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Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-09-21

Books mentioned on Drawing from Life (and Death) (Update)

1 book · With Wendy MacNaughton · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Artist Wendy MacNaughton knows the difficulty of sitting in silence and the power of having fun. She explains to Steve the lessons she’s gleaned from drawing hospice residents, working in Rwanda, and reporting from Guantanamo Bay.

Steve Levitt discussed How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. How to Say Goodbye

    Wendy MacNaughton · at 4:28 · mentioned 2 times

    How to Say Goodbye by Wendy MacNaughton is a poignant collection of illustrations and prose that gently explores grief, mortality, and the emotional realities of saying farewell.

    Discussed
    “so I'm breaking out of my fear of artist mode to talk to you today because you have created something that's incredibly beautiful and that touched me so deeply it's a book of illustrations of pros and it's called how to say goodbye”
    Steve Levitt Drawing from Life (and Death) (Update) 2024-09-21 Listen at 4:28
    Where to get it
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Plugged How to Say Goodbye
“but the main reason I wanted to talk to her today is that she has produced a stunningly touching book called How to Say Goodbye”
Steve Levitt Drawing from Life (and Death) (Update) 2024-09-21 Listen at 1:14
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