Podcasts about grief is the thing with feathers

Claire is an actor who holds a degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and an MA from the recently closed drama school ALRA in London.  Claire has worked extensively across Film, TV and stage at places such as, The Bush Theatre, The Park Theatre and Trafalgar Studios to name a few. As well as in the ever-present classic Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap.  For screen she recently wrapped on an adaptation of one of her favourite books, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. More details on that to follow in the new year.  She also has made appearances in a number of short films, including the very successful picture called The Date starring alongside Miriam O'Brien. A beautiful film about two women finding love in the modern world of dating apps. It received several nominations across short film festivals and circuits, and won a Jury Award in 2019 for Best Director for Emmalie El Fadl.  Check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKdxA8cOYtc Claire is also the owner and founder of her own company Friends With Shakespeare. A company dedicated to helping people get to grips with Shakespeare's plays and language. Whilst also teaming up with West End productions to inspire people to perform Shakespeare's plays alongside some of the best in the business. Recently they've collaborated with Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma fresh from their international tour of Macbeth and in 2025 they're running workshops with the cast of The Bridge Theatre's production of Richard II starring Jonathan Bailey (Bridgeton).  More information on those workshops and how to get involved can be found on the website here: friendswithshakespeare.com Claire discusses her time on The Date, how she found her love of Shakespeare, furthermore discusses her work with The Theatrical Guild. A charity dedicated to supporting backstage and front of house staff with grants and financial grants. As well as counselling, welfare advice and any other service to those who need it. They run a series of talks, one recently with Claire's friend James Norton, check out their Instagram to know more: @thetheatricalguild  Please Like, Download and Subscribe ✍️ Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com

Sunday Times Bestselling author, journalist and podcaster Bobby Palmer. Author of ISAAC AND THE EGG.Bobby chats about:the cross-over between journalism and fiction writinglistening to your mum's criticismhow timing is everything when it comes to submissionsthe work that goes into bring a book into the world by people other than the authorGuest: Bobby Palmer Twitter: @thebobpalmer IG: @thebobpalmer Books: Isaac and The Egg by Bobby Palmer Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family Bobby's recommendations: A book for fans of Isaac and the Egg: Piranesi by Susannah Clarke A book Bobby has always loved: Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak A book coming soon or recently released that Bobby recommends: When we were birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Other books/things that came up during our chat: American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Heartstopper by Alice Osman, Lanny by Max Porter, Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter , Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders , Earthlings by Sayaka Murata , Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.

This week we're revisiting Angela's conversation with Max Porter about his book Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. It's all about messy families, relationships, and we hope it'll encourage you to hug your families tight this Easter weekend. Follow these links to get Max's newer books, Lanny, and The Death of Francis Bacon. We'll be back in two weeks with our conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill. See ya then! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're revisiting Angela's conversation with Max Porter about his book Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. It's all about messy families, relationships, and we hope it'll encourage you to hug your families tight this Easter weekend. Follow these links to get Max's newer books, Lanny, and The Death of Francis Bacon. We'll be back in two weeks with our conversation with Clemency Burton-Hill. See ya then! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know us. At Planet Poetry  we are always mooning around thinking about poetry instead of doing the laundry. But imagine if you had to haggle with a censor just to get your words read... Or had to account for your personal morality to an interrogator. Discovering the subtly devastating  poetry of The Kindly Interrogator by Alireza Abiz (Shearsman books translated by the author and W.N. Herbert) will remind you of the fragility of the freedom many of us take for granted.Plus you can expect a bit of Santa banter, pedantry and crows. We discuss Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter (Faber) as well as the intriguing pamphlet  Articles of Twinship (Bare Fiction) by Peter Wallis.   

Max Porter answers readers' questions about his latest book, The Death of Francis Bacon (this is the full version of his conversation with Kate Evans, which you may have seen as an online video/ Zoom interview)

