“I want to be an intellectual guest from now on,” said the “Inside Out 2” star on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
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Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler is a reader and is not afraid to share her knowledge!
On August 22, the 52-year-old actress and comedian appeared at Late Night with Seth Meyerswhere she told the moderator that she had decided to read 50 books this year.
“I want to be an intellectual guest from now on,” Poehler said, referring to Meyers’ penchant for inviting writers on his show. “I want to talk about smart things.”
Poehler, the author of the book Yes, pleasetalked about some of the books she liked or would like to read next. Her first choice, the short story collection Tenth December by George Saunders, Poehler was recommended by his girlfriend Tina Fey.
Poehler also showed On all fours by Miranda July, which she called a “great, sexy book.”
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The actress also called the novel Vladimir by Julia May Jones, about an English professor who falls in love with a married teacher on campus. (Poehler said the book is “weirdly hot stuff.”)
She also chose the classic essay A room for yourself by Virginia Woolf, novel Excavations by Kate Myers and non-fiction Somehow by Anne Lamott.
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“Anne Lamott is to me to writing what Jack Black is to singing – joyful, so talented that every time I hear or read it I want more,” Poehler said.
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Poehler continued to use different genres and mentioned a fish cookbook from the 1960s entitled Catch them and cook them by Bunny Day, which she found in a bookstore in Nantucket. The actress also admitted that she needed to get some children’s books to reach her reading goal, sharing Little penguins by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Christian Robinson.
“It’s an exciting story,” Poehler said, joking that “Marvel owns the rights.”
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Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers
The star also gave a preview of her next reading book: the classic Russian novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dystovski.
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“The reason I’m reading this is because every guy in my life has said, ‘You haven’t read Crime and Punishment?” Poehler said of the massive book. “So I’m reading this light fare that, I imagine, is about a guy trying to decide if it’s OK to kill people.”
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Meyers brought up a sensitive issue for bookworms, asking if Poehler finished every book she read or moved on to the next one if she didn’t like it. The actress said she doesn’t stop reading books even if she doesn’t like them.
“Maybe I should start (and not finish books) because it’s my time,” she said. “My time is valuable, but there’s maybe something… I don’t know, I have to finish it even if it makes me feel miserable.”
“That’s something we can talk about the next time Professor Poehler comes by,” Meyers said.
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