{"id":8841,"date":"2015-06-08T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T00:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8841"},"modified":"2015-06-11T21:15:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T01:15:12","slug":"episode-121-the-limits-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-121-the-limits-of-love","title":{"rendered":"Episode 121 &#8211; The Limits of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Memories Show:<br \/>\nChristie Watson &#8211; The Limits of Love<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4620\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8841-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8841-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I wanted to explore the idea in this novel that despite love, some families simply cannot survive.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherpress.com\/books\/women-kings\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8842\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-121-the-limits-of-love\/women-kings-260x388\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-kings-260x388.jpg?fit=260%2C388\" data-orig-size=\"260,388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"women-kings-260&amp;#215;388\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-kings-260x388.jpg?fit=260%2C388\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8842\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-kings-260x388.jpg?resize=259%2C387\" alt=\"women-kings-260x388\" width=\"259\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a>British author <a href=\"http:\/\/christiewatson.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Christie Watson<\/a>\u00a0joins the show to talk about her new novel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590517091\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590517091&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=P7RRXPMCOHCTLKZA\">Where Women Are Kings<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1590517091\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0(Other Press). We talk about\u00a0the process of adoption, her history with Nigeria (and why she loves its literary scene), the trick of balancing cultural differences and societal norms, and how she became a published writer in her 30s, after years of planning her book tour outfits. We also discuss the growth of writing programs in the UK, choosing her secondary school on whether they required uniforms, and her take on New York vs. London.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When you write a book, it&#8217;s going to be sitting next to Salman Rushdie&#8217;s book on the shelf, so by the time you publish, you have to be at the top of your game.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4621\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8841-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8841-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_121_-_The_Limits_of_Love.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8844\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-121-the-limits-of-love\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z.jpg?fit=454%2C640\" data-orig-size=\"454,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"18202859605_ac210bf763_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z.jpg?fit=440%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z.jpg?resize=240%2C338\" alt=\"18202859605_ac210bf763_z\" width=\"240\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z.jpg?resize=312%2C440 312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z.jpg?resize=440%2C620 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/18202859605_ac210bf763_z.jpg?w=454 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-wax-rhapsodic-2\" target=\"_blank\">Rupert Thomson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-107-silence-in-translation\" target=\"_blank\">Yasmina Reza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-booksluts-holiday\" target=\"_blank\">Jessa Crispin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-window-pain\" target=\"_blank\">Tova Mirvis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-wine-women-and-novel-writing\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Blackstone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiewatson.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Christie Watson<\/a> is a British novelist. Her novels, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590514661\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590514661&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=W3CFEPZYUXJJGKS5\">Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1590514661\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1590517091\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1590517091&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=P7RRXPMCOHCTLKZA\">Where Women Are Kings<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1590517091\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> have been widely translated. Christie won the Costa First Novel Award, the Waverton Good Read Award and was named Red Magazine\u2019s Hot Woman of the Year (Creative).<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Will My Mother Know Me There?<em>\u00a0by The Carter Family. The conversation was recorded at the Other Press offices on a pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002SQJLA4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002SQJLA4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=64RDM7RI2SABXGPL\">Blue enCORE 200 microphones<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002SQJLA4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> feeding into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KCXMBES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KCXMBES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing&amp;linkId=DRHR6463DEQ4TO3N\">Zoom H5<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KCXMBES\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> digital recorder. I recorded the intro and outro on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002VA464S\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B002VA464S&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=voyantpublishing\">Blue Yeti USB Microphone<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=voyantpublishing&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B002VA464S\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Processing was done in Audacity and Logic Pro. Photo of Ms. Watson by me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show: Christie Watson &#8211; The Limits of Love &#8220;I wanted to explore the idea in this novel that despite love, some families simply cannot survive.&#8221; British author Christie Watson\u00a0joins the show to talk about her new novel\u00a0Where Women Are Kings\u00a0(Other Press). We talk about\u00a0the process of adoption, her history with Nigeria (and why &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-121-the-limits-of-love\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 121 &#8211; The Limits of Love&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,1183,5],"tags":[3578,3582,3573,154,3579,3581,119,3580,3327,1587,3575,3577,3583,3576,3574],"class_list":["post-8841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-travel","tag-andrew-cowan","tag-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie","tag-christie-watson","tag-george-orwell","tag-giles-foden","tag-henry-marsh","tag-junot-diaz","tag-kevin-barry","tag-other-press","tag-teju-cole","tag-tiny-sunbirds-far-away","tag-trezza-azzopardi","tag-uea","tag-wasafiri","tag-where-women-are-kings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2iB","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8882,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-124-dont-fall","url_meta":{"origin":8841,"position":0},"title":"Episode 124 &#8211; Don&#8217;t Fall","author":"Gil","date":"July 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #124: Jonathan David Kranz - Don't Fall \"I feel some frustration with contemporary literary fiction: there's stuff that's well written without really being good writing. 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