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Natasha Sattler, author of "Shit Adults Never Taught Us" joins Page Love this week to talk about her new book and how she became a first time author. Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. Natasha wrote this book to provide practical life advice that we all feel like we missed out o learning earlier in our lives. She covers money, relationships, career and all the other parts of life where we often can be left feeling alone. Visit Natasha's site shitadultsnevertaughtus.com to buy a copy of her book! And when you're ready to add even more to your reading list, visit the Page Love Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod. As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8 and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! If you’re ever in Chicago, check out City Lit: www.citylitbooks.com Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website www.pagelovepod.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week on Page Love, Greg returns to talk about "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory" by Caitlin Doughty. (bookshop.org/a/7227/9780393351903) Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. Caitlin wrote “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” to unmask the billion dollar industry western culture has created to hide death from ourselves. The book talks about cremation, embalming, funerals, and even dips into death practices of other cultures both past and present. You know Greg from past episodes of Page Love like “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “The Last Lecture”. Greg also wrote and produced our show music! He’s a long time friend and a fellow book lover who I am excited to have back on the show. Buy your copy of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! If you're ever in Washington DC, visit Lost City Book lostcitybookstore.com or Capitol Hill Books www.capitolhillbooks-dc.com Support Greg by streaming his new single here https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/gregmessmer/prescience and you can even pre-save his upcoming work here https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/gregmessmer/lo-fi-chill-beats-to-cookbake-to-deluxe Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

In this episode of Page Love, Kyle joins me to talk about the queer romance novel "Boyfriend Material" by Alexis Hall. Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. "Boyfriend Material" is a queer romance novel where two reluctant bachelors wind up falling in love when they both need a placeholder man in their life. Kyle works in the business of books and is a close book friend. I'm glad he was able to join the Page Love family! Buy your copy of “Boyfriend Material” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! If you're ever in Toronto, visit Glad Day Bookshop, Canada's first queer focused bookshop! (https://www.gladdaybookshop.com/) Don't miss out on "Canada Reads" an annual battle of the books! (https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads) Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Thank you to Greg for our Season 2 show music! Find Greg's work here: (https://gregmessmer.bandcamp.com/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

In this episode of Page Love, Patrick joins me to talk about the book “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion” by Jia Tolentino. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780525510567) Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self Delusion” is a collection of essays with topics that address internet culture, scammer and hustle culture, personal identity on the internet, and contemporary feminism. Patrick is a student and independent creator in California. I asked Patrick to join the show after a number of our own internet interactions about books we’re reading and it was a joy to get to know him even more through this interview! Buy your copy of “Trick Mirror” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Check out Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California (https://www.vromansbookstore.com/) If you need new candles in your life, take a look at Katherine Alexander. (https://www.kanewyork.com/) Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Thank you to Greg for our Season 2 show music! Find Greg's work here: (https://gregmessmer.bandcamp.com/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week Marissa is coming back to the show to talk about the book “My Own Words” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781501145247) Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. “My Own Words” is Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s memoir. She pulls in childhood stories, the beginnings of her career as a lawyer and law professor, and her time serving as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Buy your copy of “My Own Words” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! If you're ever in the Deleware, Ohio area check out Bean Bag Books (https://www.beanbagbooks.com) and if you're ever in the Pittsburgh area check out The Tiny Bookstore (https://tinybookspgh.com) Support Slippery Rock University Giving Day by contributing here: https://www.givecampus.com/schools/SlipperyRockUniversityofPennsylvania/sru-giving-day Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Thank you to Greg for our Season 2 show music! Find Greg's work here: (https://gregmessmer.bandcamp.com/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I am joined by Taylor on Page Love to discuss the book “Transcendent Kingdom” by Yaa Gyasi. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780525658184). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. “Transcendent Kingdom” is the story of a young woman named Gifty who is working on a PhD when her mother is sent to stay with her due to a debilitating case of depression. Gifty is forced to reckon with her past life while still continuing to build her own foundation for her future. Buy your copy of “Transcendent Kingdom” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! If you're ever in the Chicago area, check out Semicolon Books https://www.semicolonchi.com/ and if you're ever in the Pittsburgh area check out The Tiny Bookstore https://tinybookspgh.com/ You can follow Taylor's Bookstagram page here: https://www.instagram.com/taykealook_/ Other books mentioned: “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi on Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/lists/season-1-page-love-recommendations). Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Thank you to Greg for our Season 2 show music! Find Greg's work here: https://gregmessmer.bandcamp.com/ Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I am joined by Tom on Page Love to discuss the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780345804341). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. The Nickel Boys” follows the story of a young black boy in the south whose life was ruptured by laws of the Jim Crow era. It is based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and had its history exposed by a university's investigation. It was named one of TIME's best books of the decade and was awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction among a number of other awards. Buy your copy of “The Nickel Boys” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Other books mentioned: “Slavery by Another Name” by Douglas A. Blackmon on Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780385722704). Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Thank you to Greg for our Season 2 show music! Find Greg's work here: https://gregmessmer.bandcamp.com/ Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I am joined by Seth on Page Love to discuss the book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780062316110). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. The book is positioned at the intersection of natural sciences and social sciences, giving a general and somewhat expedient overview of the history of our very own species, homo sapiens. It contains lots of history and science and plenty of mind blowing moments. Buy your copy of “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Learn more about the work of Refugee Services of Texas by visiting their website: https://www.rstx.org/ Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week Marissa returns to Page Love to discuss the book “Promise Me, Dad” by Joe Biden. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781250171696). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. “Promise Me, Dad” is Joe Biden’s memoir about his life and experience with grief and loss both early in his life and even during his time as Vice President while his son battled cancer. Buy your copy of “Promise Me, Dad” or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week author Noah Davis joins Page Love to talk bout his book "Of This River", his first full length poetry collection. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781611863741). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. "Of This River" is a collection of poems weaved together by the life experiences by short-haired girl, the book’s prominent character. This work looks at the problems and struggles our natural world is facing through the personal lens of a girl living in a rural setting, which Noah will share more about in the show. Buy your copy of "Of This River" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. If you're interested in the TED Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert discussed during the episode, you can watch it here: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_your_elusive_creative_genius If you're ever in Missoula, Montana check out the bookstore Fact and Fiction (https://www.factandfictionbooks.com/) To make a difference in Montana and have an impact on our democracy, sign up to phone bank for Montana Democrats here: https://www.mobilize.us/mtdems/event/288288/ The plant identification app mentioned for Noah's tree challenge is called PictureThis and can be found here: https://www.picturethisai.com Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I am chatting with my brother Steve about "The Privileged Poor" by Anthony Jack (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/978067424824/). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. This week's book reveals the gap disadvantaged students struggle with when attending elite colleges, and explains what schools can do differently if these students are to thrive. Anthony Jack’s work sheds light on the need for world class educational institutions to go beyond just accepting students who excel academically but come from a lower income background, and really understand the needs and differences of the students to help them be successful. Buy your copy of "The Privileged Poor" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Steve is a multidisciplinary artist who works under the name BOYD TOTIN. Check out his website and the work he is doing to support immigrants rights. (https://www.boydtotin.com/) Also check out his friend and fellow artist Will Watson (https://www.instagram.com/will_theartist/?hl=en) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week Page Love visits Panem with my friend Justin to talk about “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781338635171). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. Our book this week is the prequel to The Hunger Games Trilogy. Set during the year of the 10th Hunger Games, 64 year’s before Katniss goes to the games, we get the back story on President Snow and plenty of other Hunger Games characters. Buy your copy of "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. If you’re ever in Dallas, Texas visit our featured bookstore of the week, The Wild Detectives (https://thewilddetectives.com/). Also learn about Young Texans Against Cancer (https://ytacsdallas.org/) and also follow Justin's doughnut themed instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/doughwiththeflow/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week Rachael joins Page Love to chat about the book, “Annihilation” by Jeff Vandermeer. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780374104092). Page Love is a weekly book review podcast to help your reading list grow. This week’s book, "Annihilation," is the first in a trilogy known as the Southern Reach trilogy. A team of four women are assigned to be the next crew to explore Area X, an abandoned fall-out zone that is cutoff from the rest of human civilization. Buy your copy of "Annihilation" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. If you’re ever in Oaxaca, Mexico visit our featured bookstore of the week, Amate Books (https://www.yelp.com/biz/amate-books-oaxaca). Also get to know the work of CIEE and the opportunities they're working hard to create for high school students. (https://www.ciee.org/). Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I'm chatting with Taylor about the book, “Homegoing” by Yaa Gyasi. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781101971062). Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book, "Homegoing," is a historical fiction novel by Yaa Gyasi, where each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante family from Africa. The book highlights the complicated and broken system of criminal justice in the U.S. and helps readers understand the effects on this broken system at a personal level experienced by the characters in the book. Buy your copy of "Homegoing" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. If you’re ever in Denver, visit our featured bookstore of the week, Tattered Cover (https://www.tatteredcover.com/). Take action for the Black Community and other communities of color by learning about the work of the ACLU (https://action.aclu.org/give/now) and The Collective PAC (https://collectivepac.org/) and make a donation to support these groups. Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I am chatting with my friend Marika about "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander. (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781620971932) Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book highlights the complicated and broken system of criminal justice in the US. It outlines how we’ve arrived at our current caste-like system for Black Americans and outlines the beginning of a positive path forward for change and true equity and equality. Buy your copy of "The New Jim Crow" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) As a thank your for you purchase, you can complete this form (https://forms.gle/dnD7uiCEheZwLmxx8) and receive a set of three Page Love bookmarks! Please review our show and share this episode or any of your favorite episodes with your friends to help our audience grow. Our bookstore shoutout this week is Semicolon Bookstore in Chicago, IL, a black-owned local business (https://www.semicolonchi.com/). Also be sure to donate to Planned Parenthood Action Fund (https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/2020-endorsements/in-depth). Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com). Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week Greg returns to Page Love to talk about "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. George M. Johnson is a journalist and a writer based in New York. He has written on race, gender, sex, and culture for Essence, The Advocate, Buzz Feed News, Teen Vogue, and more. His memoir is a powerful account of his own life and a guide for other young queer black boys on how to navigate a few of the challenges life will present them. Buy your copy of "All Boys Aren't Blue" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Please review our show and share with your friends! Our bookstore shoutout this week is Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe in Washington D.C. (https://kramers.com/) Also be sure to donate if you can to the Black Lives Matter Action Fund (https://blacklivesmatter.com/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This episode is with my friend Brendan about the book "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. Celeste's book is a powerful story crossing over multiple family lines and character arcs. Buy your copy of "Little Fires Everywhere" or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Please review our show and share with your friends! Our bookstore shoutout this week is Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA (https://www.elliottbaybook.com/). Also be sure to take a look at the work being done by Real Rent Duwamish (https://www.realrentduwamish.org/). Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I'm talking with my friend Kat about the book All Politics is Local by Meghan Winter. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. Meghan’s book is a historical case study of a handful of states and how their collective political ideologies have changed over the decades. Buy your copy of All Politics is Local or any book you'd love to read from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Please review our show and share with your friends! Our bookstore shoutout this week is Lucky Dog Bookstore (http://www.luckydogbooks.com/) and indie publisher is Haymarket Books (https://www.haymarketbooks.org/) Also check out Black Visions Collective (https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I’m chatting with my friend Christian about On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. Ocean is a poet and an author. He was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and he currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he works as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at UMass-Amherst. Buy your copy of “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” or “Night Sky with Exit Wounds” both by Ocean Vuong from our Bookshop page to support our Podcast and independent bookstores with your purchase. (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Please review our show and share with your friends! Our bookstore shoutout this week is Fabled Bookshop & Cafe in Waco, Texas (https://fabledbookshop.com/) Support the Alzheimer's Association (https://act.alz.org/) and Shepherd Wellness Center in Pittsburgh (https://www.swconline.org/) Also check out the poem, Good Bones by Maggie Smith (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/good-bones) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. You can reach Collin via our website. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week's conversation is with my friend Jamina about Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book is written as a letter from Ta-Nehisi to his son about his own experience and the experience his son will have being Black in America. Buy your copy of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Page Love's Bookshop.org store and support local bookstores with your purchase! (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Jamina's bookstore shoutouts were The Dock Bookshop (https://www.thedockbookshop.com/) in Fort Worth, Texas and Pan-African Connection Bookstore, Art Gallery and Resource Center in Dallas, Texas (https://www.panafricanconnection.com/) Are you interested in joining Jamina's poetry collective? Reach out to her on her Facebook page! (https://www.facebook.com/jamina.tribbett) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. You can reach Collin via our website. A special thank you to Cody Sanders for our studio gear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I'm chatting with my friend Greg about The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book is a memoir from a CMU professor who wanted to leave a piece of himself behind for his young children after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Need a copy of The Last Lecture? Check out Page Love's Bookshop.org store and support local bookstores with your purchase! (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Also mentioned on the show was White Whale Bookstore. Check them out if you're ever in the Pittsburgh, PA area! http://whitewhalebookstore.com/ Literacy is a pillar of success and the folks at Literacy Pittsburgh are doing the important work of increasing literacy for those who need it most. Check them out at https://www.literacypittsburgh.org Be sure to check out Greg's Bandcamp page here: https://gregmessmer.bandcamp.com/releases Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. You can reach Collin via our website. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

