Podcasts about giovanni's room

If you want to read a book where a well-adjusted character responds well to questions about their own sexuality, Giovanni's Room ain't it! But its depiction of one character's internal conflict is still compelling and relevant decades after its release.Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

If you want to read a book where a well-adjusted character responds well to questions about their own sexuality, Giovanni's Room ain't it! But its depiction of one character's internal conflict is still compelling and relevant decades after its release.Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

Today Chelsey and Sara are discussing Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin. We both loved this evocative, ground-breaking classic and couldn’t wait to dig into its setting, themes, and stunning writing. As usual, we’re recommending six contemporary books to pair with Baldwin’s classic, including poignant YA novels, memoir, and essays. For access to our upcoming  class on literary theory and a book club style discussion of Baldwin’s novel later this month,  join our Classics Club: patreon.com/novelpairings.com. Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS to get an audiobook subscription and support independent bookstores. Connect with us  on Instagram or Twitter. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get updates and behind-the-scenes info. Find trigger warnings for each book mentioned today on our blog: novelpairings.com Skip to the pairings with this timestamp: [31:00] . . . . . . Chelsey Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian (Amazon) How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones (Amazon) James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (Amazon) Sara Real Life by Brandon Taylor (Amazon) Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski (Amazon) Here for It, or How to Save Your Soul in America by R. Eric Thomas (Amazon)   Also mentioned: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (Amazon) If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (Amazon) Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (Amazon)   Picks of the week: Chelsey: Paris Blues (1961) Sara: I Am Not Your Negro

In this episode, Ashley talks about the club's fourth read in Collection I, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, with her internet-friend, educator and writer Cassity Yeye. This pod is an extension to the BWSR book club — which is currently reading classics surrounding relationships and magic and you can find the complete booklist for Collection I at http://booksweshouldveread.com/. Tune in each episode as Ashley discusses a classic from the reading list with a member of her tribe — from what they love to what they hate about it, but ultimately rave about why each one is a book everyone must read. This podcast was produced and edited by Ashley Reynolds, with the show track, entitled "Lavender Mint", produced by@Ty.2wo. Follow Cassity @cassity.v on Instagram! Follow Ashley everywhere on social media @bashweiser Follow BWSR @booksweshouldveread on Instagram and @bookswsr on Twitter, and join the private Facebook group at http://booksweshouldveread.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/booksweshouldveread/support

I chat with Claire about James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room. We swoon over a few of its best passages and reflect on some of its major themes: sexuality, masculinity, love and romance, Americans' strange concept of time, how to say "yes" to life, sources of hope, and much more. 

This book follows David, an American expat, in Paris as he explores the freedom Paris offers its inhabitants that don’t exist back in his home country. The narrative mainly focuses on his internal conflict of reckoning with his bisexulaity and his two loves Giovanni (Italian) and Hella (American). Dramatic irony plays a heavy role in the book as the narrative slowly unravels revealing the events leading up to the dramatic ending.

**SPOILERS** In this episode I am giving you a full synopsis of Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. This podcast is one big SPOILER. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this podcast episode, the Bruhs discuss James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room.” This tragic love story follows David, a man who struggles with balancing self-acceptance against the norms of society and ultimately leads him to lose the only person who loved him. Set against a background of 1940's Paris, Baldwin skillfully binds us to these star-crossed lovers who can never be. We’re joined by one of the bruh’s daughters, Nikyya, who offers a fresh perspective on the tale. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/osborne/support

On this episode, Katy represents the Soft-Spoken — or SS’s, as they preferred to be called — and shares a comforting (?) but unlikely JK Rowling theory (in reality she’s just a TERF). Then, Katy dives into her “summary” of James Balwin’s “Giovanni’s Room,” which ends up sounding a lot more like a very dark retelling of a particular animated film about a rat chef... Molly eventually takes the reigns and walks us through what actually happens in the 1956 queer classic and the sisters wrap up by answering two more of your CFLAMA questions (and Katy finally remembers what it’s called!) ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER. DONATE TO HELP HOMELESS BLACK TRANS WOMEN: https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund Follow Classic Faultlines on twitter @CFLpod & on instagram @classifcaultlines email us your questions at classicfaultlines@gmail.com donate to our ko-fi! ko-fi.com/classicfaultlinespodcast

