by Katherine May
<p>How should we live in this world when so much is changed? Katherine May, author of Wintering and the Electricity of Every Living Thing, asks those most intimate with the effects of these transformations: what now?</p><p> </p><p>How do we stay soft in a world determined to harden? How can we bear witness to suffering without being dragged into despair? How do we ride the waves of our anger, sorrow and exhaustion, and still find space for wonder, hope and joy? How can we possibly help?</p><p> </p><p>In a series of frank, thoughtful and deeply personal conversations, How We Live Now will explore the cultural, social and spiritual mindset for this long moment.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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November 16, 2024
<p><br></p><p>Recently, Katherine interviewed Sarah Moss about her incredible new memoir, <em>My Good Bright Wolf</em>, an account of growing up as a difficult girl in a difficult family, and how this ultimately led to her eating disorder. Throughout the book, she repeatedly argues against herself. A voice rises up in the text and says, What are you trying to claim here? That’s not how it happened! Why can’t you tell the truth? </p><br><p>The point she makes is that we are unsteady in our remembering. We’re often incredibly uncertain, not just about the content of our memories, but also what they represent. We're unsure when the meaning-making took place. Was it something that arose at the point that those events happened? Or was it something we constructed far later in adulthood? And if so, what purpose did they serve? </p><br><p>Links from the episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Sarah Moss' book, <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/sarah-moss/my-good-bright-wolf/9781035035816" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>My Good Bright Wolf</em></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Katherine's book, Enchantment, is available now: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667813/enchantment-by-katherine-may/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US/CAN</a> and<a href="https://linktr.ee/enchantmentbook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> UK</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Join Katherine's<a href="https://katherinemay.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Substack</a></li><li>Find show notes and transcripts for every episode by visiting Katherine's <a href="https://katherine-may.co.uk/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</li><li>Follow Katherine on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katherinemay_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
November 1, 2024
<p>What’s to be done with the lost, the dead, but write them into being?’</p><br><p>So writes Hilary Mantel in her extraordinary memoir, <em>Giving Up the Ghost</em>. First published in 2003, it offers a snapshot of the great writer before the <em>Wolf Hall </em>era: a literary, if not commercial, success, and a fragile soul with a dark, scuttling imagination. </p><br><p>Katherine was joined by Jillian Hess of the brilliant <a href="https://jillianhess.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Noted</a> Substack to explore this wonderful book. They discussed the way that Mantel captures her childhood and family, her relationship to her body and the endometriosis that assailed it, the way she talks about writing, and - of course, given that it’s Halloween week - those ambiguous ghosts.</p><br><p>Katherine's book, Enchantment, is available now:<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667813/enchantment-by-katherine-may/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> US/CAN</a> and<a href="https://linktr.ee/enchantmentbook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> UK</a></p><br><p>Links from the episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Jillian's Substack, <a href="https://jillianhess.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Noted</a></li><li>Hilary Mantel’s book, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/giving-up-the-ghost-a-memoir-hilary-mantel/3268038" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Giving Up The Ghost</em></a></li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Join Katherine's<a href="https://katherinemay.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Substack</a> for a free reading guide, video recordings and transcripts</li><li>Find show notes and transcripts for every episode by visiting Katherine's <a href="https://katherine-may.co.uk/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</li><li>Follow Katherine on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katherinemay_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
October 16, 2024
<p>It was National Poetry Day in the UK earlier this month and Katherine talked to Kate Fox about her new book, <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/on-sycamore-gap-kate-fox/7704006?ean=9780008735616" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>On Sycamore Gap</em></a>, in an extra Book Club event. Kate’s book is about a very special tree in the north of England that was chopped down by vandals, but that has brought people together in the aftermath of its felling.</p><br><p>Katherine's book, Enchantment, is available now:<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667813/enchantment-by-katherine-may/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> US/CAN</a> and<a href="https://linktr.ee/enchantmentbook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> UK</a></p><br><p>Links from the episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Kate on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katefoxwriter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li>Kate's <a href="https://katefoxwriter.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a></li><li>Kate’s book, <em>On Sycamore Gap</em>: <a href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/on-sycamore-gap-kate-fox?variant=41582537867342" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK</a></li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>Join Katherine's<a href="https://katherinemay.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Substack</a> for a free reading guide, video recordings and transcripts</li><li>Find show notes and transcripts for every episode by visiting Katherine's <a href="https://katherine-may.co.uk/podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</li><li>Follow Katherine on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katherinemay_/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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