"Burden of Joy" author Lexi Kent-Monning joins host Joshua Turek to discuss her novel that Joshua loved. She talks about coming from a long line of book readers and writers and her Esalen hot springs adventures growing up in Central California. Lexi shares a wide ranging selection of books from the Divorce novel "Liars" to a YA novel that she hopes will make Josh fall in love with Los Angeles again. She also baked delicious coconut chocolate chip cookies.
For all things Lexi Kent-Monning visit https://www.lexikentmonning.com/ and her ig https://www.instagram.com/lexicola/?hl=en
For Joshua Turek's tour dates and poetry book check out joshuaturek.com but also for more of his writing its free on his new Substack https://joshuaturek.substack.com/
Books Talked About Include:
Liars by Sarah Manguso
All Fours by Miranda July
Bruha wendy c ortiz
The Burden of Joy
The Passion According to GH by Clarice Lespecter
A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib
Richard Brautigan
His daughters book about him
Dan Fante’s memoir
Dangerous Angels by Francesca
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