This week I talk to the incredible writer Max Porter about raising boys, about the responsibilities of a parent, social media paranoia, and what to do when your kids treat you like a dickhead. We're good pals so this is a chat between friends vibesy episode. Max is the author of the new book, The Death Of Francis Bacon as well as Grief Is The Thing With Feathers and Lanny. I am the author of Brown Baby and other things.How do we raise our kids with joy and wonder in uncertain and – let's face it – increasingly bleak times?This is the question explored in weekly podcast Brown Baby, hosted by writer (and dad of two) Nikesh Shukla. Inspired by his forthcoming memoir, Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home, each week Nikesh invites fellow parents of brown babies - writers, musicians, chefs, comedians, actors and more - to talk about their parenting journeys and the highs and lows they've experienced along the way.A frank, funny and poignant look at parenting, Brown Baby will spark honest, self-effacing conversation about how we tell our kids about the world. Featuring parenting fails, plus the best (and worst) advice Nikesh and his guests have ever received, this is the comforting, uplifting podcast for anyone who's ever found themselves searching for answers in a sleep-deprived Google hole.Buy Brown Baby: https://linktr.ee/nikeshshuklaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/brown-babyBuy The Death Of Francis Bacon by Max Porter: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/246/9780571366514My creative writing newsletter: nikesh.substack.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/brown-baby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To support our work and listen to additional content from previous episodes, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_ (note: there is no Patreon episode for either of our Books of the Year 2020 episodes). In our latest, eleventh episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Prose Book of the Year 2020, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) catches up with Doireann Ní Ghríofa to discuss Doireann's book A Ghost In The Throat, the life of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, Dubh's poem Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire which survives in the Irish oral tradition, motherhood, voices, astonishment, Doireann's forthcoming bilingual collection of poetry (due spring 2021), and a recap of the best books of 2020. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/11. Thanks for listening.LinksPatreonInstagramTwitterPodcastYourShelfEpisode NotesJay asks Doireann about the books that made her, what her bookshelves look like, and what book she'd send backwards in time if she could. (from 0:01)Doireann explains the origins of her book A Ghost In The Throat, her poetry work including (in English) Clasp and Lies (a bilingual publication), the life and work of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, astonishment, engineering the breath in the white space on the page, and more. (from 11:40)Doireann recaps her favourite books and TV shows of 2020, recommends some titles for 2021, and muses on what's next from her. (from 54:20)Doireann gives a special reading of a passage from A Ghost In The Throat. (from 1:12:23)The books and authors discussed in this episode include: the work of Edmund Lenihan, the artist Dorothy Cross' Montenotte, Tramp Press' 'Recovered Voices' series, Lucy Ellmann's Ducks, Newburyport, Max Porter's Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, and Han Kang's The White Book.Doireann's 2020 highlights include Sara Baume's handiwork, Celia Paul's Self-Portrait, Ella Frears' Shine, Darling, Seán Hewitt's Tongues of Fire, Mark O'Connell's Notes from an Apocalypse, and Janet Malcolm's The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. Aside from books, Doireann also recommends repeatedly rewatching the 2017 film The Meyerowitz Stories, and the 2020 TV series The Queen's Gambit and Ratched.Doireann's most anticipated releases of 2021 include Megan Nolan's Acts of Desperation and Kerri Ní Dochartaigh's Thin Places.Doireann's book A Ghost In The Throat is available now from Tramp Press. Her poetry collections Clasp and Lies are available now from Dedalus Press. Her next collection is forthcoming in Spring 2021.Thanks for listening and tune in again soon for new episodes embracing all the books 2021 has to offer.

From surrealism and science fiction to inspiration drawn from historic objects in stately homes and the painting of Francis Bacon: Shahidha Bari hosts a conversation with Will Harris, who has written long-form poems; new Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Max Porter and Chloe Aridjis, who have written poetic novels which play with form; and academic Christine Yao, who looks at speculative fiction. Max Porter is the author of Grief Is The Thing With Feathers and Lanny. He has also collaborated with the Indie folk band Tunng and has a book out in January called The Death of Francis Bacon. You can hear dramatizations of Lanny at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pqdc and Grief Is The Thing with Feathers on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000plzl Chloe Aridjis is a London-based Mexican writer who has published the novels Book of Clouds, Asunder and Sea Monsters, and was awarded the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2020. She was co-curator of a Leonora Carrington exhibition at Tate Liverpool and writes for Frieze. They have been announced as Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature to mark the 200th anniversary of the RSL https://rsliterature.org/ Will Harris is a writer of Chinese Indonesian and British heritage who won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2020 and is shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2021 for his collection RENDANG. He co-edited the spring 2020 issue of The Poetry Review with Mary Jean Chan. Christine Yao is one of the 2020 New Generation Thinkers on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the AHRC to turn research into radio. She teaches at UCL on American Literature in English to 1900, with an interest in literatures in English from the Black and Asian diasporas, science fiction, the Gothic, and comics/graphic novels. You can find more conversations in the playlist Prose and Poetry on the Free Thinking website, which includes Max Porter discussing empathy, Christine Yao looking at science fiction and the experimental writing of the Oulipo group, and a whole series of conversations recorded in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh Producer: Emma Wallace

