Episode 84 - Cat Person

For this month's podcast, Paula and Salma read 'Cat Person' by Kristen Roupenian, because sometimes you just need a quick, impactful short story to get you out of a reading slump! 'Cat Person' gained significant attention when it was published in The New Yorker in 2017, for exploring the complexities of modern dating. If you haven't read it yet, head over to The New Yorker now and read it before listening to the pod. Cat Person in The New Yorker >> Books they mention: The Metamorphosis - Kafka The House of my Mother – Shari Franke I Want Everything - Dominic Amerena The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid Yellowface – R F Kuang Lyrebird – Jane Caro The Mother – Jane Caro What Happened to Nina? - Dervla McTiernan The Scholar - Dervla McTiernan The Murder Rule - Dervla McTiernan The Housemaid's Secret – Freida McFadden The Housemaid - Freida McFadden Onyx Storm – Rebecca Yarros The Help - Kathryn Stockett Beautiful Ugly – Alice Feeney Great Big Beautiful Life – Emily Henry Here One Moment – Liane Moriarty We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

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Episode 84 - Cat Person is an episode from Literary Anything by Literary Anything.

This episode is 01:02:18 long.

This episode was published on Oct 8, 2025.

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