Today’s guest is the wonderful essayist and poet Amy Key, whose memoir Arrangements in Blue about her life as a single woman for the past 20 years, has touched so many people since it came out in 2023. I remember walking to the bookshop on publication day because I already knew that it was going to be one of those books, that I wouldn’t say: change the way you see the world but rather those books that fill this space inside of you that for such a long time felt misunderstood or unseen perhaps. And it really did that for me.
Amy Key's socials:
Instagram: @msamykey
Substack: amykey.substack.com
Things that were mentioned:
- Amy Key, Arrangements in Blue
- Ann Patchett, This is a story about a happy marriage
- Things That Are Different Now by Sophia Hembeck
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