Leslie Schwartz's guest appearances

Leslie Schwartz

Skylight Books Podcast Series

This Is the Author

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Annabelle Gurwitch

Beth Newell

Sara Benincasa

Heather Havrilesky

John Freeman

Jensen Karp

Hillary Frank

Riva Lehrer

Mark Sundeen

Melissa Broder

Morgan Parker

Phoebe Robinson

Jia Tolentino

Amber Tamblyn

Sean Carroll

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Bernadette Murphy

In 2014, Leslie Schwartz was sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County Jail for a DUI and battery of an officer. She served her time at the tail end of a 414-day relapse into alcohol addiction after more than a decade of sobriety. During that year and seven weeks, she was in what she describes as a “chronic state of blackout”--The Lost Chapters. Incarceration might have ruined her, if not for the stories that comforted her while she was locked up-- both the artful tales in the books she read while there, and, more immediately, the stories of her fellow inmates. With classics like Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to contemporary accounts like Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken, Schwartz's reading list is woven together with visceral recollections of her daily humiliations faced in the county jail system. Through the stories of others—whether rendered on the page or whispered in a jail cell—she learned powerful lessons about how to banish shame, use guilt for good, level her grief, and find the lost joy and magic of her astonishing life. Schwartz is joined in conversation by Bernadette Murphy, author of Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life.

In 2014, Leslie Schwartz was sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County Jail for a DUI and battery of an officer. She served her time at the tail end of a 414-day relapse into alcohol addiction after more than a decade of sobriety. During that year and seven weeks, she was in what she describes as a “chronic state of blackout”--The Lost Chapters. Incarceration might have ruined her, if not for the stories that comforted her while she was locked up-- both the artful tales in the books she read while there, and, more immediately, the stories of her fellow inmates. With classics like Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings to contemporary accounts like Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken, Schwartz's reading list is woven together with visceral recollections of her daily humiliations faced in the county jail system. Through the stories of others—whether rendered on the page or whispered in a jail cell—she learned powerful lessons about how to banish shame, use guilt for good, level her grief, and find the lost joy and magic of her astonishing life. Schwartz is joined in conversation by Bernadette Murphy, author of Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life.

Leslie Schwartz, "THE LOST CHAPTERS" w/ Bernadette Murphy

Prepare for your Days of Awe with a Book Talk by award-winning author Leslie Schwartz. Her powerful new memoir: “The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time” is one of atonement, transcendence, and of a passionate love of words. Join us for a light brunch, brief performance and discussion with Leslie about her transformational experience after being arrested and sentenced to 90-days in LA County jail… Sunday August 26th,  10am-noon at The Braid in Santa Monica

Prepare for your Days of Awe with a Book Talk by award-winning author Leslie Schwartz. Her powerful new memoir: “The Lost Chapters: Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time” is one of atonement, transcendence, and of a passionate love of words. Join us for a light brunch, brief performance and discussion with Leslie about her transformational experience after being arrested and sentenced to 90-days in LA County jail… Sunday August 26th,  10am-noon at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/PonhcCjEkQ92" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Braid in Santa Monica</a>

Episode #18: Story from a Prison Cell – Leslie Schwartz

"I wrote my book because I didn’t want to have any secrets and I thought that it would be important to talk about the abuses that women face in jail. I also thought it would be important to talk about books, because even though we live in the digital age, there’s nothing better than holding a book in your hand."Learn more:  http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/566410/the-lost-chapters/

"I wrote my book because I didn’t want to have any secrets and I thought that it would be important to talk about the abuses that women face in jail. I also thought it would be important to talk about books, because even though we live in the digital age, there’s nothing better than holding a book in your hand." Learn more: <a href="http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/566410/the-lost-chapters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/566410/the-lost-chapters/</a>

S3 E105: Leslie Schwartz, Author of The Lost Chapters