Novelist and screenwriter David Mitchell (author not comedian) goes head to head with writer Jasper Fforde in a War Of The Words. David and Jasper discuss their latest books (Utopia Avenue and The Constant Rabbit) with host Joe Haddow, as well as talking about their writing and what they have been reading recently. The Book Off sees Max Porter’s “Grief Is The Thing With Feathers” go up against "How To Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manuel of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot" by John Muir . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Dead Club Podcast, Sam speaks to author Max Porter. Max is a highly acclaimed British writer who's book, Grief is The Thing With Feathers was one of the main inspirations for this project and who has written two prose pieces for the Dead Club album. The Dead Club Podcast is an 8 part podcast series that brings to life British band, Tunng’s ground-breaking collaborative musical project, Dead Club: a meditation on loss and a riotous trip through life in all its goodness, oddness and wonder. We have interviewed people who have studied death, written about it, and documented it, but also those whose lives have touched it and have been close to it as well those for whom death is all in a day’s work. In this podcast series we’ll hear their voices. We’ll hear from Philosopher AC Grayling, author, Max Porter, illusionist, Derren Brown, musician Speech Debelle, author and palliative care Physician Kathryn Mannix, philosopher and writer Alain De Botton, poetry editor of the New Yorker, Kevin Young and Professor of Forensic Anthropology, Dame Sue Black. Each episode will present one of these conversations in depth, in all its detail. Underpinning and punctuating each episode is a soundscape formed from the new music we're creating for this album, as well as our own voices talking about the subject and what it means to us. There will also be some silliness and some spontaneity and some of that beautiful and unique wonkiness that makes us Tunng.If you or somebody you know needs support in relation to any aspect of death, dying or grief you may find the following sites useful.https://deathcafe.comhttps://www.samaritans.orghttps://www.cruse.org.ukhttps://www.mind.org.ukhttps://eol-doula.ukTunng Presents The Dead Club Podcast is a Stabl production and was made possible in part thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.You can pre-order the album, Tunng presents Dead Club here

To support our work and listen to additional content, see here: https://patreon.com/yourshelf and follow us on social media @_yourshelf_. In our latest, fourth episode of The YourShelf Podcast, Flights of Thought, our chief curator Juliano Zaffino (Jay) sits down with author Sara Baume to discuss books, birds, and Sara's nonfiction debut handiwork. For full show notes, see here: https://podcast.yourshelf.uk/episodes/4. Thanks for listening.  LinksPatreonInstagramTwitterPodcastYourShelfEpisode NotesJay asks Sara about her bookshelves, the books that made her, and what she's excited to read in the near future. (from 2:12)Sara begins the discussion with some insights from the writing of her nonfiction debut, handiwork. Sara and Jay discuss all three of Sara's published books, the importance of birds, solitude and other recurrent themes throughout her work. (from 13:30)Finally, Sara talks about her new novella, slated for a 2021 publication, and talks about launching a book during a national lockdown. Sara also shares some quarantine reading recommendations. (from 54:02)Jay recommends signing up to our Patreon for access to exclusive content, including a 10min bonus episode with more content from the interview, where Jay and Sara Baume play a game of "Celebs Read Nice Tweets", and Sara answers some "phone-in questions".Jay wraps up with all the books that were discussed in the episode and a few other books he recommends. Some of the books and authors we discussed in our latest episode include Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things, Alice Lyons' Oona, Celia Paul's Self Portrait, Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea, Raynor Winn's The Salt Path, Max Porter's Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Han Kang's The White Book, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, Rob Doyle's Threshold, Evie Wyld's The Bass Rock, Adrian Duncan's A Sabbatical in Leipzig, Olivia Laing's forthcoming Funny Weather, Jenny Offill's Weather, and Colum McCann's Apeirogon. If you're looking for even more recommendations, especially in the age of social distancing, Jay has you covered. While most of the books he's read recently have been Sara Baume's three fantastic books, he also recommends the poetry of Doireann Ní Ghríofa, whose forthcoming prose debut A Ghost In The Throat is discussed by Sara earlier in this episode. Currently, he's reading Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, The M Pages by Colette Bryce, After Fame by Sam Riviere, and Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass; while he hasn't yet finished these books, each one is already totally compelling and recommendable.Also, Jay reminds that you can order a copy of his book of poems, the debut publication of The YourShelf Press, on yourshelf.uk/press.Sara Baume closes with a reading from her non-fiction debut handiwork (from 1:02:48).Buy, read and review handiwork online now, available from most bookstores! Sara's previous books Spill Simmer Falter Wither and A Line Made By Walking are also both available for purchase.Thanks for listening and tune in again soon for Episode Five!