This week, in honor of Pride Month, the crew recommends some favorite LGBTQIA+ authors, characters, and books. From classics like GIOVANNI'S ROOM to new works like ONCE & FUTURE, the possibilities are endless! Also we bid goodbye (for now) to Bailey and Dillon and wish them well on their parental leave. We will miss you!

Thomas is back! We discuss reading during a pandemic and more importantly, the books we've managed to order online during the pandemic. Jenny gets Thomas to talk about audiobooks, and we follow every tangent from E.M. Forster to epistolary novels.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 192: Sly Milieu Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: Arctic Summer by Damon GalgutThe Subtweet by Vivek ShrayaNo Fond Return of Love by Barbara PymSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnOther mentions:In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut"Every Song" by Vivek Shraya (both versions in Spotify)Camp ToB"Italy Before the Plague" (Thomas's blog entry)The Mirror and the Light by Hillary MantelTimothy WestSimon VanceSinclair LewisGiovanni's Room by James BaldwinThe Golden Notebook by Doris LessingGraham Greene84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffPatrick ModianoWG SebwaldHelen MacInnesCharles McCarthyMalaprop's BookstoreOld Town BooksBlue Hill BooksBoulder Book StoreThree Lives & CompanyBear Pond BooksNonsuch BookMahogany BooksFurrowed Middlebrow from Dean Street BooksStuck in a BookPowells Lion Cross Point by Masatsugu OnoA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterA Room with a View (film)Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster The Longest Journey by E.M. ForsterHowards End by E.M. ForsterA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterMaurice by E.M. ForsterDear Committee Members by Julie SchumacherHotels of North America by Rick MoodyInterview between Tommy Orange and Kawai Strong Washburn Stories of Hawaii by Jack LondonExcellent Women by Barbara PymRelated episodes:Episode 085 - An Acquired Taste with Thomas Otto Episode 144 - For the Fans with Thomas of HogglestockEpisode 155 - Books About Music Recommendations Episode with ThomasEpisode 191 - Stealthy yet Sparkly with Gail CarrigerStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and LitsyThomas on TwitterThomas at his blog, hogglestock

This week we drink bourbon and ginger ale as we discuss the incredible author James Baldwin, Black Lives, and the LGBTQIA+ Community. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/unfortunately-required/support

June 03, 2020 Discussion on the book "Giovanni's Room," Dr. Nooshin Valizadeh on Racism in America by Dr. Farid Holakouee

Love, sex, intimacy, shame and oysters are just some of the topics we encounter as we delve into James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. So pour yourself a large cognac (it's never too early in 1950s Paris) and prepare for one of the most heartbreaking love stories ever written. 

