{"id":8962,"date":"2015-08-10T23:39:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T03:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=8962"},"modified":"2020-12-20T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T22:48:06","slug":"episode-129-donkey-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-129-donkey-skin","title":{"rendered":"Episode 129 &#8211; Donkey Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show #129:<br \/>\nAmanda Filipacchi &#8211; Donkey Skin<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_275\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8962-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.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_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8962-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.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 love the notion of great beauty hidden in ugliness. Or vice versa.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amandafilipacchi.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8965\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-129-donkey-skin\/41idojwohxl-_sy344_bo1204203200_\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41idOJWOhxL._SY344_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=234%2C346\" data-orig-size=\"234,346\" 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=\"41idOJWOhxL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41idOJWOhxL._SY344_BO1204203200_.jpg?fit=234%2C346\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8965\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/41idOJWOhxL._SY344_BO1204203200_.jpg?resize=200%2C296\" alt=\"41idOJWOhxL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"200\" height=\"296\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amandafilipacchi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Filipacchi<\/a> joins this week&#8217;s show to talk about her latest novel,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0393243877\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0393243877&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=CX7JHQ4DL7UOWEVO\">The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0393243877\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (WW Norton), her solution to sexism in the publishing world, her misgivings about contributing to a website of authors&#8217; 10 favorite books, her attraction to surrealism and fairy tales, her garden-of-forking-paths approach to fiction,&nbsp;and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;My big life obsession is my lack of productivity and my constant struggle to be more productive. . . . In theory, I have a routine, but I don&#8217;t find myself sticking to it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, I make a pretty amazing bookstore discovery in the airport in Milwaukee, and give (as expected) heady praise to Clive James&#8217; new essay collection, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0300213190\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0300213190&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=G6LK2WVEHFBYQRXE\">Latest Readings<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0300213190\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_276\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8962-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.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_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=8962-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.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>We talk about a bunch of books in this episode. Here&#8217;s a list of &#8217;em <em>(Note: if I ever go to a Patreon crowdfunding model for the show, this is the first thing that goes subscriber-only)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0393243877\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0393243877&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=CX7JHQ4DL7UOWEVO\">The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0393243877\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Amanda Filipacchi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312340338\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0312340338&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=KY6LC6CZLOYUW6ZI\">Love Creeps: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0312340338\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Amanda Filipacchi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679731725\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0679731725&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=NPQX4RVNBF6JVLMU\">The Remains of the Day<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0679731725\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Kazuo Ishiguro<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1476747245\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1476747245&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=HBA7Z5BBEQXJQPCQ\">The Blazing World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1476747245\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Siri Hustvedt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0812969642\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0812969642&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=4UMMOVZP73PPGSOG\">In Search of Lost Time<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0812969642\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Marcel Proust<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0684826801\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0684826801&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=72BATUKQLZAGUHCN\">Survival In Auschwitz<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0684826801\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Primo Levi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1491241810\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1491241810&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=C5QA7CI3SBIIS3YV\">The House of Mirth<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1491241810\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Edith Wharton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1503278190\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1503278190&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=CYDJXIWYNNS4YFZD\">Jane Eyre<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1503278190\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Charlotte Bronte<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008QLVMTI\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B008QLVMTI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=3RZH4AO5T5JLZ654\">Crime and Punishment<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B008QLVMTI\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Dostoevsky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1512395463\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1512395463&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=LS4C7PPSPXG5VMGG\">The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1512395463\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Oscar Wilde<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743273567\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0743273567&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=OPQCRUZXIWJ2ONC6\">The Great Gatsby<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0743273567\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; F. Scott Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0374529531\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0374529531&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=RIBFA3Y5PTDVJGGN\">The Lottery and Other Stories<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0374529531\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Shirley Jackson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0486406482\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0486406482&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=PTNCI5UBVKILNMQI\">Emma<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0486406482\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Jane Austen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1470196735\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1470196735&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=VSSS6NQK34YJPBDC\">The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1470196735\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0679775439\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0679775439&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=CTXSX6LMM5UQ4WOL\">The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0679775439\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Haruki