This week I spoke with Jennie Edgar, a visual artist and founder of So Textual, a platform that promotes community around reading. She also writes and designs for thoughtful brands to refine their editorial voice and aesthetic expression. We talk about styles of reading, affect theory, book culture, literary artists we love, and what it means to be a narrative-led person.
This week I spoke with Jennie Edgar, who has led (as she says) many lives, from starting a pie business to working as a freelance editorial and art director. Since 2018, Jennie has been writing and designing for thoughtful brands to refine their editorial voice and aesthetic expression.
Additionally, she’s a visual artist and the founder of So Textual, a platform that promotes community around reading, so we talk about her style of reading and how that varies from her husband’s and mine, and how the way we read, as well as what we read, is unique to each of us.
We also cover effect theory, book culture, and literary artists we love like Eve Babitz, Adrianne Lenker, her grandma, and Nora Ephron. She talks about looking at one’s life like a project and answers a question from our mutual friend Maddie on what it means to be a narrative-led person. I loved this wide-ranging conversation and am eager to hear what you think of it and how you read.
Show Notes:
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