{"id":9730,"date":"2016-06-27T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=9730"},"modified":"2016-06-27T10:08:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T14:08:59","slug":"episode-174-ann-patty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-174-ann-patty","title":{"rendered":"Episode 174 – Ann Patty"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories Show #174:
\nAnn Patty<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I’m an enthusiast. I think that’s why I was a good editor. I fall in love with things and I get very enthusiastic and I boost them. Now I’m a Latin enthusiast.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"9781101980224\"<\/a>Why did former publisher and book editor Ann Patty<\/a> start studying Latin at age 58? Find out in our conversation about her book, Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin<\/a>\"\" (Viking). We talk about her deep dive into a dead language, the “Living Latinist” revival<\/a>, her unceremonious exit from the NY publishing world, the terror of the blank page, the perils of groupthink, how her pursuit of Latin reconciled her to the memory of her mother, and more!\u00a0Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And go buy Living with a Dead Language<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“This is going to sound grandiose, but I’m going to say it: I identified with Aeneas because I had to find a new homeland just like he did. My homeland was the publishing world and I was exiled.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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We also talk about where mainstream book publishing has gone wrong, what it was like to be the oldest student in the room by 40 years, how her experience as a publisher and editor helped and hurt her as a first-time author, how Abigail Thomas tricked her into writing a book, the benefits of inflection, her new career goal of Girl Latin Reporter, and more! Give it a listen!<\/a>\u00a0And become a patron of this podcast via Patreon<\/a> or Paypal<\/a> to get access to bonus conversation with Ann and a big ol’ list of all the books we talked about.<\/p>\n

“Editors have been disempowered in favor of groupthink, and there’s nothing more horrible than groupthink. Any book I was ever successful with would not have been bought if it had been subject to groupthink. I include Life of Pi.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes! You might like:<\/p>\n