Podcast appearances and mentions of Helen Oyeyemi

On the newest episode of the DMPL Podcast, Jes and Sarah give book recommendations for each sign of the zodiac. It's a nice warm-up for the next big Flash Recommendation event, coming up on Wednesday, October 16. What is Flash Recommendations? It's an event on our social media pages where you give us some information and our Book Chat team gives you a book recommendation. On October 16, head over to our Facebook or Instagram page and let us know a genre and your Zodiac sign. Then you'll get a book rec. It's that simple! Be sure to listen to this episode of the podcast to get some general recs as well. Don't forget about the last event in our Fall Author Series - Daniel Kraus will be stopping at the Central Library on Wednesday, October 23, at 7 PM.   What We're Reading Jes The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey, by Astrid Dahl Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, by Elena Ferrante The Husbands, by Holly Gramazio Sarah City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty The Black Bird Oracle, by Deborah Harkness   Picks of the Zodiac Aries 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami Hell of a Book, by Jason Mott Taurus The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker The Hidden Life of Trees, by Peter Wohlleben The Cottage Around the Corner, by D.L. Soria Gemini Open Throat, by Henry Hoke The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth, by Zoë Schlanger Cancer The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters, by Balli Kaur Jaswal What the Fireflies Knew, by Kai Harris Black Candle Women, by Diane Merie Brown Leo ​​​​​​​Maeve Fly, by CJ Leede Perfume & Pain, by Anna Dorn Virgo ​​​​​​​Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail, by Ashley Herring Blake The Secrets We Kept, by Lara Prescott Election, by Tom Perotta Libra ​​​​​​​Evenings and Weekends, by Oisín McKenna Cleopatra & Frankenstein, by Coco Mellors Scorpio ​​​​​​​The Bandit Queens, by Parini Shroff When We Were Birds, by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Portrait of a Thief, by Grace D. Li Sagittarius ​​​​​​​The Husbands, by Holly Gramazio All I Want is You, by Falon Ballard Capricorn ​​​​​​​The Violin Conspiracy, by Brendan Slocumb Educated, by Tara Westover For the Wolf, by Hannah Whitten Aquarius ​​​​​​​Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, by Ananda Lima That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, by Amanda Jones Pisces ​​​​​​​Stay True, by Hua Hsu The Dreamers, by Karen Thompson Walker Peaces, by Helen Oyeyemi

In this episode, we speak to novelist and short story writer Helen Oyeyemi about her most recent novel, Parasol Against the Axe. We discuss the use of non-linearity when attempting to write about a complex city like Prague. We chat about the city as a dissociative state, and the relationship to surrealism and conflicting histories. We speak about the intimate relationship between reading, writing and desire, and the way that books can reveal details about the reader, as well as the author. We explore the book as a living object which shifts across time and space, and the use of play and perplexity across Oyeyemi's work. We discuss what it means to resist master narratives and embrace slippery, shapeshifting narrators, subverting the reader's expectations. We examine a hunger for novels which require the reader to work, and what it means to be actively involved in the process of meaning-making. Helen Oyeyeymi is the author of The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching (which won a Somerset Maugham Award), Mr Fox, Boy, Snow, Bird, Gingerbread, What Is Not Yours Is Yours, and Peaces, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. In 2013, Helen was included in Granta's Best Young British Novelists. References Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyeymi Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyeymi Mr Fox by Helen Oyeyeymi White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyeymi The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi De Profundis by Oscar Wilde Prague Tales by Jan Neruda

Dorje Swallow's performance of Helen Oyeyemi's metafiction centers this whirligig of a novel in which story begets story. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Alan Minskoff discuss how Swallow's assured narration—in particular, his ability to do voices and accents and adapt his tone to whatever the scene—makes this audiobook marvelous to listen to. Hero Tojosoa ostensibly comes to Prague to join her friend, Sophie, for a weekend. When Dorothea arrives as well, the plot thickens, spatters, and all manner of mayhem ensues. Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile's website. Published by Penguin Audio. Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website. This episode of Behind the Mic is brought to you by Brilliance Publishing. Revisit beloved characters and discover new original short stories. Visions of Flesh and Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout with Rayvn Salvador is a must-add addition to the series that any fan will enjoy. Audible.com/VisionsofFleshandBlood This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/AUDIOFILE and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen Oyeyemi talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Parasol Against The Axe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spotlight Black authors and creators in this episode today (and judge each other's beverage choices...again.) Books mentioned on this episode: Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi, The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin, Home by Toni Morrison, and A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/keepitfictional/message

