actually
0:55.7	can't remember the last time David took a vacation. Can you? I think this is a good thing. Yeah.
1:01.2	It's so good. We're so proud of him. I just, so we're glad he's not here because that means
1:08.3	that he's able to relax and recover. And as you all know, he's been sick quite often.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Goldberry Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Goldberry Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.