Bookslut Jessa Crispin on Keanu Reeves and the joys of celebrity fixation

December 26, 2017 00:54:41
Bookslut Jessa Crispin on Keanu Reeves and the joys of celebrity fixation
Deviate with Rolf Potts
Bookslut Jessa Crispin on Keanu Reeves and the joys of celebrity fixation

Dec 26 2017 | 00:54:41

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Show Notes

"It's helpful to have a thing that only exists in your imagination, as long as you are aware that that's what it is. It's only when you try to drag it into reality that it goes to a weird place." --Jessa Crispin Jessa Crispin (@thebookslut) is an author, book critic, former editor-in-chief of the pioneering literary blog Bookslut, and current host of the podcast Public Intellectual. Her books include The Dead Ladies Project: Exiles, Expats, and Ex-Countries and The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life. In this episode of Deviate, Rolf speaks with Jessa on all things Keanu Reeves. Through this lens, they explore high school, and how ones world is forever contextualized by that experience (16:30); hooking up with celebrities in the social media age (29:40); adolescent crushes and idealized love (34:30); and personal obsessions (43:10). For more information on Jessa Crispin, visit her website, www.jessacrispin.com. Links of note: Notable People Mentioned: Notable Films Mentioned: This episode was sponsored by the Paris Writing Workshop, an intensive one-month course in the artistic heart of Europe. The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel's 2017 album Lumber. Note: We don’t host a “comments” section, but we're happy to hear your questions and insights via email, at [email protected].

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