127: Emily Slapper (Everyone I Know Is Dying)

127: Emily Slapper (Everyone I Know Is Dying)

From Author's Afterword by Charlie Place

August 25, 2025 · 43 min

About this episode

Charlie and Emily Slapper discuss her book 'Everyone I Know Is Dying', exploring themes of mental illness and societal influences.

Charlie and Emily Slapper (Everyone I Know Is Dying) discuss her phenomenal book that looks at a young woman spiralling from mental illness. This involves discussing romantic relationships when one is depressed, the affect of parents, the affect of society, and not using labels. General references: I spoke to Samantha Sotto Yambao in episode 122 Books mentioned by name or extensively: Emily Slapper: Everyone I Know Is Dying Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar Release details: recorded 16th April 2025; published 25th August 2025 Where to find Emily online: Instagram Where to find Charlie online: Website || Twitter || Instagram || TikTok Discussions 01:25 The inspiration, films that only scratched the surface 03:25 Emily's surprising answer to the question of what research she did 04:14 Talking of the nod to The Bell Jar 04:41 And to the question as to Emily's books in a drawer, and about Emily's original career plan 07:02 The first line and responses to Iris as a character 10:01 On not labelling Iris 11:10 The importance of writing fiction about mental illness 12:39 Including discussion on how society affects us 14:48 George and his role 18:00 Patrick and his role 20:24 The impact of Iris'…

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Place

Guest: Emily Slapper

Topics covered

  • mental illness
  • romantic relationships
  • societal impact
  • fiction writing
  • parental influence
  • privilege

Keywords

  • mental health
  • depression
  • fiction
  • relationships
  • society
  • writing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Everyone I Know Is Dying, The Bell Jar

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