Essays that start light, then hit hard: Episode 312 with Mary Laura Philpott

Fave return guest alert! We talked to Mary Laura Philpott in episode 71&#8211;#YouandYourBookstore, back when she was a Parnassus Books guru. And then in Episode 150: #NeverReady, when MLP (as we like to call her) launched her first book of essays, I Miss You When I Blink, into the world&#8212;and then again, for episode 163 #BookTourReality.<br/><br/>And now she&#8217;s back with a new book of essays: Bomb Shelter: Love, Time and other Explosives. (Read an excerpt <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/03/bomb-shelter-book-nuclear-war/627075/">here</a>. And <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/04/04/child-emergency-parent/">here</a>. And then go order the book <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/bomb-shelter-love-time-and-other-explosives-9781638083740/9781982160784">here</a>.) The difference? Blink was, as MLP says, a book of essays that, together, became a memoir. Bomb Shelter is a memoir that took on the form of a book of essays&#8212;essays that went deeper than those shared in Bomb Shelter, that cut so much closer to the heart and were so much harder to write, and to share. <br/><br/>Links from the Pod:<br/><br/><a href="https://marylauraphilpott.com/">marylauraphilpott.com</a><br/><br/><a href="https://marylauraphilpott.com/follow/">Mary Laura&#8217;s newsletter</a><br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781982160784">Bomb Shelter</a><br/><br/>#AmReading<br/><br/>MLP: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250276773">The Arc</a>, Tory Henwood Hoen<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593186763">The Mutual Friend</a>, Carter Bays<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781984878649">Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting</a>, Clare Pooley<br/><br/>KJ: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780385547345">Lessons in Chemistry</a>, Bonnie Garmus<br/><br/><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781250786173">Olga Dies Dreaming</a>, Xochitl Gonzalez<br/><br/>Jess: <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781982143022">Girl in Ice</a>, Erica Ferencik<br/><b