Episode 44 - Bad Decisions and Good Sex with Meredith Turits

On this episode, Meredith Turits, debut novelist, and I discuss the process of making her book come to life, how amazing her editor is, and the best ways to support friends who are writers. We also discuss her book, Just Want You Here, which I encourage anyone to go pick up!

 

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Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden

 

Books Highlighted by Meredith:

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Girls of Summer by Katie Bishop

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 

The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan

Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm by Emmeline Cline

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 

 

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Other books mentioned in this episode:

Watership Down by Richard Adams 

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis 

Anthropology of the American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann 

The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer 

Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer 

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore 

The Wayside by Caroline Wolff 

Alone with You in the Ether by Olivie Blake 

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan