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Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Audrey Niffenegger Author & artist Audrey Niffenegger checks in from Chicago. We talk about her decision to add a pair of 2-month-old kittens to her pandemic household, the progress she’s making on the sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife , how she fortuitously incorporated 9/11 into that book and has found a place for the pandemic in this one, and why she continues to wear lipstick every day. We also get into writers’ tendency to keep fiddling with their books (especially and expensively in the case of Joyce with Ulysses ), the bookstores she wants to visit after This Whole Situation, the question of positing a better world in fiction, Chicago’s inequality and how it’s exacerbating the health crisis, the nonprofit Artists Book House she helped launch, and why she’s enjoying the silence even as her house succumbs to entropy. Give it a listen! You can listen to all these COVID Check-In episodes at The COVID-19 Sessions . Listen to the conversation! Then check out the archives for more conversations from The Before Times. There are plenty of ways to follow The Virtual Memories Show : iTunes , Spotify , Twitter , Instagram , YouTube , TuneIn , Tumblr , and RSS About our Guest Audrey Niffenegger is the author of the international bestsellers The Time Traveler’s Wife and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4669/9781439169018" tar

Author & artist Audrey Niffenegger checks in from Chicago. We talk about her decision to add a pair of 2-month-old kittens to her pandemic household, the progress she's making on the sequel to The Time Traveler's Wife , how she fortuitously incorporated 9/11 into that book and has found a place for the pandemic in this one, and why she continues to wear lipstick every day. We also get into writers' tendency to keep fiddling with their books (especially and expensively in the case of Joyce with Ulysses ), the bookstores she wants to visit after This Whole Situation, the question of positing a better world in fiction, Chicago's inequality and how it's exacerbating the health crisis, the nonprofit Artists Book House she helped launch, and why she's enjoying the silence even as her house succumbs to entropy. Follow Audrey on Twitter and support Artists Book House • Listen to our full-length podcast • More info at our site • Find all our COVID Check-In episodes • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

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