Ann Patchett
speaker
1,333 appearances
9 recordings
5 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Sep
Ann Patchett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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and that and I'll never eat
W that's a example where Gourmet magazine said, Hey David, would you go on to this lobster festival?
And then they got this massive thing about the slaughter of lobsters, and it was a terrible decision for them about whether or not they were going to run it because Oh, I didn't know that backstory.
Oh yeah.
I also used to write for gourmet.
But they did, much much to the everlasting credit
Yeah, what my mom what my mom said was every relationship you will ever have in your life will end.
They will die or you will part.
And so she said, ending cannot be a failure, or every single relationship is a failure.
And I was 25 when she told me that.
And I was like, that's the most horrible thing I've ever heard.
And I have thought about it so much since then.
And that it actually is a really beautiful thing to say.
Like you can be with somebody and really love them and have a very successful relationship.
And it is not a relationship you will have forever.
And that doesn't mean that it was a failure.
And you don't need to frame it as a failure.
But how have I evolved?
How has my writing evolved?
I think it goes back to that idea of set design, that I used to feel it was so important that no one knew anything about my life, that I was writing things that appeared to be strictly from my imagination.
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