Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2023-10-23
Jay Shetty & Elliot Page: books mentioned on On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Elliot Page Gets Candid About His Transition Journey ”I was struggling to live life”
Jay Shetty recommended The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot and Pageboy by Elliot Page. Elliot Page recommended None of the Above by Travis Alabanza, A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas, Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler, and Our Wives under the Sea by Julia Armfield, and discussed Amateur by Thomas Page McBee, Man Alive by Thomas Page McBee, Kindred by Octavia Butler, and Wild seed by Octavia E. Butler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Mill on the Floss
Recommended“Yeah, well today we're talking about your incredible new memoir.”
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Pageboy
Recommended“Well, today we're talking about your incredible new memoir. For anyone who hasn't already read this book, I highly recommend that you go and grab it. We're going to put the link in the caption so that you can order it right now, Pageboy.”
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None of the Above
Recommended“Travis Alabanza's book that came out in the UK. It comes out here, I think, next month called None of the Above is just astounding. I don't know if you're familiar with them.”
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A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar
Recommended“Also a British uh called um Trans A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas. Really um stunning book.”
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Amateur
Discussed“Thomas Page McBee's book Amateur and Man Alive. Um I'm blanking.”
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Man Alive
Discussed“Thomas Page McBee's book Amateur and Man Alive. Um I'm blanking.”
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Kindred
Discussed“um lately I've been reading um Octavia Butler cuz I embarrassed to say I hadn't read Octavia Butler before. So I just read Wild Seed and Kindred.”
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Wild seed
Discussed“um lately I've been reading um Octavia Butler cuz I embarrassed to say I hadn't read Octavia Butler before. So I just read Wild Seed and Kindred.”
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Parable of the Talents
Recommended“Oh, I've been reading Octavia Butler, and I’m embarrassed to say I hadn't read her before.”
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Our Wives under the Sea
Recommended“But also um Our Wives Under the Sea was tremendous.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Mill on the Floss
“I feel like I’ve been moved by you sharing your experience so thoughtfully and intimately in your book, but also getting the opportunity to sit with you today.”