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LISTEN: Alison Bechdel On 鈥楾he Secret To Superhuman Strength鈥�

黑料吃瓜网 Radio | By Morgan Springer
Published May 6, 2021 at 12:47 PM EDT
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Excerpted from 鈥淭he Secret to Superhuman Strength鈥� by Alison Bechdel.";s:

Alison Bechdel is a popular American cartoonist. She鈥檚 best known for her graphic memoir 鈥淔un Home: A Family Tragicomic,鈥� which was later adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical. She鈥檚 also a recipient of the MacArthur 鈥淕enius鈥� Grant. The Vermont resident's new graphic memoir, 鈥�,鈥� is about exercise and the new fitness trends Bechdel picks up with each decade 鈥� from running to yoga to skiing. But it's also about transcending. She pushes to excel as an athlete, cartoonist and partner. And she tries to find a way past her ego and fear of death. 

Bechdel says the secret to "superhuman strength" is living in the present moment.

鈥淪top suffering and whining and just do it,鈥� Bechdel told .

In a recent interview, Bechdel talks about her life, new memoir and why she chose New England as home.

This interview with Bechdel was featured in a recent episode from NEXT and the New England News Collaborative. .
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Morgan Springer is the host/producer for the weekly show NEXT and the New England News Collaborative, a ten-station consortium of public radio newsrooms. She joined WNPR in 2019. Before working at 黑料吃瓜网 Radio, Morgan was the news director at Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan, where she launched and co-hosted a weekly show Points North.
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