Black Lives Matter. And we need Black voices to be heard, so this week Page Love is lifting up the voices of Black authors whose works have made an impact on the literary community and whose ideas and stories are inspiring change. If you want to read any of these books or other works related to the Black experience, Black stories or to educate yourself about racism, we've curated a list of books to get you started on our Bookshop page. (https://bookshop.org/lists/black-lives-matter-books-to-read-and-learn) Page Love is donating all proceeds from any book sales on our page to the Black Lives Matter Action Fund and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Authors Featured: Jesmyn Ward, "Sing, Unburied, Sing" (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781501126079) Yaa Gyasi, "Homegoing" (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9781101971062) Ta-Nehisi Coates, "Between the World and Me" (https://bookshop.org/a/7227/9780812993547) We'll be back next week with a new conversation between friends about a book we both enjoyed. In the meantime, find a way to commit yourself to the movement of Black liberation for your lifetime. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I'm chatting with my friend Diana about Becoming by Michelle Obama. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book is an uplifting and inspirational memoir written by our former First Lady Michelle Obama. She allows herself to be vulnerable in sharing the narrative of her life and leaves readers with a new image of her life with plenty of life-changing takeaways. Need a copy of Becoming? Check out Page Love's Bookshop.org store to support local bookstores! (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Also mentioned on the show was Monkey and Dog Books in Fort Worth, Texas. (https://monkeyanddogbooks.com/) As our country faces the serious and life-altering pandemic, think of those with less to eat or nothing at all. Give to Feeding America. (https://www.feedingamerica.org/) Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod and visit our website (https://www.pagelovepod.com/) Our music is written and produced by Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. You can reach Collin via our website. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

This week I'm chatting with my friend Caleb about Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book is a queer contemporary romance novel about First Son of the United States Alex and English Prince Henry as they both navigate growing up in the spotlight while tending to their own secrets. Looking for a copy of Red, White, and Royal Blue? Check out Page Love's Bookshop.org store to support local bookstores! (https://bookshop.org/shop/pagelovepod) Also mentioned on the show was indie bookshop Deep Vellum in Dallas, Texas. Check them out if you're ever in the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas (https://deepvellum.org) If you're feeling charitable, look up Black Tie Dinner at blacktie.org Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod. Our website is now live! Visit pagelovepod.com Our music is provided by Page Lover Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. You can reach Collin via our website. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

Welcome to Page Love! This week I’m chatting with my friend Marissa about "Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators" by Ronan Farrow CONTENT WARNING: The book and the content of this podcast both approach the issues of rape and sexual assault so please be advised before listening further. If you or someone you know is a victim of abuse or assault, contact the National Domestic Abuse Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or by visiting thehotline.org. Page Love is a weekly podcast conversation about books enjoyed between friends. This week’s book is an account of the dedicated efforts of journalist Ronan Farrow as he uncovered the long history of rape and abuse by Harvey Weinstein, a prominent Hollywood executive. The book sheds light on the brave woman who came forward to share their stories. Looking for a copy of Catch and Kill? Check out Bookshop to support local bookstores! As promised, we wanted to share Captain Jack's Instagram, he is Marissa's adorable dog. @CaptainJack412 Also mentioned on the Pod was indie bookshop Books to be Red in North Carolina. Check them out if you're ever in the Outer Banks! Follow our show on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod. Will you donate to our show to keep us going? Find the contribution link on our homepage. Our music is provided by Page Lover Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. Check out his website, and give him a follow on his Instagram! (But only after you follow the show). token byPi83ejAc3lUfcbvaYY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support

Welcome to Page Love, a weekly podcast conversation between friends about a book we’ve both read and enjoyed. We’ll share thoughts on the book in hopes of landing it on your reading list. Page Love guests will also play our game without a name to test their literary knowledge. If you have a suggestion for the game name, let us know on social media! Subscribe now so you’ll never miss an episode! And also follow us on Twitter and Instagram @PageLovePod. You can check out our show's homepage for our latest episodes. There you'll also be able to contribute to our show if you're able. Our music is provided by Page Lover Collin Findlay. Collin is a composer and artist based in Austin, Texas. Check out his website, and give him a follow on his Instagram! (But only after you follow the show). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pagelove/support