Jami Attenberg on I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU: WRITING MY WAY HOME
\u201cI think bookstores are really magical places,\xa0and not to be too idealistic about it,\xa0I really think that they're so important, they're cornerstones to communities, and they are treasures and we\xa0need to keep them alive.\u201d Jami Attenberg, author of\xa0St. Mazie\xa0and\xa0The Middlesteins, among other novels, joins us on the show to talk about her first memoir,\xa0I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing My Way Home,\xa0as well as the difference between loneliness and solitude, managing anxiety, her life as a writer, the books her book club has convinced her to read, her #1000wordsofsummer project, and more. (If writing a book is one of your goals for \u201922, you don\u2019t want to miss this episode.) Featured books: I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home, St. Maizie and The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg, Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell, the Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Intimacies by Katie Kitamura. Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).