Bonnie Garmus on LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
\u201cAnd I think it's just overall her humanity and her recognition of what other people could accomplish. If you just say the right things, if you create the right chemistry, that really drove me to her. And she does\u2014she has her own chemistry with everyone in the book.\u201d That\u2019s Bonnie Garmus talking about Elizabeth Zott, the unforgettable center of Bonnie\u2019s debut novel,\xa0Lessons in Chemistry. Bonnie joins us on the show to talk about her spectacular characters, never giving up (and the writing advice that helped her the most when she was stuck), having empathy for all of her characters (even the evil ones), a most extraordinary dog,\xa0The Remains of the Day\xa0by Kazuo Ishiguro, rowing, what she\u2019s reading now, how writing a novel is scarier than open water swimming, and much more with Poured Over\u2019s host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with a TBR Topoff featuring book recommendations from Margie and Marc.
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Featured Books:
Lessons in Chemistry\xa0by Bonnie Garmus
On Animals\xa0by Susan Orlean
Rationality\xa0by Steven Pinker
The Friend\xa0by Sigrid Nunez
The Remains of the Day\xa0by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Secret History\xa0by Donna Tartt
Moby-Dick\xa0by Herman Melville
The Swimmers\xa0by Julie Otsuka
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Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.
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A full transcript of this episode is available\xa0here.