Infinite Conversations – Episode 2
Recorded August 1, 2013
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Sacha Z. Scoblic is the author of Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety—and a fellow reader of Infinite Jest. She found @summerofjest on Twitter and has been reading along with us for the past few weeks. We talked about Sacha’s book and life, about drinking and sobriety, about American culture, and of course about Infinite Jest.
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When Sacha Z. Scoblic was drinking, she was a rock star; the days were rough and the nights filled with laughter and blackouts. Then she gave it up. She had to. Here are her adventures in an utterly and maddeningly sober world… and how she discovered that nothing is as odd and fantastic as life without a drink in hand…
Sacha Z. Scoblic is a writer and editor. She is the author of Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety, which is based on her popular essays for The New York Times blog “Proof: Alcohol and American Life.” Currently, Sacha is a Rosalynn Carter fellow for mental health journalism through the Carter Center in Atlanta. Among other things, she writes about mental health, addiction, and pop fiction. Sacha is a columnist at The Fix, where she tackles the science of addiction, and a frequent contributor to The Huffington Post. She is also a contributing editor at The New Republic. Formerly a senior editor at Reader’s Digest, Sacha has written about everything from space camp to pulp fiction. Sacha lives with her husband, Peter; son, Theodore; and terrier, SciFi, in Washington, DC.
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Call Host: Marco V Morelli
Call Format: ~30 minutes interview-style, ~30 minutes Q&A & discussion with live callers.
Links:
sachazscoblic.com