Lit Up

This week on the podcast Angela talks to Jason Diamond, contributor to GQ and author of The Sprawl and Searching For John Hughes. Angie and Jason have a wide-ranging chat about growing up in the suburbs, house cardigans, and his Martini drinking club called The Beardo Crew. Jason also talks about his Polish and Russian heritage, and how that has affected his love of Russian literature.Jason also writes regularly at his own substack. https://meltedcheeseonwhitefish.substack.com/Next time: Stephan Lee, author of K-Pop Confidential and the forthcoming K-POP Revolution.

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This week on the podcast, Angela is joined once again by Sheila Heti, whose book, Pure Color, is available now. Sheila is also the author of many other books, including How Should a Person Be? and Motherhood.This episode is about beards, birds, fish, and which one you are. Sheila and Angie also talk about being critical, not wanting to be 18 again, and why looking at your phone may be as important as looking at the sky. Delightfully, they are jointed by Feldman, Sheila's loyal dog who is asleep beside her. You can hear him snoring, softly.Sheila's serialized diaries are available on The New York Times.Next time: Jason Diamond.

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Valentine's Day has got Angela thinking about an old conversation with philosopher Alain De Botton:If you've ever been in love, had your heart broken, been in a relationship, or yearned for one, this week's episode is for you -- in other words, if you're a human, you'll benefit from listening to the wise words of world-renowned philosopher and writer Alain de Botton.Next week: Sheila Heti, and God's first draft.

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This week on Lit Up, Angela speaks with comedian, podcaster, actor, and her friend Maeve Higgins. Angie and Maeve talk about her big family, how going back to school to study migration has influenced her comedy, and about the time she accidentally ingested THC. She also unmasks Angie as a loving friend who nevertheless finds any opportunity to give Maeve a hard time.Maeve's book, Tell Everyone On This Train I Love Them, is available now, and you can purchase it wherever you get your books.Next Week: Sheila Heti.

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This week on the pod, Angela speaks with Wajahat Ali, author of the new book Go Back To Where You Came From and Other Helpful Recommendations On How To Become American.Angie and Wajahat talk about how it took 3 months (but really forty years) to write the first draft of his book, how his sense of humor landed him love, and what being Muslim in America looks like after 9/11.Go Back To Where You Came From and Other Helpful Recommendations On How To Become American is available now. Click to purchase it right there!Next time: Maeve Higgins!

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It's a new year, and we're so excited to be joined by HIllary Kelly, a book and TV critic at Vulture, The New Yorker, and LA Times. Angela and Hillary talk about the books they missed in 2021, and what to look forward to in 2022. They also talk about the hype machine, talking about books others pretend to like, how doing a profile of Claire Vaye Watkins helped her get over her own fears, and why she doesn't know what books about happy people want from her.Books discussed in this episode:Bewilderment by Richard PowersI Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye WatkinsNight Bitch by Rachel YoderEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenHappy All The Time by Laurie ColwinSo Long, See You Tomorrow by Richard MaxwellMiddlemarch by George EliotHillary's favorites from last year:Night Bitch by Rachel YoderEveryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka GalchenHillary's picks for next year:The Invisible Kingdom by Meghan O'RourkeForeverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage by Heather HavrileskyAncestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud NewtonThe Candy House by Jennifer EganTo Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Thanks so much for listening! In two weeks, we'll be speaking with Wajahat Ali, author of the forthcoming Go Back To Where You Came From.

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Angela and Liam, our producer, finally met in person this week after over a year of working on the pod together! Angie and Liam jumped on the mics to talk about some of their great memories from a year of podcasting. Then they give you a Christmas present (scroll down in the feed to see what it is!).All the episodes we talked about are available at lituppodcast.com or wherever you like to listen!(PS You may occasionally hear an echo of Liam. Technical issue on our end. Blame the eggnog.)

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This week on the podcast Angela chats with Uli Beutter Cohen, who spent the last 7 years riding the subway and asking people what they were reading. This led to her acclaimed Instagram account Subway Book Review, and her new book Between The Lines: Stories From The Underground. Angie and Uli discuss their favorite subway stations (obviously), the need for Savasana, and what the next 10 thousand years might look like.We'll be back in two weeks with a Christmas present for you.

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This week Angela talks to Ann Patchett about her book These Precious Days. Angie and Ann discuss her remarkable friendship with Sooki Raphael, whose work graces the cover of Ann's book. They also talk about why writing about happy people seems like a radical thing to do lately.

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This week Angela talks to model, entrepreneur and writer Emily Ratajkowski. She's written a new book called 'My Body,' that delves into the way Emily's image has been bought and sold, and the way this has impacted her. Angie and Emily talked about what feminism is, the role of mothers in how we see ourselves, and the writers they both love.You can purchase 'My Body' via the link on our website, LitUpPodcast.comNext time on Lit Up: Ann Patchett on These Precious Days.

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