Ann Patchett

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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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 9 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 5.

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Design Matters with Debbie Millman · Ann Patchett · 15 Jun 2026 podcast

Ann Patchett, thank you.

Debbie, thank you.

Congratulations on receiving this wonderful Ted Trailblazer Award.

Thank you very much.

Did somebody get that on tape?

Thank you.

Thank you, Ann.

Thank you.

The ability to really listen to another person is an essential skill for a novelist.

It's an essential skill for all human beings.

shines the light that disrupts the dark isolation so many people find themselves in.

I had just turned 22 when I finished my first semester of graduate school at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

I was also taking classes in the printmaking program, ambitious, young, art-loving thing that I was.

I had flown from Iowa City to Chicago, O'Hare, where I'd change planes and go home to Nashville for Christmas.

I had my Hermes 3000 typewriter with me, technically portable at 14 pounds, because I wrote stories.

I also had a shoulder bag of zinc plates, which I planned to engrave over the break.

Have you ever traveled with a bag of zinc plates?

They're a lot heavier than a typewriter.

In O'Hare, I got very, very lost.

I put my typewriter down, stood there lopsided looking at my ticket when a young man walked up and asked me if I needed help.

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