What Are You Reading? feat. Ayelet Waldman

From Gays Reading by Jason Blitman

May 22, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 205

About this episode

Host Jason Blitman talks to Ayelet Waldman about her reading habits and her new book.

Host Jason Blitman talks to Ayelet Waldman about what she's been reading (spoiler alert: a lot of audiobooks while quilting!) and about her new book,  A Perfect Hand . Come for the book recs, stay for the  Heated Rivalry  conversation.  Ayelet Waldman  is the author of  A Really Good Day, Love and Treasure ,  Red Hook Road ,  Love and Other Impossible Pursuits ,  Daughter’s Keeper ,  Bad Mother  and the Mommy-Track Mystery series. She co-developed and was an Executive Producer on the Netflix series  Unbelievable,  which received a Peabody Award and Best Limited Series nominations at the Critics’ Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, and the Primetime Emmys in 2020. Waldman lives in Berkeley, California with her husband Michael Chabon. Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club  HERE SUBSTACK! MERCH! WATCH! CONTACT! hello@gaysreading.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jason Blitman

Guest: Ayelet Waldman

Topics covered

audiobooks
quilting
book recommendations
author interview
new book release
television adaptation

Keywords

Ayelet Waldman
audiobooks
quilting
book recommendations
A Perfect Hand
Netflix
Unbelievable

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, Peabody Award, Critics’ Choice Awards, Golden Globes, Primetime Emmys

Books & works: A Perfect Hand, A Really Good Day, Love and Treasure, Red Hook Road, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Daughter’s Keeper, Bad Mother, Mommy-Track Mystery series

Places: Berkeley, California