Marginally | a podcast about writing, work, and friendship
Arts:Literature
This month, we present our conversation with writer Jean Hannah Edelstein about the all-too-often unspoken realities of making a living – one of which is that it’s not often done with writing. We also talk about the glories of being an underachiever at the day job while still using writing skills (check out episode 35with Caroline Donahue for more about choosing a day job that leaves you with enough mental and physical space to pursue writing), how a rigid writing schedule doesn’t work for everyone, and giving yourself permission to be a writer.
Jean is a Brooklyn-based writer who’s a frequent freelance contributor to many publications including The Guardian, The Pool, and Elle. Her day job is in marketing, working with tech companies like Etsy, her current position. Her forthcoming memoir, This Really Isn’t About You, about grief, family, immigration, love, cancer and one very special colonoscopy, among other things, will be published by Picador in the UK in August, 2018. We first found Jean through her TinyLetter Thread, which we highly recommend. You can sign up for it and read more about Jean at jeanhannahedelstein.comand follow her on Twitter @jhedelstein.
As always, we'd love for you to take a minute to rate and review us in your podcast app, as this helps other listeners find the show.
Visit our website, marginallypodcast.com, for complete show notes and to get in touch.
Find us on Instagram @marginallypodcast Meghan's on Twitter @meghanembee, and Olivia is @roamingolivia
Theme music is "It's Time" by Scaricá Ricascá
Episode 75 - Tasha L. Harrison and Kate Newburg talk writing friendships and creative collaborations
Pep Talk 17: Jessica Abel on naps and self-care
Pep Talk 16: Paul Jarvis on what to do with fear
Julie Buntin on Friendship
Writing Planning with Alicia de los Reyes
Episode 69: Courtney Balestier of WMFA
Episode 68: Mary Laura Philpott talks essays, feelings and perfectionism
Episode 65: Secret sisterhoods & female literary friendships with Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney
Episode 64: Story Arcana with Caroline Donahue
Episode 61: Creative Focus with Jessica Abel
Episode 59: Tasha L. Harrison
Episode 54: Business, being idle and the creative life with Tom Hodgkinson
Episode 51: Paul Jarvis on growing your brand intentionally
Episode 48: Manjula Martin
Episode 46: Was There A Golden Age of Short Stories?
Episode 44: Jane Friedman and the business of writing
Episode 40: KJ Dell'Antonia and how to be a happier writer
Episode 38: Writer and Historian Fred Allison compares writing to being a fighter pilot
Episode 36: Writer and teacher Jess Lahey of #AmWriting
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Esquire Classic Podcast
The Story of Mankind
Frankenstein
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll