Bonus Episode: Memoirist Emi Nietfeld on Accepting Your Past

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Emi Nietfeld, the author of Acceptance, is a guest on Blind Date with a Book.

In this special bonus episode, Rachel chats with Emi Nietfeld, author of the debut memoir, Acceptance. Emi’s story winds through the foster care system, mental health facilities, an arts high school, and Harvard University, chronicling the challenges of overcoming your past—while subverting the idea that we should want to.

Emi talks about the process of writing a memoir and gives us plenty of great recommendations for books she’s loved recently. Find Emi on Twitter, Instagram, or subscribe to her newsletter. The Books We Talked About: Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld Blueprint your Bestseller by Stuart Horwitz Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford

Books Discussed

Acceptance by Emi Nietfeld

Blueprint your Bestseller by Stuart Horwitz

Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford

Published by Kristen Evans

Kristen Evans is a culture writer and content strategist with a background in non-profit development. You can find her work in The Believer, Brooklyn Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Literary Hub, and NYLON, among other outlets. Please talk to her about books on Twitter, where she spends too much time tweeting as @paperalphabet.