An introduction by Steve Almond, the original Sugar and eventually Strayed’s cohost on the podcast Dear Sugars, then goes on to explain why Strayed was the perfect person to write as Sugar, given her radical tendency to forgo the distant role of an expert in favor of baring her personal experience so that her correspondents might understand their own problems through hers. However, the work transpired to have true value for her, becoming something she devoted significant energy to, as she found herself relating to her correspondents and sharing her stories with them. Tiny Beautiful Things begins with a preface by Strayed explaining that when she initially took on the unpaid post of advice columnist for The Rumpus in 2010, she thought it would be fun. Note: The eBook edition does not contain page numbers for the advice letters in Part 6 of the book.Ĭontent Warning: The source material discusses substance abuse, sexual assault, and child sexual abuse. This guide uses the eBook version of the 2022 10th-anniversary edition published by Atlantic Books Ltd. After resigning from column writing at The Rumpus in 2012, she has since appeared on the Dear Sugars podcast with Steve Almond (2014-2018) and the New York Times podcast Sugar Calling (2020). Strayed’s Sugar has remained a staple of advice-giving.
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