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Reading Like a Normal Person
by Julie Fontes
Cozy conversations with readers and writers about the books we love. juliefontes.substack.com
Episodes
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The Importance of Being Embarrassed Audio
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Catwalk. Two book recs and a film to cure your nihilism.
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...
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Catwalk Audio
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Fear of Groups of White men in Polo Shirts
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Quit Lit Series: This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
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...
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Reading Like a Normal Person
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…
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Quit Lit Series: Lit by Mary Karr
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…
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Quit Lit Series: Drinking: A Love Story
This week, on Reading Like a Normal Person, join me and Kristen Crocker from Recoverettes 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…
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Quit Lit Series: My Fair Junkie
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...
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Audio Essay: How I used Substack Notes to Grow
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Quit Lit Series: Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker
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...
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Quit Lit Series: Blackout
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...
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Audio Essay Morning Routine
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Quit Lit Series: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
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...
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Audio Essay: The Search for Permission to Quit Drinking
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Quit Lit Series: We Are the Luckiest by Laura Mckowen
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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Breaking My Year of Smart Phone Celibacy
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New Year’s Plan Audio
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Don’t Tell Your Hinge Match you Don’t Drink Beer Audio
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Memento Mori Audio
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What’s the Point of Dating Audio
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Attention Economics
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Drunken Kitten Adoption
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You are not your worst review
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They Don’t Warn You About Launch Day Arms
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Meltdown Audio
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Winnie the Pooh Interviews Me
We touch on strategies for getting sober and what inspired me to write the book. 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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I Wonder if God is Embarrassed Audio
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What if your brand is chaos audio
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I didn’t want feedback. I wanted praise.
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Stash Audio
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Dry Humping Audio
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Wishful Drinking Audio
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The Biology of Desire Audio
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Two Years Without Alcohol
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The Unexpected Joy Audio
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Quit Like a Woman Audio
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Blackout Audio
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Quit Litmus
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Naming the Beast Audio
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How to get more tail for less dough audio
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Alaska Audio
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Beast
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Dirty Girl Audio
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A Terrible Thing Audio
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Still Alive and Waiting Tables
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Would you rather be in the woods Audio
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ADD Bandwagon audio
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Spartan Super Audio
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The Personal Pizza Reading Reward Audio
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Cozy conversations with readers and writers about the books we love. juliefontes.substack.com
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Reading Like a Normal Person is created and hosted by Julie Fontes.
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