Episode 198: P.S. Longer Letter Later

P.S. Longer Letter Later

Episode 198 is more than a decade in the making! Alli and guest Colleen McKeegan went to high school (and were cheerleaders!) together and have been planning for Colleen’s appearance on the pod since the day they started talking about becoming novelists at happy hour in midtown Manhattan. In this conversation about P.S. Longer Letter Later, it finally happens! This epistolary novel was published in 1998 and is a collaboration between two legends: Ann M. Martin and Paula Danziger.

Tune in for discussions about the unique nature of a pen pal relationship, chosen family, a subversion of common ‘90s depictions of what’s “normal,” and models for healthy conflict. Alli and Colleen also share memories from high school and discuss which of P.S. Longer Letter Later’s narrators they relate to and why.

Colleen McKeegan is a writer and editor who’s held roles at Marie Claire (where her work was nominated for a National Magazine Award), Bloomberg, and Fortune among others. The Wild One is her debut novel. Follow her on Instagram (@clmckeegan) and Twitter (@cmleahey).

CHECK OUT COLLEEN’S BOOK HERE!

CHECK OUT COLLEEN’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Can’t Look Away by Carola Lovering

Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

MORE READING:

“P.S. Longer Letter Later” (NPR, 1998)

“P.S. Longer Letter Later” (Publishers Weekly, 1998)

“P.S. Longer Letter Later by Ann M. Martin and Paula Danziger” (Teen Ink, 2008)

“P.S. Longer Letter Later” (Spaghetti Book Club)

“‘My parents are acting weird,’ or, P.S. Longer Letter Later” (What I Read Back Then, 2013)

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