Zoe Whittall, THE SPECTACULAR: A Novel

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Poet and author Zoe Whittall joins Zibby to discuss her latest novel, The Spectacular. Zoe shares how her recent relationships inspired the multigenerational story, as well as how her experience of losing a pregnancy at the start of the pandemic deepened its significance. Zoe and Zibby also talk about the importance of writing commercially for and about the queer community, why grappling with anxiety is a core theme throughout all of her work, and what projects she's working on next.

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