Ann Patchett

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431 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 7 Jul

Ann Patchett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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They want to talk about everything they're reading.
They want recommendations.
They want to meet each other in the signing line.
Who's sitting next to me in the audience?
And talk about books.
It's like a tent revival for reading.
And so when people say to me, Reading's dead, books are dying, this is all over, I'm like, maybe it is in your world, but every
Every morning when we unlock the doors at Parnassus.
There are lines of people who want to come in and buy a book and talk about books.
So my evidence is different.
Yes, absolutely.
I like the idea of a really grumpy guy pushing positivity as a unit of sales.
You know, this is how he has figured out how he is going to make his money.
So also I will say, and I hadn't thought about this before.
I throughout the course of my career and in my life, I get a lot of grief from people.
Because I am a positive person.
And people call me a Pollyanna and unrealistic.
And I always say, you know, why would it be more realistic if I wrote books about serial killers?
You don't know any serial killers.
I don't know any serial killers.
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