Longform

Episode 570: Sloane Crosley

Listen Later

Sloane Crosley is the author of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and several other books. Her new memoir is Grief Is for People.

“You take a little sliver of yourself and you offer it up to be spun around in perpetuity in the public imagination. That is the sacrifice you make. And it makes everything just a little bit worse. So it's the opposite of catharsis, but it's worth it. It's worth it for what you get in return: a book.”

Show notes:

  • sloanecrosley.com
  • @askanyone
  • Longform Podcast #343: Sloane Crosley
  • 01:00 Grief Is for People (MCD • 2024)
  • 14:00 Heartburn (Nora Ephron • Vintage • 1996)
  • 25:00 "Patchett: In Bad Relationships, 'There Comes A Day When You Gotta Go.'" (Fresh Air with Terry Gross • WHYY • Jan 2014)
  • 25:00 Joan Didion on Fresh Air with Terry Gross
  • 25:00 "Long COVID, Chronic Illness & Searching For Answers" (Fresh Air with Terry Gross • WHYY • Feb 2022)
  • 32:00 "Obituary: Russell Perreault, V-P at Vintage Anchor, 52" (Rachel Deahl • Publishers Weekly • Jul 2019)
  • 37:00 The Clasp (Picador • 2016)
  • 49:00 How Did You Get This Number (Riverhead Books • 2011)
  • 51:00 "Five O’Clock Somewhere" (Gary Indiana • Granta • Feb 2024)

    • Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    LongformBy Longform
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6
    • 4.6

    4.6

    1,742 ratings

    More shows like Longform

    View all
    Fresh Air by NPR

    Fresh Air

    38,494 Listeners

    The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

    The New Yorker Radio Hour

    6,784 Listeners

    The New Yorker: Fiction by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

    The New Yorker: Fiction

    3,353 Listeners

    The Book Review by The New York Times

    The Book Review

    3,886 Listeners

    Otherppl with Brad Listi by Brad Listi

    Otherppl with Brad Listi

    526 Listeners

    Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry by David Naimon, Tin House Books

    Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry

    469 Listeners

    On the Media by WNYC Studios

    On the Media

    9,181 Listeners

    The Political Scene | The New Yorker by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

    The Political Scene | The New Yorker

    3,986 Listeners

    The Gray Area with Sean Illing by Vox

    The Gray Area with Sean Illing

    10,756 Listeners

    The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker by The New Yorker

    The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

    2,135 Listeners

    Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso by Lemonada Media

    Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

    1,404 Listeners

    The Paris Review by The Paris Review

    The Paris Review

    799 Listeners

    City Arts & Lectures by City Arts & Lectures

    City Arts & Lectures

    389 Listeners

    The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

    The Ezra Klein Show

    16,098 Listeners

    Critics at Large | The New Yorker by The New Yorker

    Critics at Large | The New Yorker

    629 Listeners