Curtis Sittenfeld’s Latest Novel Trades First Ladies forSNLCast Members

So theres an abundance of memoirs,Sittenfeld tells Bustle.

There was a time when I thought, I have readeverymemoir.

Then I realized, No, I think I’ve read about 25% of the memoirs.

Through all of SittenfeldsSNLresearch, she kept returning to the same question at the heart ofRomantic Comedy.

[I started writing] thinking,Who wouldn’t want to be married to a comedian?

On the novel thats reminding her of Jeff Bezos:

I just read the novelTrustby Hernan Diaz.

So it has these echoes to the present moment.

He personally made me think about Jeff Bezos.

[Theres] one overlapping story, which is told four times from four different perspectives.

So it’s just a really ambitious, smart book.

Then I often wear a fleece hat inside along with a sweatshirt, and a Patagonia fleece jacket.

There’s a lot of fleece in my winter wardrobe.

To say thank you, she sent me a beautiful old-fashioned mirrored compact.

But it’s also an art object, which is mentioned in the book.

So I have that there.

I readeverythingaloud to myself, but it’s a little weird when it’s sex.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

This article was originally published onApril 17, 2023