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Episode 570: Sloane Crosley

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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
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  • 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)

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