The YourShelf Podcast

#14 Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021 with Michelle Orange

Episode Summary

The YourShelf Podcast is back with three very special episodes for our Books of the Year 2021! In the middle part of this triptych, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Michelle Orange to discuss YourShelf's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021, Pure Flame, which explores mother-daughter relationships and female legacies through narrative.

Episode Notes

The YourShelf Podcast returns for three very special episodes celebrating our Books of the Year 2021! In episode fourteen, YourShelf's chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) interviews Michelle Orange to discuss YourShelf's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2021, Pure Flame. They explore ideas surrounding mother-daughter relationships and female legacies through narrative, as well as book recommendations (and more) from Michelle. The episode ends with Michelle flipping the tables to grill Jay on his 2021 reading project and The YourShelf Press. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/14.

Thanks for listening, and thanks to Michelle for such an iridescent conversation! 

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Episode Notes

• Jay quizzes Michelle on her bookshelves, the books that made her and more.
• Michelle explores the long creative process behind her striking memoir, Pure Flame. Michelle considers mother-daughter relationships, the treachery of storytelling, and the boundless influence of Susan Sontag.
• Jay wraps up the interview by asking Michelle about her favourite things from 2021 and what she's looking forward to in 2022.
• Check out episodes thirteen and fifteen for our poetry and fiction books of the year, with interviews from Naomi Morris and Lauren Groff.
• Thank you to Sound Editor, Toby Ollis-Brownstone.