Elizabeth Gilbert has written for Spin, GQ, and The New York Times Magazine. She is the author of several books, including Eat, Pray, Love.

“I call it the platinum rule. The golden rule is do unto others as you would have them do unto you, but the platinum rule is even higher: don’t be a dick.”

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[36:00] "Buckle Bunnies" (Spin • Sep 1994) [Google Books]

[39:00] Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Riverhead Books • 2006)

[42:00] "The Last American Man" (GQ • Aug 2010)

[42:00] "The Ghost" (GQ • Aug 2010)

[42:00] "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon" (GQ • Jun 2012)

[42:00] "Dumb and Dumber" (Spin • Jul 1995) [Google Books]

[43:00] "Dead Rock West" (Spin • Aug 1996) [Google Books]

[48:58] "Play It Like Your Hair’s On Fire" (GQ • Jun 2002)

[49:00] "Gotta Dance!" (GQ • Dec 1998)

[1:02:00] Pilgrims (Houghton Mifflin • 1997)

[1:09:00] The Signature of All Things (Penguin Group • 2013)

[1:09:00] Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (Riverhead Books • 2015)

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