Winter Books 2019

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We discuss what's on our bookshelf and talk to authors of some of our favorite recent titles. Nikki Darling and her protagonist (also named Nikki Darling) explore teen girlhood and '90s Los Angeles in her novel Fade Into You. Esmé Weijun Wang investigates mental illness, stigma and her own diagnosis in The Collected Schizophrenias.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend.
0:02.0	A podcast for long-distance besties everywhere.
0:05.0	I'm Amina Tussaud, and I'm Ann Friedman.
0:08.0	On this week's agenda, we're talking about what we're reading, books, books,
0:13.0	with special guests, Nikki Darling, and Esme Wang.
0:16.0	Call Your Girlfriend.
0:20.0	It's time you had the talk.
0:24.0	Give your reasons.
0:28.0	Say it's not her fault.
0:32.0	Ready you just met somebody new.
0:38.0	Hello, Ann Friedman.
0:40.0	Hello, hello, hello.
0:42.0	I'm very excited about today's episode.
0:45.0	Books, books, books, books, books, books, books, books, you know in this family we love to read books.
0:50.0	Yeah, and I have to say I'll put in one more plug for our listener survey, which is still live.
0:55.0	You can take it at callyourgirlfriend.com slash survey.
0:59.0	Y'all love books.
1:00.0	I mean 100% resounding agreement.
1:03.0	You might disagree about what terms constitute racial identity, but you agree on books.
1:08.0	Thank God.
1:10.0	I love women who read.
1:12.0	And women who read like diverse, you know like a diverse array of publishing offerings.
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