National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee on George Eliot's Middlemarch, imposter syndrome, and her lifelong obsession with wisdom. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, War and Peace and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, Middlemarch by George Eliot, and Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Stay in the know about the latest Macmillan news by reading our free newsletter here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda and Jenn discuss must-read literary fiction, queer fantasy reads, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert, and TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Find our bookish COVID 19 coverage here. Feedback The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (rec'd by Stephanie) Symphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. Anderson and the Classical Breakdown podcast (rec'd by Laura C) The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia (rec'd by Summer) Questions 1. Hi ladies! I hope you’re both staying safe and healthy :) I’m so grateful for all of the Book Riot podcasts for maintaining a sense of normalcy in my current routine. With that said, I’m looking for a recommendation to keep me completely engrossed. The past two weeks have left me stressed and anxious, so a book to distract my thoughts would be amazing. I haven’t had one of those “stay up reading a book until 4AM” nights in YEARS. I really want something to grip my attention from the beginning to the very end. I would prefer something that isn’t super high fantasy, but other than that, I’ll read just about anything! I’m looking forward to your recs! :) -Haley 2. Hi ladies! I hope you two are doing well. My request seems sort of silly and easy, but I trust both of your opinions so much, and wanted to hear what you had to recommend. When I was younger I used to read Literature with a capital L. A lot of classics, and literary fiction, but during college as a double major in Classics and English, I stopped reading literary fiction because I had to read a lot of it for class, and therefore started gravitating more towards fantasy, and sci-fi, and a bit of romance too. Now that my time in college is coming to an end (and I'm stuck at home taking classes remotely because of Covid-19), I want to try my hand at getting back into literary fiction. In the past I've loved A Little Life, The Secret History, The Goldfinch, and The Mothers, to name a few. Books I've read recently and loved were Red White and Royal Blue, everything China Mieville has ever written, The Broken Earth Trilogy, The Daughter of the Forest, Among Others, and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. I feel like I've been so apart from literary fiction for so long I'm not actually sure what stories in the genre I would be interested in anymore. Any suggestions you two could give would be much appreciated. Sorry for the overly long ask, but I thought specificity would be useful. -Mariposa 3.  Hi! Due to the recent quarantines I've had to cancel a couple of my upcoming trips and I'm pretty bummed about it. I was hoping you could recommend some travel-ish books that will make me feel wanderlust even when I'm self quarantining. You guys are awesome, I can't wait to see what you recommend! -Kait 4. TIME SENSITIVE***Hi! I am starting a new book club, and we are wanting to read a historical queer book as our first read ("historical" really means from whenever :) ) Do you have any suggestions? (I already am aware of Tipping the Velvet, The Color Purple, Stone Butch Blues, Fingersmith, Giovanni's Room, A Little Life) Thanks so much in advance. -Monica 5. Hi ladies! Love the podcast, it’s a bright spot of my week. Recently my college shut down for the remainder of the semester due to corona fear, leaving me to take online classes at my parents house, states away from all my friends during my final semester my senior year (looks like we won’t even have a grad ceremony). Needless to say this left me pretty bummed and I don’t have a great relationship with my parents, so being here isn't exactly great for my mental health. Do you guys have any fun books to recommend? I particularly like sci-fi and fantasy (high, urban, etc.). It doesn't necessarily have to be funny, or lighthearted, I more want a book that will engross me and make me not think about my life for a little bit, if that makes any sense. One caveat no romance please. I left for spring break having just started seeing someone and now with school canceled we are states apart and I don’t know if/when we’ll see each other again, so that relationship is basically done. So now the thought of romance makes me really sad. Thank you both in advance! -Anonymous 6. Hi ladies! I am going to Italy late April/early May and was hoping for some book recommendations to get me even more pumped for my trip. We are staying in Rome and the Amalfi Coast. I am open to any suggestions, whether it be fiction (any genre or YA ok too) that take place in these areas or some non-fiction to learn about the history, art, culture, food, etc. Love your show and thanks in advance! :) -Erika 7. Looking for a fantasy novel that feels like Lord of the Rings but has some non heteronormative romance in it. I love fluff romance and don't mind sex scenes as long as there isn't an "eggplant" involved. I haven't read a good fantasy novel since I was a kid and I liked Eragon, Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Cirque Du Freak. I want something that isn't necessarily YA though as I prefer books geared more towards adults. -Jean (they/them) Books Discussed My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (tw: sexual abuse of children) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: harm to children) Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina Kover How to Be a Family by Dan Kois A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (tw: slavery and associated violence) Orlando by Virginia Woolf A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos, trans by Hildegard Serle Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (tw: body horror) The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel (tw: bubonic plague) The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

Hi all! Thanks for joining us. This week is our inaugural book club episode! As they mentioned last episode, Frank and Rhonda picked Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin off the NYPL's 125 Books We Love list to read and discuss. We hope you had the chance to read along too. So without further ado - click "play" and be transported to 1950s Paris...

