{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/dd9bf09f-c85c-5b84-8fc6-ac7c8574cacc/67d04d891842c480a16aabe2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Nicole Graev Lipson, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: A Memoir in Essays","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b786f01695623d36e9514d/1741704248940-698ae174-def0-44b1-b909-bfd2848c273b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Zibby is joined by Best American Essayist Nicole Graev Lipson to discuss her searingly intelligent, revealing, and nourishing memoir-in-essays, MOTHERS AND OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS. She explores the ways in which women are often reduced to societal archetypes and how they, at times, internalize and perform these roles. She also shares insights on beauty standards, motherhood, marriage, authenticity, and self-acceptance, weaving together personal experience with cultural critique.</p><p><br></p><p>Purchase on Bookshop: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/4kEJfYC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/4kEJfYC</a></p><p><br></p><p>Share, rate, &amp; review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/zibbyowens/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@zibbyowens</a>!</p>","author_name":"Zibby Owens"}