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Podcast: Books Connect Us
Episode: R. Eric Thomas (Elle.com, HERE FOR IT) on pop culture in the age of quarantine | Ep7 BOOKS CONNECT US
Description: On today's show we have the acerbic R. Eric Thomas, a senior staff writer at Elle.com and author of the funny and touching essay collection HERE FOR IT: HOW TO SAVE YOUR SOUL IN AMERICA, which none other than Lin Manuel-Miranda called "Sedaris-level, laugh-out-loud funny." Among many other topics, Eric discusses the ridiculous nature of pop culture in the age of quarantine. Here's R. Eric Thomas in conversation with Read It Forward senior editor Abbe Wright.
About HERE FOR IT
In essays by turns hysterical and heartfelt, Thomas reexamines what it means to be an “ot...