"A lot that you see in the stories we’re exposed to when it comes to queer Muslims is a lot of trauma. I’m hoping that by sharing my story, people can see that there’s also a lot of joy." - Samra Habib Samra Habib is a writer, photographer, and activist. As a journalist she's covered topics ranging from fashion trends and Muslim dating apps to the rise of Islamophobia in the US. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Advocate, and her photo project, "Just Me and Allah," has been featured in Nylon, i-D, Vanity Fair Italia, Vice, and The Washington Post. She works with LGBTQ organizations internationally, raising awareness of issues that impact queer Muslims around the world. We Have Always Been Here is her first book.   Connect with Samra on Instagram @samra.habib and find her book on Amazon.   Samra's book recommendation: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our December charity is The Well Project. Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop. -- Website: http://www.feministbookclub.com Instagram: @feministbookclubbox Twitter: @fmnstbookclub Facebook: /feministbookclubbox Email newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dINNkn   -- Logo and web design by Shatterboxx  Editing support from Phalin Oliver Original music by @iam.onyxrose Transcript for this episode: bit.ly/FBCtranscript52   Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.  

Join us as we discuss the "classic" gay novel Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. We also have a brief look back at year two of Bookclub and play a nail-biting round of Is It Kiss or AC/DC. Next book: Sphere by Michael Crichton

Join us as we club the literature-adjacent cinematic masterpiece LXG (or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen for the uninitiated). We also enjoy some pearls of wisdom from a Dr. Jordan Peterson (not the Dr. Jordan Peterson; I can not stress this enough). Next book: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Writer and photographer Samra Habib discusses the writing that made her: James Baldwin’s 1956 novel Giovanni's Room. Contains plot spoilers.

GIOVANNI'S ROOM by James Baldwin & THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR by Nicola Yoon While reviewing GIOVANNI’S ROOM and THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, we discuss the books we loved as teens, our opinions on including foreign words in novels, and the best bald Jameses. Plus, we share the incredible titles we were gifted as an April Fool’s Prank.

Author, editor and entrepreneur Will Schwalbe loves to talk about the books that have changed his life. He's written two books to the subject, The End of Your Life Book Club, which was about the books he read with his mother while she was dying, and Books for Living, about the role books can play in our lives and how they can show us how to live each day more fully and with more meaning. In this podcast he talks about a few gems: The Importance of Living, Giovanni's Room, A Little Life, and Why I Wake Early among others.   

