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"Anger is the scapegoat of emotions. It’s universally misunderstood but it can be a great source of fuel for doing good."
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"The people who would have jailed writers in the past have convinced enough people that nothing is true."
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"What if we started making certain things transparent so that we could maybe get to a new set of problems, because these ones are so old."
24:24

"It's just an incredible sort of rebuilding of my faith in human relationships, to have said this thing that I was so scared to say."
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In our bonus episodes, notable authors talk with someone they admire. Next up: Gary Shteyngart and Paul LaFarge.
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"The idea of the strong black woman who is noble and virtuous for how much pain she can bear and how well she bears it is extremely dehumanizing."
23:37

"I took all the guard rails off and let the language be what kids spoke and let the racism be what it was."
21:16

Amanda finds out what Ottessa Moshfegh, Nathan Englander, and Team Bookable are reading this summer!
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In our bonus episodes, former Bookable guests interview someone they admire. Next up: Nell Freudenberger and Emily Bernard!
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"I write about things most of us don't talk about... I like to ride along that thin edge where loss and bliss happen at the same time."
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