The latest book from critically acclaimed writer Helen Oyeyemi, Parasol Against the Axe, is a novel set among the city of Prague's streets. It's often said that a city can feel like a character in a book but in a skilled feat of unconventional storytelling, Oyeyemi's tale uses the city as the literal narrator of its story. That  plot involves a lost weekend set around a hen party and some surreal storytelling to make outlandish ideas come alive, while also focusing in on themes such as love and addiction. Oyeyemi's previous novels and short stories have won awards including the Somerset Maugham Award for her book White is for Witching, and she's been shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, too. Joining her in conversation for this episode is the journalist and podcaster Ruchira Sharma, host of the podcasts Everything is Content and Anatomy of a Stalker. If you'd like to get access to all of our longer form interviews and members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and what's coming up. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle / BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi If you've ever wanted to live inside a Grimm fairy tale and/or a Charlton Heston movie, this episode is for you! Toby takes us into outer space with his review of MONKEY PLANET--oops! strike that--PLANET OF THE APES by Pierre Boulle. Then Bailey gets far too hung up on how BOY, SNOW, BIRD by Helen Oyeyemi connects to the Snow White fairy tale. Plus, we learn about the majesty of Eastern Europe, rescue Dillon from space, and stick to a strict schedule of fun.

Our guest co-host. Arianna Reiche, is a Bay Area-born writer based in London. She is the author of the two-story chapbook Warden / Star (Tangerine Press), and At The End Of Every Day (Artia Books/Simon & Schuster). She was also nominated for the 2020 Bridport Prize and the 2020 PANK Magazine Book Contest. She won first prize in Glimmer Train's 2017 Fiction Open and Tupelo Quarterly's 2021 Prose Prize. Her stories have appeared in Ambit Magazine, Joyland, The Mechanics' Institute Review, Berlin's SAND Journal, Feels Blind Literary, Lighthouse Press, and Popshot. Her features have appeared in Art News, The Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, USA Today, The London Fashion Week Daily, Fest Magazine, Vogue International, and Vice. She also researches and lectures in interactive narrative and metafiction at City, University of London.     In Episode 7, Arianna Reiche joins us for a conversation about Place, Peculiarity, & Persistence. We discuss ways we are able to write about place and how that may challenge common conceptions, embracing strange and peculiar perspectives, persisting through life changes, and bearing the brutal bruises of editing.    Questions 1. Place has a lot to do with my fiction - I just wrote a whole novel about the grounds of a theme park, and my next book is set in Berlin - but I often struggle with feeling that I've earned the right to write intimately about any given place. I find that I often sidestep writing about towns/cities/countries with real earnestness because of that, and instead adopt a lens of irony or eeriness. Or I just end up writing about the Bay Area, where I grew up, more than I probably truly want to, because no one can challenge me on my connection to it! Have you ever felt that conflict before? And more generally, how do you approach geography in your work   2. What does writing in earnest and with authenticity-one's OWN sense of what is authentic-look like? How do you capture it on the page to honor our own telling or to honor our truth and perspective? And how, if it all, does that challenge and expand the narratives we see present in certain spaces or among certain people?   3. How do you deal with feeling repelled by your own work during the editing process? It's something I've heard almost every writer I know talk about; I describe the feeling of opening the laptop for your third round of manuscript edits as poking a bruise. How do you stay enthusiastic about your own work when you're frankly just sick of looking at it?     Show Notes 1. At the End of Every Day by Arianna Reiche https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/At-the-End-of-Every-Day/Arianna-Reiche/9781668007945 2. Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez https://bookshop.org/p/books/our-share-of-night-mariana-enriquez/18486460  3. The Age of Magic by Ben Okri https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-age-of-magic-ben-okri/20082895?ean=9781635422689  4. The Ben Okri story about Istanbul is called “Dreaming of Byzantium” found in Prayer for the Living, https://bookshop.org/p/books/prayer-for-the-living-ben-okri/13693373?ean=9781617758638  5. Irenosen Okojie, https://www.irenosenokojie.com/ 6. Helen Oyeyemi, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/59813/helen-oyeyemi/  7. CA Conrad - Poetry Rituals https://somaticpoetryexercises.blogspot.com/2018/08/somatic-poetry-rituals-basics-in-3-parts.html 8. Raymond Queneau, was part of the Oulipo group, a collection of writers and mathematicians who imposed rules on writing to increase creativity. More here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/oulipo#:~:text=An%20acronym%20for%20Ouvroir%20de,and%20mathematician%20Fran%C3%A7ois%20Le%20Lionnais. 9. Kathy Winograd - https://kathrynwinograd.com/about/ 10. La Maison Baldwin, https://www.lamaisonbaldwin.fr/   

