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Prachi Gupta graces the pod this week to talk about her much-anticipated memoir THEY CALLED US EXCEPTIONAL that explores how the quest for the American dream impacted her Indian American family. Prachi’s book puts words to inexplicable feelings and investigates the impact of family secrets and ultimately the price of emotional freedom. This is a tender and insightful conversation and Prachi’s work will be a healing gift to those who need it. 💕

Cheers to a night spent in fabulous company!

Tonight I gathered together brilliant minds from the worlds of food criticism, design, restaurants, cookbooks & recipe development, and community event organizing — , , & — for a conversation about how each of them engages with food for a bigger purpose. Each of these women shared their candid perspectives on some of the major shifts they’re seeing and leading in the restaurant world, in food media, and in food culture at large.

I hope you’ll follow their respective work in the many (delicious, fascinating, refreshing) forms it takes❣️and listen to my recent chat on the podcast with Natasha about her newly launched debut book, “More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community” ! 🍰

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Congratulations to brilliant for her Pen Faulkner Award for Fiction nomination for her novel SWEET, SOFT, PLENTY RHYTHM: A NOVEL ! Listen to her on episode 52 ⚡️🎼🎷🎺❤️

Thanks to for this stellar selection of bookshops with a point of view in , featuring some all-time great nyc gems: - we’ll certainly be making the rounds this year! 🌟📚🌟

Dear friends, we already know this of course! delves into the psychological nitty gritty of the person who disregards books…

Our series spotlighting independent bookshops around the world, and the passionate booksellers who light up our reading lives, continues this week! 💞📖

Our latest episode is brought to you by the independent, queer-owned Elliott Bay Book Company (), founded in 1973 and located in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Part of the daily life of Elliott Bay for over five decades, they host an almost daily author reading series, and while they’ve have had the pleasure of hosting some of the world’s preeminent writers, from its inception Elliott Bay has sought to feature an expansive mix of emerging and debut, famous and infamous writers alike.

Tune in to hear a recommendation from one of their booksellers, Kate, and pick up copies of our guest Susan Orlean’s books in person if you’re local to Seattle or online at elliottbaybook.com ✨

p.s. We’re always on the lookout for indie bookshops to feature and partner with! Send us a DM or drop us a line at [email protected] if you have any ideas💡

Lit Up friends, we’re excited to kick off a new series that celebrates incredible local, independent bookshops around the world and spotlights the booksellers who make all of our reading lives bright.🌟

This week’s episode is brought to you by our friends at Books Are Magic () in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Tune in to hear Aatia Davison from the Books Are Magic team recommend a book that lights her up. 💖📖

p.s. Want to tell us about your favorite indie bookshop, or recommend one we should feature on a future segment? Send us a DM or drop us a line at [email protected] !