Amanda and Jenn discuss naturey spec-fic, New England novels, escapist reads, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot's gift card giveaway and Book Riot Insiders.   Questions   1. I have been listening to your podcast for a long time now and I absolutely love it! I have a request for you. I love Fantasy genre and Sci-Fi (maybe even some post-apocalyptic). My favourite books have been Harry Potter, Lord of the rings, Sword of Truth and The Dresden Files. I am looking for something fresh to read in this genre, with a unique universe, new ideas and nice characters. I know it may sound a bit challenging but I would love to find something to read that is outside the mainstream Fantasy guidelines. Thank you and keep up the good work! --John   2. Hello! Thanks for all the work you put into your great podcast, my booklist has been growing exponentially every since I started following you! I am looking for book suggestions to help me further cope with and accept all the destruction and damage to the natural world that is rampant in human society. I love fiction but also appreciate non fiction. One of my favorite books is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer so anything like that would be appreciated. I'm also looking for comforting nature focused novels like those by Barbara Kingsolver, and thought provoking dystopia-style books where the natural world is a speculative character of its own like in Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach Trilogy. Any suggestions you have would be much appreciated! --Rhiannon   3. Looking for books by June 21. Hello, I'm headed to New England for 2 weeks in June. Would love some books to read while up there on vacation that are set in any of the New England States or about New England and its History. I do love books that give me all the feels and give me an emotional reaction. But I'm open to anything. I love literary fiction, historical fiction, women's lit and narrative non fiction. Some of my favorite books have been Unbroken by Laura Hildebrand, anything by Kristin Hannah, Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Trail of Broken Wings (the author escapes me ...but if you haven't go read it)., When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin, The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, and this oldy but Goody The Story of a Bad Boy by Thomas Aldridge (I'm pretty sure the character Sailor Sam is my all time literary character), Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Thanks --Shona   4. Hi! I just blazed through Circe and am about half way through Song of Achilles. I have discovered I have a love of Greek mythology retelling. What book / series can you recommend to help me dive into Greek mythology? I prefer longer books so please no short stories (unless it’s a big collection) or graphic novels. Thanks so much! --Jessica   5. Hello! Request date of early September for my cousin's birthday. My cousin is a trans-man currently going through the physical transition. Recently, while discussing books, he lamented the lack of representation he is able to find in books (and other media). When he is able to find it, the stories always end poorly for the character (suicide, violence/abuse, drugs, etc.). He has read a few memoirs, but would really love a novel. Do you know of any that have a trans-man as the main character and a happy ending? Own-voices would be amazing. Thanks! --April   6. Hi! I just joined the insiders and have been hooked on this podcast for months now. I read anything and have been known to choose books by the covers. Something I haven’t really found is a book that includes Foster Families. I don’t shy away from anything. I have been a foster mom for just over a year now, I have two step children and one foster baby right now. So, good and bad are welcome. I would like one of each if possible. I love listening to you, keep up the great work you both are doing! Thank you, --Sherri   7. Hello, lovely ladies! I am graduating THIS WEEK with a Masters in Social Work, and loved (almost) every moment of it, but am ready for some serious escape-from-reality reading now. Based on your podcast I listened to the audio version of Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway and LOVED the unique complexity of worlds with differing levels of logic, nonsense, wickedness and virtue as well as the absolute normalization of the whole queer spectrum, dead bodies, and that indescribable feeling of missing a place so badly you can’t go on with your life. I’m utterly, embarrassingly new to the fantasy genre and would love more recs for stories that are dark but in that “it’ll never happen to me or the people I’ll be working with as a social worker” kind of way :). Thank you!! --Melissa     Books Discussed Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Roses and Rot by Kat Howard (tw: child abuse) Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara (tw: harm to children) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood Queens of Renthia series by Sarah Beth Durst Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead On Beauty by Zadie Smith All Our Pretty Songs by Sarah McCarry Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau and Rachel Haimowitz Holding Still for as Long as Possible by Zoe Whitall Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews, rec’d by Jackson Bird Resources: trans recs on Goodreads, Transmission Podcast To The End of June by Cris Beam Another Place at the Table by Kathy Harrison The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang

One of James's favorite books of 2018 inspires one of his favorite conversations. Jon Pineda, author of LET'S NO ONE GET HURT, joins the show to talk about being worried for your characters, maintaining a sense of wonder, fooling yourself into writing, inventing the Voltron of fathers, becoming a cobbler (!) and living a life with fewer disclaimers. Plus, Miciah Bay Gault chats about HUNGER MOUNTAIN and the MFA in publishing and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts.  - Jon Pineda: http://www.jonpineda.com/ Jon and James discuss: HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT dir by Kent Jones  HITCHCOCK by Francois Truffaut  NORTH BY NORTHWEST dir by Alfred Hitchcock Voltron  The Incredible Hulk  WE THE ANIMALS by Justin Torres  Marilynne Robinson  JESUS' SON by Denis Johnson  GIOVANNI'S ROOM by James Baldwin  IF THE SKY FALLS by Nicholas Montemarano THE LOVER by Marguerite Duras  Amy Hempel  ANGEL HEAD: A MEMOIR by Greg Bottoms  HELL AT THE BREECH by Tom Franklin  -  Miciah Bay Gault: https://vcfa.edu/ http://hungermtn.org/   Miciah and James discuss: Vermont College of Fine Arts Emerson College  Syracuse University  Melissa Febos  Donika Kelly  EPHEMERAL ARTERY  - http://tkpod.com / tkwithjs@gmail.com / Twitter: @JamesScottTK Instagram: tkwithjs / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tkwithjs/