Two authors take on historical fiction with these novels featuring queer love, heartbreak, coming of age and agency with rich settings and vibrant casts, from 17th century France to the wild, wild American West.  Celia Bell's The Disenchantment finds Paris amidst political and social upheaval, while one noblewoman balances her unhappy marriage and her female lover in the tenuous world of high society intrigue. Bell joins us to talk about this particularly interesting time period, how a fairy tale inspired the novel, incorporating real people from history and more. Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens is a nonstop Western following a scrappy and resilient young woman who faces hardship head-on by taking a job at a brothel where she finds strength, friendship and maybe even love with an alluring gunfighter. Cravens talks with us about creating a tactile world, telling queer stories, writing hot mess characters and more.  This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang.            New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.          Featured Books (Episode): The Disenchantment by Celia Bell  Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens  Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue   Regeneration by Pat Barker  The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters  Lone Women by Victor LaValle  Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry   The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin  Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi  

Today's podcast episode surrounds the concept of imagining and one particular genre: science fiction. Although the conversation focuses on one specific genre, the subject elicits questions about what writing within a particular genre does for your work. Which genres do you write in and what ways do they help you imagine? Does writing in a particular genre open doors to reimagine reality?   Questions 1. How do you learn craft between workshops, writing classes/seminars, reading and practice? What do you think the right balance when it comes to learning craft? Do you ever feel out of balance and why? 2. The question Octavia Butler was often asked: What good is science fiction to Black people?”    Show Notes Octavia Butler, Positive Obsession essay can be found here: https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1779-octavia-e-butler-positive-obsession  Samuel R Delaney, The Motion of Light and Water, https://www.eileenmcginnis.com/blog/2018/10/19/turn-and-face-the-strange-samuel-delany-queering-science-fiction-queering-fatherhood Check out the wonderful world of Helen Oyeyemi here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/80808.Helen_Oyeyemi  Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time, https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time  Crystal Wilkinson again! - https://www.crystalewilkinson.net/ Hurston-Wright Foundation (https://www.hurstonwright.org/) has some upcoming workshops for emerging Black writers definitely worth checking out  Lighthouse Writers Workshop - https://www.lighthousewriters.org/  Neil Gaiman, American Gods, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30165203-american-gods  Deep Reading taught by Michael Duszat, The Reader Berlin, https://www.thereaderberlin.com/weekend-workshop/the-deep-reading-workshop-with-michael-duszat/ - sign up for this class whenever it is on next! E.M. Forrester, A Passage to India (not voyage!), https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45195.A_Passage_to_India  Toni Morrison, Paradise, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5198.Paradise?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14 - "They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time." - what a line! Eimear McBride, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing,  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18218630-a-girl-is-a-half-formed-thing?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=69SsZIKOJh&rank=1  Experimental Writing for Non-Experimental Writers  was facilitated by Porochista Khakpour  (https://porochistakhakpour.com/) via The Center for Fiction  (https://centerforfiction.org/groups-workshops-all/)  Brittany's amazing VONA instructor for Fiction, Mathangi Subramanian,  https://www.mathangisubramanian.com/  VONA- https://www.vonavoices.org/ Rooted and Written Poetry Cohort - https://rooted-written.org/ led by Tonya Foster (https://tonyafosterpoet.com/)

