Reading Like a Normal Person

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Thank you Amy Brown , Benjamin , and many others for tuning into my live video with Allison Deraney ! After this recording, both Allison and I had similar experiences with Come See Me in the Good Light , which Allison writes about here . It’s a beautiful essay about a film about a person who was definitely lightning. The documentary itself is streaming on AppleTV. Below is my letter to you and me...

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What a pleasure it was to talk to Ellie about this very special book. This Naked Mind was the first quit-lit book I read when I quit drinking in 2022, and Ellie credits it with keeping her sober since she read it in 2018. In this interview we explore how freeing it is to quit drinking when an advertising exec gets up into your subconscious and tries to undo every belief about alcohol that society...

Well, that’s not entirely true. I have read pieces of it out loud during the development phase, but I’ve been dragging my feet on the creation of an audiobook, and in this week’s episode, we all discover why. Audiobooks are hard, man. Anyways, I also read my insane book description that is actually up on my Amazon page right now. I can’t believe I let my AI assistant take that over without any fee...

This week on the Reading Like a Normal Person Podcast, we are talking about Lit , by the queen of poetic Memoir, Mary Karr. Christina Jumper writes the Crisis Corner newsletter on Substack and created the Pickles and Vodka Podcast . You should go subscribe to all of her things immediately. Her style is raw and real and refreshing just like Karr’s. If you are interested in being a guest on the podc...

This week, on Reading Like a Normal Person, join me and Kristen Crocker from Recoverette s as we talk about Drinking: A Love Story . Before Laura McKowen or Holly Whitaker there was Caroline Knapp. Unfortunately, I mispronounce her first name a couple of times in this episode, but that’s okay because I forgive myself. Kristen was so easy to talk to. We covered cold, dark families, the trauma of ea...

Rosemary Writes & Recovers and talks with me about Amy Dresner’s My Fair Junkie. This was one of the wildest memoirs. Amy tells all the gory details. The book also delves into love and sex addiction in a way that none of the previous books have. Listen to this episode while you re-organize your sock drawer or plot your vegetable garden. It loves therapeutic domestic tasks. Oh and don’t think I for...

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In this conversation Trish and I discuss how messages about drinking affected the way we thought about ourselves. Trish is a makeup artist located in southern California. You can learn more about her services here . She is also my little sister, best friend, and the kind of person you don’t mind getting stuck with at the DMV. Please let us know what you thought about the conversation but never any...

Brittany, founder of Namari talks with me about Sarah Hepola ’s Blackout. This was one of the most difficult episodes to create. There are many full minutes of laughter that have been edited out of this conversation because it sounds like dead air and choking. Because we have scaled the walls and carried the atlas of the Spartan race together, our conversation veers to the more irreverent side tha...

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Katie Bean , author of Fragile Thoughts and Write to Heal and I have a conversation about Glennon Doyle’s 2020 Memoir, Untamed . Also, Glennon Doyle ’s podcast, We Can do Hard Things is worth a bunch of listens. Here are the Let Them controversy articles we discuss: The Let Them controversy part I and Part II This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

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The book that instructs Allison to stare at a candle is Three Minutes a Day by This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit juliefontes.substack.com/subscribe

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