**Merry Christmas!** We're embracing unexpected new beginnings in December, reminding ourselves to schedule in some Time For Doing Nothing, Rosie's reading true crime and Paula's practicing her "yoga teacher stance". Join us for the final Keep Her Lit episode of 2019! Music: www.breakingtunes.com/pembroke Editor: Brian from Headstuff Studio: Headstuff Podcast Network Want even more ways to stay lit? Find links to the content we referenced below… Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, Max Porter: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25334576-grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers The Choice, Edith Eger: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753738-the-choice Where No One Can Hear You Scream, Sarah McInerney: https://www.gillbooks.ie/true-crime/true-crime/where-no-one-can-hear-you-scream Voyeur on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/ie/title/80176212 An American Marriage, Tayari Jones: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33590210-an-american-marriage At The Pond: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies’ Pond: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44956022-at-the-pond

Michael is the author of ‘Hold’, which was just shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for first novels. He is a graduate of the Royal Holloway writing programme and lives in London, where he works as a teacher. Michael's Book Choices: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter You can follow Michael on twitter @michaeldonkor If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show.

It's another week, another journey around Jupiter, another wax and wane of Europa, our favourite moon. This intergalactic road trip also provides human beings of Earth with another incredible episode of the TickyOff podcast. This week James has been roped into cooking bread with a bunch of children, only one of whom is related to him. Sam is ratty about a long, and to be fair somewhat dull, chat about the colour pink in restaurants. They discuss flashing, ‘Grief Is The Thing With Feathers', noodles and ‘Us'. Then beer expert and writer Melissa Cole shows up with a cool box full of beer and things improve no end. Melissa rains down chat-honesty like a cloud bank of verbal truth has just blown in from the West…or something. She tells all about the grim idiocy of (some) in the craft beer world, changing demographics in beer drinking and drops more science than has ever been heard around these here TickyOff parts. There's also time for nursery rhymes, the difficulties of recording the sounds of a live hawk, tarot cards and mediums, and Melissa explains the benefits of Sam turning his back on his beloved Budweiser… This week's episode is sponsored by the entirely hairless, three fingered, web footed wine experts at Dropwine.co.uk

Disney's latest live action remake of one of their classic cartoons is Dumbo, reimagined by Tim Burton. Grief Is The Thing With Feathers was a novel by Max Porter and has now been adapted for the stage by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy. It has just opened at the Barbican in London. Vincent Van Gogh lived in London for a few years and Tate Britain is staging an Exhibition Van Gogh and and Britain looking at the artists who influenced him, his own work and the artists he has influenced. Ewan Morrison's novel Nina X is a kidnap story about a young girl who was brainwashed by a Maoist cult before eventually being rescued and rehabilitated. British artist Sean Scully is one of Britain's richest artists and BBC2's Arena has followed him for a year, painting and creating and opening exhibitions of his work around the world. Tom Sutcliffe's guests are John Tusa, Deborah Moggach and Alex Preston. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra recommendations Deborah: Judges Lodgings in Presteigne John: The Way We Live Now by Trollope Alex: Standing At The Sky's Edge at The Crucible in Sheffield Tom: Wild Swans by Jung Chang

Nicholas Hytner's new production at London's Bridge Theatre is Lucinda Coxon's play Alys Always, based on Harriet Lane's novel. A journalist decides to set her sights on a joining the exalted circle of a grieving best-selling author. Ray and Liz is the debut film from photographer Richard Billingham; weaving a story from his 1996 collection of autobiographical portraits of his hard-drinking and hard smoking parents living on the margins of society in a Black Country council home. Max Porter's new novel Lanny is a follow-up to his much-lauded debut Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. A magical child communicates with the present and a mysterious past Photographer Martin Parr has an exhibition. Only Human at London's National Portrait Gallery combining old and previously unseen works. ITV's police drama The Bay is set in the picturesque surroundings of Morecambe, Lancashire. Might it become the new Broadchurch? Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Christopher Frayling, Charlotte Mullins and Emma Jane Unsworth. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra recommendations: Christopher: If Beale Street Could Talk and Moonlight. Also The Salt Path by Raynor Winn Emma-Jane: The Good Immigrant USA by Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman Charlotte: Studio Voices by Michael Bird and The National Sound Archive Tom: the disputed Caravaggio at the Colnaghi Gallery