This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite backlist cosmic horror. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our newest newsletter, The Deep Dive. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (cw: racism) White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (cw: disordered eating, racism) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's bonus episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss contemporary books by Black/African-American authors to add to your TBR.Books, etc. discussed in this episode:The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. JemisinThe Black Flamingo by Dean AttaAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesThe Sweetness of Water by Nathan HarrisMore authors to check out:Angie Thomas, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jesmyn Ward, Zadie Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jacqueline Woodson, Helen Oyeyemi, Nnedi OkoraforFollow us on Instagram @literatureandlibationspod.Visit our website: literatureandlibationspod.com to submit feedback, questions, or your own takes on what we are reading. You can also see what we are reading for future episodes! You can email us at literatureandlibationspod@gmail.com.Please leave us a review and/or rating! It really helps others find our podcast…and it makes us happy!Purchase books via bookshop.org or check them out from your local public library. Join us next week as we discuss Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (part 1, up t chapter 12)Here is the cocktail recipe for next week's episode if you want to drink along with us!Grapefruit Sake Cocktail via I Heart UmamiINGREDIENTS:3 oz Junmai sake (Nigori or Daiginjo or Ginjo Sake)2.5 oz gin (pure, distilled)3 oz grapefruit juice⅛ tsp grated fresh ginger rootTiny pinch ground nutmeg (optional)4-5 medium size ice cubes (plus extra for serving)Splash grapefruit sparkling water (chilled)2 sprigs fresh rosemary (garnish, optional)2 slices fresh grapefruit (garnish, optional)INSTRUCTIONS:In a shaker, add the sake, gin, grapefruit juice, ginger, a tiny dash of ground nutmeg powder, if using, and 4-5 medium size ice cubes. Shake 30-40 seconds.Pour the cocktail through a strainer filter into two cocktail glasses.Add a splash of grapefruit sparkling water. Garnish with rosemary sprigs and grapefruit slice, if using.

An unusual episode for an unusual book!  Helen Oyeyemi's novel Gingerbread is a tale about a mother Harriet and her daughter Perdita–and Harriet's famous Gingerbread recipe, which she learned from her mother. Harriet wants to use it to impress the mothers at her daughter's school. Sounds normal enough, right? Not quite. This is an Oyeyemi book, so of course, things must take a turn of the stranger kind. Recommended in this episode: Don DeLillo's White Noise (and the Netflix adaptation) and Tananarive Due's The Between Coming up soon: Mildred Johnson's “The Cactus” (Weird Tales story) (but a recommendation episode up before that!) Buy Toil and Trouble wherever you get books!

Coppelius's Toyshop is one of the busiest stores in New York during the Christmas season. With life-sized toy soldiers on either side of the entrance and characters straight out of fairy tales roaming the aisles filled with toys, it's a paradise for kids of all ages. It's not a paradise, however, for Connie Willis's narrator, who is late for a Knicks game and just learned his new girlfriend has a kid that needs to be watched until her friend can pick him up from the toy store. To make matters worse, the narrator hates kids, and he hates the toy store. Unfortunately, when the little boy has to use the restroom in the store, the narrator will see all of Coppelius's wares as he tries unsuccessfully to find the boy, make the handoff, and get to his basketball game. All the while, he hears the store's music on repeat and the comforting refrain, “Come to Dr. Coppelius's/ Where all is bright and warm,/ And there's no fear/ For I am here/ To keep you safe from harm.”       A reminder: We will take a brief holiday hiatus later in December, but we will return in January for our fourth season, when we read Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi.

Christmas is not always the easiest time of year for people. There's often the headache of travel through busy airports, the annoyance of trying to plan a meal that will accommodate everyone's schedules, and of course, the pressure to put your best foot forward in your annual Christmas card. All of that becomes much more complicated, however, when pod people begin to overtake your town, which is exactly the predicament the main character faces in Connie Willis's story “Newsletter.” Recommended in this episode: Stephen King's Firestarter and the second season of White Lotus on HBO We will be back in two weeks when we re-run a classic Monster, She Wrote episode on a Christmas ghost story. The podcast will take a brief holiday hiatus later in December, but we will return in January for our fourth season, when we read Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi. Buy Toil and Trouble here or at your favorite local bookstore!

