Daisy Alpert Florin, author of My Last Innocent Year, joins me to discuss the unparalleled intimacy of college friendships. We delve into the impact of choosing the right college environment, as well as how the lack of technology (in the 90s) and the abundance of time led to more meaningful connections. Don’t miss this nostalgia-filled episode as Daisy and I analyze how and why college friendships can have lasting influence for the rest of our lives.
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Meet Daisy Alpert Florin
Daisy Alpert Florin attended Dartmouth College and received graduate degrees from Columbia University and Bank Street Graduate School of Education. She is a recipient of the 2016 Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellowship at Sarah Lawrence College and was a 2019–20 fellow in the BookEnds novel revision fellowship, where she worked with founding director Susan Scarf Merrell. A native New Yorker, Daisy lives in Connecticut with her family. Find Daisy on her website, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.
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Topics we covered:
- College as a time when people you’re getting to know yourself anew after high school and are open to new friends
- Nina’s and Daisy’s love for novels set on a college campus
- The special atmosphere in the book (and in real life!) of college in the 90s
- What a lack of technology and an abundance of time can do for deep connections
- The pressure of the final semester of college
- The particular way friends take responsibility for each other in college
- Making decisions by consensus in college, and then perhaps later as a crutch
- Adult friendships vs. college friendships
- Socio-economic differences on campus and how that influences friendships
In the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Daisy wrote about attending her 20-year reunion:
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