Kylara Jensen
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Jennifer Wright:
Do you have a degree or any background in history? I thought your book was really well researched
Jennifer Wright
Thank you! I tried very hard to insure it was! I'm actually a liberal arts major. I went to college at St. John's College in Maryland. It's known for its Great Books program which focuses on having each students read the classic works of Western Literature, from Plato to Nietzsche, ideally in their original language (so, you learn Ancient Greek Freshman year). That background helped a lot, though I tried to make sure the approach towards history was a lot less esoteric in my book than it was in school.
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Jonathan Maas
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Jennifer Wright:
Jennifer - just got done with your incredible, 5-star-worthy 'It Ended Badly.' One theme in the book is 'historical sociopathic narcissists.' Particularly Norman Mailer. My question - do you think there is value to his abhorrent sociopathy? I think of Gauguin, who ghosted his wife and five kids in Denmark to go to Tahiti, and then ghosted his wife there later. But now we have Gauguin, and Mailer. Is it worth it?
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