Totally Booked with Zibby

Taking it back a year now to celebrate that Spring 2021 is FINALLY here.During the pandemic, Zibby did an Instagram Live with Lena Dunham, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Not That Kind of Girl. Lena had been writing a book throughout the coronavirus pandemic called Verified Strangers in which she released a chapter or two a day and even let readers who read it on Vogue.com choose what would happen to the main characters. (Lena was kind enough to blurb Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology.) If you missed it, please listen. It will encourage you to write, read, and celebrate the new season.(Back to the regularly scheduled programming tomorrow, Monday, March 22nd.)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zibby interviewed literary legend Joyce Carol Oates as part of Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center's 'Women on the Move' series. Their recorded conversation, released here as a podcast, touches on Oates's two newest releases, American Melancholy and The (Other) You, as well as how she has approached writing during the pandemic.Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The cry of my own soul to be seen became so great that the risk of not saying who I was, was much greater than the risk of saying who I was." Co-founder of Melissa & Doug, Melissa Bernstein, joins Zibby for a heartfelt and thought-provoking conversation about coming forward with her lifelong experience with existential depression and how it has inspired creativity throughout her life. Her book, LifeLines, opens a door for others who may be going through the darkness as well and offers resources and a friendly hand to help them come into the light. Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"It's life-affirming in that you know that someday you will no longer be here, yet all of these people that are carrying some of your DNA will just be boogying down the road." Anna Quindlen talks to Zibby about all of the things grandmothers have time to do and celebrates the parts of grandmotherhood that often go unspoken.Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The universe is gifting us all the time if only we opened our eyes to receive it." Anita Moorjani talks to Zibby about the differences between being a highly sensitive person and an empath, how individuals become "doormats" in other's lives, and the ways in which we can all change our mindsets to fulfill our souls.Purchase the book on BookShop and Amazon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"It was always bizarre to me that there wasn't another big collection of humor writing by women, especially because the community's only exploded even more. All I do all day is meet brilliant women." Amy Solomon, Lennon Parham, and actress Lake Bell all join Zibby to talk about compiling work from 150 of the funniest women in comedy, leveling with their kids like adults would, and the different ways we can find and make communities during the on-going pandemic (hint: this book is a start).Purchase the book on BookShop and Amazon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Langan reignites Zibby's inner psychology major as the two discuss the social experiments that inspired Sarah's new book Good Neighbors, why she wanted to create a sympathetic narcissist as her main character, and how we can all better understand troublesome people.Purchase Sarah's book on BookShop or Amazon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The truth is that the details of your story are your superpower." Zibby meets fellow anthology editor Jennifer Rudolph Walsh to talk about the connections we make through the most painful parts of our narratives, and what it means to go from a human doing to a human being.Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Author and librarian Maisy Card talks with Zibby about how family secrets inspired her novel, These Ghosts Are Family. She shares the book’s 12-year path to publication, as well as a behind-the-scenes look into working at a library.Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zibby interviewed Jeanine Cummins, author of American Dirt, as part of Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center's 'Women on the Move' series. Their recorded conversation, released here as a podcast, covers the controversy surrounding the novel. Jeanine also speaks with Zibby about the universality of a mother’s love and shares how writing has helped her process past family traumas.Purchase your copy on Amazon or Bookshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.