At the beginning of April, the Ridgewood Library Friends Foundation hosted their 36th Annual Author Luncheon with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen. It sold out – 416 tickets! – in an unprecedented 5 days. We are so pleased that Anna allowed us to publish her interview and talk from the event, moderated by host Roberta Panjwani. We talked about her book More Than Enough, aging, the joy of getting older, living in the moment, and how reading makes us greater and more human, because it requires us to walk in someone else’s shoes.
Things We Talked About in This Episode
Anna Quindlen’s Fiction and Nonfiction Books
One True Thing film
Pulitzer Prize
New York Times writing
Villanova Commencement Speech (2000)
Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour in Vogue; interviewed by Greta Gerwig
Author Amy Bloom
Author Jennifer Egan
Author Maggie O’Farrell
Author Tana French
Friends Foundation of the Ridgewood Public Library
Episode Credits
Our thanks to the Friends Foundation of the Ridgewood Public Library for putting on an outstanding author luncheon and supporting the library in such meaningful ways.
A Bend in the Road is written, hosted, and produced by Roberta Panjwani and created by Roberta Panjwani and Diane Sims.
Our Assistant Producer for this episode is Elias Rosner.
Our Editor is Kaleigh Diamond with additional edits by Elias Rosner.
Our Technical Directors and Audio Engineers are Matt Giannotti and Elias Rosner.
Our Digital Media Producers are Elias Rosner and Kaleigh Diamond.
Original Music is written and performed by Diane Sims.
Logo and Website created by Parker Gaidimas.