In this week's books podcast Sam talks to Max Porter, former publisher at Granta and author of the prizewinning debut Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, about his brilliant new novel Lanny (reviewed by Andrew Motion [here](https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/love-death-and-loss-in-a-small-village-lanny-reviewed/)). He asks: why are we used to novels having 15 page boring bits? What does the Green Man myth, and myth in general, have to offer readers? How do you convey the white noise of a village's chatter on the page? And which Thomas brother is the best: Dylan or RS?

In this week's books podcast Sam talks to Max Porter, former publisher at Granta and author of the prizewinning debut _Grief Is The Thing With Feathers_, about his brilliant new novel _Lanny_ (reviewed by Andrew Motion [here](https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/love-death-and-loss-in-a-small-village-lanny-reviewed/)). He asks: why are we used to novels having 15 page boring bits? What does the Green Man myth, and myth in general, have to offer readers? How do you convey the white noise of a village's chatter on the page? And which Thomas brother is the best: Dylan or RS?

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Max Porter's Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. The book follows three characters after a family's mother dies: Dad, Boys (a combination of the families two children), and Crow (who is the maybe real, maybe imaginary incarnation of grief who resides with the family while they grieve). Through a series of vignettes told from the perspective of each character, Grief explores just what happens when we lose someone and what it means to heal. Join us as we talk about what makes Grief Is The Thing With Feathers different than other grief books and what makes it so perfectly, beautifully, unforgettably heartbreaking. Then, inspired by Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, we chat about our favorite books about grief including The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Enon by Paul Harding, and the poem 'The Gaffe' by C.K. Williams. And, as always we close the show with recommendations: First and foremost, you should listen to Max Porter talk about Grief Is The Thing With Feathershere. Matt, Mashable's Social Good editor who joined us for the episode, recommends VS Podcast, a poetry podcast from the Poetry Foundation. "They talk about what its like to talk about what its like to be poets and humans, especially in 2017. And it's honestly just so enjoyable." MJ recommends listening to the Longform Podcast's interview with Maggie Haberman, who covers the White House for the New York Times. "It's just an amazing, thoughtful interview from someone who is at the top of her game is doing incredibly important reporting right now." He also recommends Joan Didion's essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Peter recommends the album A Crow Looked A Me by Mount Eerie. "[The album] is so immaculately beautiful. It is so caring and sweet and soft and sad. There could not have been a better pairing [with Grief Is The Thing With Feathers.]"  

This week on the MashReads Podcast, we read and discuss Hannah Tinti's novel The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley with author Hannah Tinti herself!  The novel is a father/ daughter story about what it means to be a hero, and the price we pay to protect the people we love the most. The book follows two stories, told in parallel: The history of Samuel Hawley and his "twelve lives" (which are the twelve bullet wounds he's received while working as a criminal smuggler), told side-by-side with the coming of age story of Loo, Samuel's daughter. When Samuel and Loo settle into a small New England seaside town, they quickly learn that the past Hawley's desperately tried to escape is still defining their present. Join us as we talk about father/ daughter stories, the significance of whales in literature, and being an outsider. And if you want to see footage of the greasy pole, a real life tradition that Hannah writes about in The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, you can check out her tweets from the event here and here and here. And as always, we close the show with recommendations: Hannah has been reading a lot of comics and recommends: Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples, East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta, Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire, and Mind Mgmt by Matt Kindt. Aliza recommends Glow, Netflix's new series about the world of women wrestlers in the '80s. "Speaking of complex femininity, y'all need to watch the new Netflix series Glow. It is amazing!" MJ recommends Grief Is The Thing With Feathers, a postmodern novel about grief by Max Porter. "It's really beautiful and what I love about this book is that it captures how mundane grief can be ... it's a moving, really weird, and really beautiful novel." MJ also recommends "Laverne Cox boldly addresses the one issue the LGBTQ community doesn't want to talk about," an interview with Laverne Cox by Mashable's social good writer Katie Dupere about inclusion in Pride and the LGBTQ+ community. Peter recommends McSweeny's article "11 Ways That I, a White Man, Am Not Priviledged" and "It's just a quick read, and it takes a turn, as it does, and it's pretty funny. I don't want to say more."