<p>Zadie Smith wonders if she's weird. She pays attention to a lot in an age when our attention has been captured and her phone-free life can be lonely. It's been twenty-five years since Zadie Smith published her widely acclaimed novel '<em>White Teeth</em>.’ We talk to her about aging, attention, clubbing, why she loves Billie Eilish, and her most recent book of essays '<em>Dead and Alive.</em>’</p>