National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee on George Eliot's Middlemarch, imposter syndrome, and her lifelong obsession with wisdom. To learn more about the books we discussed in this episode, check out Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, War and Peace and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, Middlemarch by George Eliot, and Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  It is as cold in the new world as it is in the old.  And on this episode Nathan tries to work with Nick and David as they come to terms with just how cold James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room has left them.  Can a character you neither love nor hate be compelling? Can an ending that resembles a bad music video from the 90's ruin a book? Can Nathan properly imitate the old-timey voice of a shocked news-bulletin? Can too high of expectations sour a reading? Is there any escaping our slow degradation till death? Find yourself a copy of the book, read it, and join us!  FIND US ON:  INSTAGRAM    FACEBOOK    TWITTER   To receive bad-ass artwork and hand-typed invitation letters (or if you want to see what else we have read (or check out Nick's novella)), go to our website: http://www.booksofsomesubstance.com/  

On this episode of Just 2 Pearls, Jaimie and Porsha introduce you to their favorite books! Books have broadened their perspectives on life and have given them the language to discuss things like faith, sisterhood, race, gender, and sexuality more effectively. Jaimie and Porsha have been inspired by books like Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. But, then there are those problematic books. Stick around until the end of this episode because Porsha has something to say about petty books. Before you go, please drop us a line. We would love to hear about your favorite book so we can check it out! Thank you for listening, and remember to cultivate the pearl within you.

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, with Yaa herself. Homegoing is a novel that follows the family lineage of two half sisters, Effia who is the wife of a British slaver and Esi who is sold into slavery and eventually sent to America. As the story follows each line's family tree, Homegoing offers a brief yet powerful look at history and family, the forces that seek to disrupt them, and the lengths we will go to hold on to them. Then, as always, we close the show with recommendations: Yaa recommends Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. And she is currently reading Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett. Aliza recommends A Very Potter Musical. Peter recommends Sofia Copala's film The Beguiled. MJ recommends rewatching Legally Blonde, an essay called 'Flying Solo' about relationships and heartbreak in the age of Trump, and the New York Times op-ed 'My Gay Agenda.'

Philly AIDS Thrift has long been a staple of the South street community, not only for their unique and vast collection of donations, but for their continuing efforts to use the proceeds to aid local organizations involved in fighting HIV/AIDS. They also own Giovanni's Room on Pine street, describing it as 'The Oldest & Very Best Gay & Lesbian Bookstore In The Country'. The Assistant Manager Adam, a well known and larger than life personality at PAT, takes us through the store and shares his unique perspective.

Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.

Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.

Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.

Faculty members from literature and the library will discuss James Baldwin's classic text.

Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy discuss the upcoming One Book text, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy discuss the upcoming One Book text, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy discuss the upcoming One Book text, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Moraine Valley Librarians, Joe, Tish, and Troy discuss the upcoming One Book text, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

We're BACKKKK! Join Mrs. Pinklewinkle and the Goddess Isis on this episode of It's Always Funny as they check out some gay books and porn at the oldest gay bookstore in Philadelphia (Giovanni's Room). Then we venture to Bob and Barbara's and meet up with the weekly Thursday host Ms. Lisa Lisa. Things get a little blurry because the alcohol got to Mrs. P and Isis but we had a blast.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was among those who spoke outside Giovanni's Room on Sunday, Oct. 9, before he and other officials formally unveiled a historical plaque that commemorates the country's oldest continuously operating LGBT bookstore. (Video by Michael K. Lavers)