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 so I thought, my favorite writer, this is her favorite book, I've got to get on this.
Yeah.
I mean, the UPS truck comes twice a day.
There are days I get five manuscripts from people who—
want me to blurb their book, want me to promote it, want me to edit it, want me to tell them if it's okay.
And if I just get the envelopes open and recycle responsibly, I feel like I'm doing a great job.
It's past the point that I could possibly feel bad about it.
It's that I know the writer, I know the editor, I know the publicist.
I have somebody saying to me, the sales reps, the people who come to the store from the different publishing houses who I know and trust will say to me, you really need to read this book.
So the main thing that I do at the bookstore is we have a first editions club, which I like to say is fruit of the month club that doesn't rot.
So we have a signed first editions club.
So what I'm constantly doing, right now I'm reading for October.
I am trying to find the best book for September, the best book for October, and then get that author to come sign the first editions, and we mail them out.
We have about 2,000 members in the club.
So it's a big responsibility, and I'm always looking for a fantastic book that is going to be in keeping with the kind of books and the level of books that I've picked in the past.
Right.
So probably the sales reps are my best conduit to the books because they know me.
They know what I've picked.
They know what I like.
And they say, oh, that Emily St.
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