We're diving into the archives while we're on a little break and this week it's the novelist, essayist and New York Times Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld! Curtis is the author of the YB faves Prep, Eligible, American Wife, Romantic Comedy and a fictional look at Hilary Clinton: Rodham. We talked to her about First Ladies, short stories, writing like there's nobody watching and trying to make your kids like Laura Ingalls Wilder. Find a full list of the books Curtis mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and read an exclusive extract from the book at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic...

BOOKS

Daisy Buchanan - The Sisterhood

Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable

Curtis Sittenfeld - Rodham

Curtis Sittenfeld - The Nominee

Hilary Clinton - Living History

Curtis Sittenfeld - American Wife

Emily Gould - Perfect Tunes

Emily Gould - And the Heart Says Whatever

Lily King - Writers & Lovers

Lily King - Euphoria

Susan Choi - Trust Exercise

Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie

Carol Ryrie Brink - Caddie Woodlawn

Gertrude Chandler Warner - Boxcar Children

EL Konigsburg - From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank Weiler

Becky Albertalli - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Curtis Sittenfeld - You Think It I’ll Say It

Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge

Alice Munro - Selected Stories

Tessa Hadley - The Past

Susanna Daniel - Stiltsville

Susanna Daniel - Sea Creatures

Marisa Meltzer - This is Big

Sue Miller - Monogamy

Sally Rooney - Normal People

Sally Rooney - Conversations With Friends

Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Demi Moore - Inside Out

Curtis Sittenfeld - Prep

Rebecca Lee - Bobcat

Joseph O’Neill - Good Trouble

Laura van den Berg - I Hold a Wolf by the Ears

Ali Smith - How To Be Both

Raymond Carver - Where I'm Calling From

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