Wrapping up the month of November's theme of the military and war, Kit and Bridge drain a bottle of Evening Shade Rose and Helen Oyeyemi's My Daughter, the Racist. Winner of the BBC's National Short Story Award of 2010 for this work, Helen Oyeyemi was also a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Awards in 2009 for novel she wrote called White is For Witching... it's all connected, innit? After the All Quiet of the Western Front episode, your two favorite fake British friends jump into My Daughter, the Racist, flipping the perspective of war from the soldier to the civilian, from the man to the woman, from a European to an African. Listen to follow along and hear their ratings of the wine and the short story! Reading Content: My Daughter, the Racist by Helen Oyeyemi Drinking Content: Evening Shade Rose Read the short story Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram

 I've read all of Shirley Jackson's work. I loved it! What should I read that's similar? from mrsmorganbakestoomuch via IGOnce again our booksellers began their recommendations with the query -- "are you sure you have read everything Shirley Jackson has written? There is a lot."  Assuming mrsmorganbakestoomuch had, they jumped in. The discussion highlighted Shirley Jackson's connections to Bennington, Vermont, the frequency with which her work is mentioned in Shelf Help, and that perhaps her estate should be Shelf Help's first underwriter. Jack highlighted Jazz by Toni Morrison and Secret History by Donna Tartt, leading to a short seminar on Ms. Morrison and her works. Kari mentioned Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry. Emma had a long long list including Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin, White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi and Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (seconded by Jack).  All mentioned authors whose work resembles Ms. Jackson's -- Angela Carter, Kelly Link.  Emma also pointed out that winners of the annual Shirley Jackson Award would be a great list to tackle. We hope this helps all you Shirley Jackson fans out there; and based upon our episodes there seem to be quite a few.Shelf Help is a podcast where booksellers help you answer one of life's trickier  - and we'd argue extremely important - questions: what should you read next?  If you've got a reading dilemma, you can email us a question or voice memo at shelfhelpuv@gmail.com. We're here to help your shelves. Shelf Help is a collaboration between the Book Jam, a nonprofit designed to inspire readers; CATV Upper Valley media community (NOW LOCATED AT JAM, Junction Arts & Media); three Upper Valley bookstores: Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock, VT; the Norwich Bookstore in Norwich, VT; and Still North Books & Bar in Hanover, NH.  

Brea and Mallory talk about why people love retellings so much, review a book cart, and discuss how to log a book you've read in two different years.Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Sponsors -BetterHelpwww.betterhelp.com/GLASSESNightfire by TorWhat Moves the Dead Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmBook CartMallory's UK Events!Summer Readathon: 8/21Torn Hearts on EpixBooks Mentioned - Hide by Kiersten WhiteThe Golden Season by Madeline Kay SneedODY-C by Matt Fraction and Christian WardOne for All by Lillie LainoffMr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi

This week, Mario and Twenty welcome teacher and author of Etymolgy Rules Brittany Selah to the Expression Appraisal Table. What good is a horn that does not make a sound? Watch as Mario and Twenty are joined by teacher, and author of Etymolgy Rules Brittany Selah to discuss the meaning and origin of (Don't) Toot Your Own Horn. Brittany is a fellow lover of language and shares her passion of the words, meanings, and origins with us. She discusses the importance of uplifting her students, people of color and herself through education and knowledge. By the end of the show, we all may have something to toot our horns about. Brittany Selah Lee-Bey is an educator and writer from the DC Metropolitan area. She enjoys teaching learners of all ages, but especially middle-schoolers, and lives by the idea that reading and writing are “emancipatory acts.” By day, she's a reading specialist and a debate coach at a secondary school in DC, but by night she is one half of the rap duo OyaBlaq. In her spare time, Brittany enjoys reading, writing fiction and poetry, spending time in nature, playing the keyboard, listening to good music, and TV binge watching- especially reality shows. Her favorite literary genre is Black speculative fiction, reading authors such as Octavia Butler, Helen Oyeyemi and Tananarive Due. EtymologyRules is an educational program Brittany created to equip people worldwide with the knowledge and power of words, as word knowledge is key to developing strong communication skills. EtymologyRules' first book, Back to Basics, is a workbook with content and exercises to strengthen the readers' English orthography (the study of a language's writing system) and vocabulary. Readers of Back to Basics will gain knowledge to aptly analyze and interpret the written word. You can find all things Brittany and Etymology Rules at: Website: www.etymologyrules.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/etymologyrules Twitter: www.twitter.com/etymologyrules Buy the book: EtymologyRules: Back to Basics on Amazon SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnderdog 0:00 Tooting My Horn Dylan, Dave Chappelle, Snoop Dogg, Muhammad Ali Opener 1:03 Intro 1:50 Roll Call 2:59 The Miami Heat 5:20 What Is Etymology? 8:11 Connection To Toot Your Own Horn 12:26 Webster's Definition 18:57 Time To Unveil The Origin 21:24 King James Bible Matthew Chapter 6 24:41 Social Media and Clout Chasing 29:47 Drake and God's Plan 33:57 Miles Cloverdale 35:30 Sam Adams, John Adams, and John Warren 51:03 Black People Should Toot and Toot Loudly 57:57 Appraise The Phrase 1:02:37 Connect With Brittany 1:05:11 Dictionary of Misinformation Follow Appraise The Phrase: Official Site: ➡️ https://appraisethephrase.com/ ATP YouTube: ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhOT41ItFBzpXanbzfT0oQ (Shorts and exclusive clips) Twitter: ➡️ https://twitter.com/AppraisePhrase Instagram: ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/appraisethephrasepodcast TikTok: ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@appraisethephrase

