It reminded me a lot of Nelson and the Argonauts, which is one of my favorite books, my partner and I each have our own copy on our bookshelf. The first place I wanted to begin was just at the very beginning, you have a quote from Garth Greenwell and throughout the book as well, you have quotes from Maggie Nelson and other authors. I loved it so much and I'm excited to talk about it with you and then hopefully have a bunch of readers find it and love it as well. I'm very excited to have this conversation tonight and I was very, very grateful for the chance to read your book. I'm so glad that this has brought us together. And thank you, Katrina, who I had such a wonderful time chatting with on phone the other day. Thank you, Emily and Kalani for making this so seamless in this weird COVID age. I am so thrilled to be able to do this event with KCLS and with Third Place. So thanks so much to both of you for being with us tonight. And Katrina Carrasco is the author of the historical novel, The Best Bad Things, which was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award, and one of my favorites of 2018. She's also the co-founder of two award-winning and beloved Seattle restaurants, Delancey and Essex. Although it's almost as likely that you know her from her James Beard Award-winning blog Orangette, which has the best granola recipe of all time. Molly is the author of now three best-selling memoirs. We invited Seattle author Molly Wizenberg to join us for a conversation about her new book, The Fixed Stars, in conversation with Katrina Carrasco, who you may remember from an earlier episode of the podcast.Īnd now we are so excited to present Molly Wizenberg in conversation with Katrina Carrasco. Instead, it's a feed drop of a live event that we recorded recently. Other music provided by Chad Crouch, from the Free Music Archive.Īnd what you're about to hear isn't a regular episode. The show is hosted by librarians Britta Barrett and Emily Calkins, and produced by Britta Barrett. Our theme song is 'I Know What I Want' by Math and Physics Club. The Desk Set is brought to you by the King County Library System. If you'd like to get in touch, send an email to Credit Molly Wizenberg and Katrina Carrasco Recommend Recommended ReadingĬheck out a list of titles recommended during the event. Watch a video recording of the event with auto-generated captions on YouTube. Visit the site.Ī transcript of this episode is available at the end of our show notes. Your browser does not support inline iframes. Download episodes on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify, or stream the episode using the media player below.

The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco