Singer-songwriter David Archuleta and writer Lindy West are both out with memoirs that deal with letting go of the past. First, Archuleta was the runner-up on the seventh season of
American Idol. Underneath that success, he struggled privately with his queer identity and his relationship to the Mormon church. In today’s episode, he talks with Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan about his new memoir
Devout. Then, Lindy West tells NPR’s Leila Fadel about
Adult Braces, the cross-country road trip that reset the
Shrill writer’s life, and how she opened herself to the idea of a non-monogamous marriage.
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