#26: It Would Pass
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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…
We’re talking about:
why fiction is isn’t solely “candy” (again!)
an excerpt from Louise Erdrich’s The Round House
what it means to deal with the unavoidable, confront fear, and step into adulthood
Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:
[00:46] - welcome
[01:48] - revisiting the entire “fiction has value” yet again
[02:37] - a quote from George Saunders’s A Swim In A Pond In the Rain
[05:55] - diversity here, acknowledgment
[08:10] - an excerpt from Louise Erdrich’s The Round House
[10:36] - the unavoidable hardships of life
[11:46] - the embodied experience of pain and fear
[12:42] - pain and fear must have an outlet
[13:22] - reference to episode 24: Undercut
[15:39] - reference to Scientific American article about impact of breathing
[17:02] - small agency and confronting fear
[18:10]- re-read of second paragraph of excerpt
[19:43] - inconceivability of other feelings
[20:30] - learning impermanence
[20:59] - leaving childhood behind
[21:57] - stepping into adulthood
[22:49] - fear is part of every life
[24:40] - reaching for support
[28:48] - Tammi B.’s quote
[30:30] - next episode
You can find your copy of Louise Erdrich's The Round House HERE and all the books mentioned here on the podcast in my curated Bookshop list here.
ALSO— PLEASE visit these organizations that support Native American victims of sexual assault:
Women Spirit Coalition: https://www.womenspirit.net/donations/
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women: https://www.csvanw.org/
RAINN (largest anti-sexual violence org…not Native American specific) : https://www.rainn.org/
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