joining rocksian on stage, aminatou sow, and roxan gay. >> thank you for joining us today. this book is amazing. >> yeah. >> you know, i mean, you're like con yay to me. only two or three pointers. knew i wouldn't be disappointed. >> guest: speaking of three-pointers, there's a basketball game tonight. sorry. >> host: i was so struck by so many things when i read the book. had to stop many times because it was very emotional, really raw, and i was just reminded of how just generous you are as a person, somebody who is not afraid to say the thing that we are all thinking or should be thinking and helps us be a little more brave, and can you kind of talk to us about what was hard about writing this for you. >> guest: everything. you want me to elaborate? >> host: sure. >> guest: it was a difficult book to write. i sold this book in -- just before bad summer came out, and i was thinking about what i wanted my next nonfiction project to be, and i thought the book i want to write least is a book about fatness and then i realized it's the book i should write the most. my dad says