Murakami<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385722370\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385722370&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=ME5SKIEEOQ4GYU57\">Up in the Air<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385722370\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Walter Kirn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1631490222\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1631490222&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=M6GJMM5SEXOGVEF4\">Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1631490222\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Walter Kirn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0061458600\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0061458600&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=YXDRHCE4377WRMDI\">Big Brother: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0061458600\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Lionel Shriver<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062119044\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0062119044&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=YV7JBAFBOJF2FTJC\">We Need to Talk About Kevin<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0062119044\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Lionel Shriver<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/014750970X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=014750970X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=TYKIL45JU57Y6LUM\">May We Be Forgiven: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=014750970X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; A.M. Homes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250050170\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250050170&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=REVEKF26BX4NIP4U\">Sparta: A Novel<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1250050170\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> &#8211; Roxana Robinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/virtualmemories\/Episode_129_-_Donkey_Skin.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>&nbsp;Then check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>&nbsp;for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-128-impecunious-nobles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhonda K. Garelick<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-glamour-profession\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Postrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-107-silence-in-translation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yasmina Reza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-booksluts-holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessa Crispin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-dogs-of-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrill Markoe<\/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\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualMemoriesShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amandafilipacchi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Filipacchi<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amandafilipacchi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8966\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-129-donkey-skin\/afilipacchi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?fit=1428%2C2109\" data-orig-size=\"1428,2109\" 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=\"afilipacchi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?fit=420%2C620\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8966\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?resize=200%2C295\" alt=\"afilipacchi\" width=\"200\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?resize=298%2C440 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?resize=420%2C620 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?w=1428 1428w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/afilipacchi.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a> is the author of four novels: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KQ6PKP8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KQ6PKP8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=FPWRIBKX2LXFMPH2\">Nude Men<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KQ6PKP8\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (Viking\/Penguin 1993), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00KQ6PKMQ\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00KQ6PKMQ&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=ARLRUEQVHPZ42J7R\">Vapor<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00KQ6PKMQ\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (Carroll &amp; Graf, 1999), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0312340338\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0312340338&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=7FRELWEIB4G3RMHY\">Love Creeps<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0312340338\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (St. Martin\u2019s Press, 2005), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0393243877\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0393243877&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkId=2RACRJYATG7BNY7L\">The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0393243877\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"> (W. W. Norton, Feb. 2015). Her fiction has been translated into fourteen languages and been anthologized in <em>The Best American Humor 1994<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster), <em>Voices Of the X-iled<\/em> (Doubleday), and <em>The Good Parts: The Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction<\/em> (Berkley Books). Her writing has appeared in <em>The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker<\/em>, and <em>The Atlantic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Paris, France, Amanda Filipacchi was educated in both France and the US, and has lived in New York since the age of seventeen. She earned a BA from Hamilton College and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. She lives in Manhattan with Richard Hine, also a novelist.<\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Head in a Box<em>&nbsp;by Lori Carson. The conversation was recorded at an undisclosed location 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&nbsp;<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. Filipacchi by Marion Ettlinger.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show #129: Amanda Filipacchi &#8211; Donkey Skin &#8220;I love the notion of great beauty hidden in ugliness. Or vice versa.&#8221; Amanda Filipacchi joins this week&#8217;s show to talk about her latest novel,&nbsp;The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel (WW Norton), her solution to sexism in the publishing world, her misgivings about contributing to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-129-donkey-skin\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 129 &#8211; Donkey Skin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[22,4,1183,18],"tags":[2891,3712,3719,3715,3699,1446,1364,705,2785,1798,825,2542,3716,3720,1936,3718,515,2644,3713,1792,1239,3697,3722,3721,3128,3714,3717],"class_list":["post-8962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-literature","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","tag-a-m-homes","tag-amanda-filipacchi","tag-charles-perrault","tag-charlotte-bronte","tag-coco-chanel","tag-dostoevsky","tag-edith-wharton","tag-f-scott-fitzgerald","tag-flann-obrien","tag-haruki-murakami","tag-jane-austen","tag-kazuo-ishiguro","tag-ken-foster","tag-lionel-shriver-walter-kirn","tag-liz-hand","tag-marion-ettlinger","tag-oscar-wilde","tag-patrick-modiano","tag-paul-auster","tag-primo-levi","tag-proust","tag-rhonda-k-garelick","tag-roxana-robinson","tag-sheila-heti","tag-shirley-jackson","tag-siri-hustvedt","tag-vida"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-2ky","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8996,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-132-rootless-people","url_meta":{"origin":8962,"position":0},"title":"Episode 132 &#8211; Rootless People","author":"Gil","date":"August 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #132: Christopher Bollen - Rootless People \"I wanted to be a writer since I knew that I couldn't be a detective.\" We close out the summer of 2015 with a great summer novel, Orient (Harper) by Christopher Bollen! 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