Episode 570: Sloane Crosley
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Sloane Crosley is the author of I Was Told There’d Be Cake) and several other books. Her new memoir is Grief Is for People).

“You take a little sliver of yourself and you offer it up to be spun around in perpetuity in the public imagination. That is the sacrifice you make. And it makes everything just a little bit worse. So it's the opposite of catharsis, but it's worth it. It's worth it for what you get in return: a book.”

Show notes:

• sloanecrosley.com)

• @askanyone)

• Longform Podcast #343: Sloane Crosley)

• 01:00 Grief Is for People) (MCD • 2024)

• 14:00 Heartburn) (Nora Ephron • Vintage • 1996)

• 25:00 "Patchett: In Bad Relationships, 'There Comes A Day When You Gotta Go.'") (Fresh Air with Terry Gross • WHYY • Jan 2014)

• 25:00 Joan Didion on Fresh Air with Terry Gross)

• 25:00 "Long COVID, Chronic Illness & Searching For Answers") (Fresh Air with Terry Gross • WHYY • Feb 2022)

• 32:00 "Obituary: Russell Perreault, V-P at Vintage Anchor, 52") (Rachel Deahl • Publishers Weekly • Jul 2019)

• 37:00 The Clasp) (Picador • 2016)

• 49:00 How Did You Get This Number) (Riverhead Books • 2011)

• 51:00 "Five O’Clock Somewhere") (Gary Indiana • Granta • Feb 2024)

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