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#12: Chloé Cooper Jones, author of EASY BEAUTY Jul 14, 2022

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Your hosts Tessa and Annie talk with Chloé Cooper Jones about being her memoir and tour, her son, tennis, philosophy, and being a master of everything and nothing.
Chloé's book:
EASY BEAUTY

#11: Phuc Tran, tattooist & author of SIGH, GONE Jul 08, 2022

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Such a wonderful and inspiring chat with Phuc Tran -- this one is for all the writers working many different jobs!
Phuc's book:
SIGH, GONE a memoir

#10. Getting to know your hosts! Jul 03, 2022

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A quicky episode to get to know your hosts a little better.
Annie's books:
Rabbit Cake
Unlikely Animals
Tessa's books:
The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death Defying Acts
And an untitled novel forthcoming from FSG
See Tessa eat fire here:
https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2018/03/30/the-electric-woman/
Ellen's book:
What You Become in Flight
and a novel in progress!

#9: Courtney Maum, author of The Year of the Horses Jun 25, 2022

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Tessa and Annie talk about their own voices, vaccinations, and then have the great pleasure of talking about writing with Courtney Maum, author of five books, most recently The Year of the Horses, a memoir of conquering depression through reclaiming a childhood passion
The Year of the Horses
Costalegre
Before and After the Book Deal
Touch
I am Having So Much Fun Without You

#8. Katie Gutierrez, author of More Than You'll Ever Know Jun 17, 2022

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Ellen and Annie finally get to meet Katie Gutierrez, their friend from twitter and author of MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW, Good Morning America's Book Club pick -- (we called it!!!)
We left the kiddo interruptions in this episode because they were so sweet.
Katie's book:
More Than You'll Ever Know
Also mentioned:
Julia Fine, author of The Upstairs House and What Should Be Wild

#7 Getting witchy and militant with Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender Jun 07, 2022

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Annie and Tessa talk with Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender. She is maybe the coolest person we've ever met, and we hope you love the conversation.
Susannah's books:
Brain on Fire
The Great Pretender
Also discussed:
Deep Work by Cal Newport

#6: Jessamine Chan, Author of THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS Jun 01, 2022

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All three hosts got together to fangirl over Jessamine Chan, the bestselling author of The School For Good Mothers.
Jessamine's book
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS

#5 Holding Space for Grief May 30, 2022

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Tessa, Annie, and Ellen hold space for grief after the shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo.

#4: Introducing co-host Ellen O'Connell Whittet! Author & Lover of the birth story May 18, 2022

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Annie and Ellen discuss their friendship, writing with small kids, crying in front of Cheryl Strayed, and what drives us to tell birth stories.
BOOKS and BOOK PEOPLE discussed:
What You Become in Flight by Ellen O'Connell Whittet
Annie and Ellen's agent, Katie Grimm
Amy Jo Burns, author of Shiner and Cinderland
Becca Worby, rebeccaworby.com
Cheryl Strayed
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

#3: Taylor Harris, author of THIS BOY WE MADE May 17, 2022

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Tessa and Annie discuss adding a cohost, the impossibilities of working with a newborn who doesn't nap, and then we talk to Taylor Harris, the author of This Book We Made.
BOOKS and AUTHORS DISCUSSED:
What We Become in Flight by Ellen O'Connell Whittet
This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Nicole Chung, author of All You Can Ever Know
Julie Buntin, editor and author of Marlena
Amy Kurzweil, cartoonist and author of Flying Couch
The Essay about The Contract:
https://www.oprah.com/spirit/writing-every-day-writers-rules-aimee-bender

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