Two collections of short stories, both alike in playfulness in our fair podcast. The first is with Gwen Kirby whose debut collection of short stories is called, hilariously, Shit Cassandra Saw. It ranges from radioactive cockroaches to tapdancing Twizzlers. Kirby told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that writing this book was a cathartic experience. The second interview is with Helen Oyeyemi about her collection of short stories, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. The stories are fairy tales, though not traditional ones. Oyeyemi told NPR's Steve Inskeep that she likes fairy tales because they endure.

PopaHALLics #73 Growing Up We discuss a Norwegian movie about a young woman  heading reluctantly toward adulthood, a fun new female-led British band, an adult novel inspired by a fairy tale, and a sci-fi novel in which we actually put on our grown-up pants and address climate change. Also, why you should never, ever fly into Newark.Streaming"The Worst Person in the World," rental. While critics struggle to describe this "Norwegian romantic black comedy drama," Steve says it's an excellent movie about a young woman (Renate Reinsve, above) figuring out who she is."Moon Knight," Disney +. Oscar Isaac may be a superhero, may be crazy, or may be having the weirdest dreams ever in this limited series from Marvel."Ghostbusters: Afterlife," rental. This sequel blatantly borrows from the original in a good way while telling a new story about two grandkids of one of the original Ghostbusters. Bustin' makes us feel good!Books"Gingerbread," by Helen Oyeyemi. A surprising family legacy led by a recipe for gingerbread is at the heart of this novel by an author known for spinning inventive, head-twisting tales from fairy tales."The Ministry for the Future," by Kim Stanley Robinson. This cautiously optimistic sci-fi novel reads like nonfiction as it explores the effects of climate change on all of us while also solutions we can put into place now.MusicNew British group Wet Leg just dropped their first album, and Steve and Kate think they're a hoot. You can hear them and other young women turning rock cliches on their head in our Popahallics #73 Playlist.

Dias mais longos = mais tempo para ler. Certo? Esta semana entramos no espírito da Primavera e trazemos livros mágicos, livros sobre transformação, livros com flores ou, simplesmente, livros que associamos a esta altura do ano. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Circe, Madeline Miller (1:15) - The Dating Dare, Jayci Lee (2:26) - Weather Girl, Rachel Lynn Solomon (5:24) - Spring, Ali Smith (6:48) - The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune (9:05) - Every Day, David Levithan (10:40) - Heartstopper #3, Alice Oseman (12:37) - A Breve Vida das Flores, Valerie Perrin (13:48) - Little Women (Mulherzinhas), Louisa May Alcott (14:47) - You Had Me At Hola, Alexis Daria (15:53) - A Metamorfose, Franz Kafka (17:14) - Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens (18:41) - O Amor nos Tempos de Cólera, Gabriel García Marquez (19:25) - Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid (21:41) - Find Me, André Aciman (23:00) - Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi (24:10) - Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney (26:05) - Just Like You, Nick Hornby (27:28) - Ariadne, Jennifer Saint (29:30) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova/ twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/RitaDaNova [a imagem do podcast é da autoria da maravilhosa, incrível e talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com]

How's this for fun? Take 27 incredible writers–including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, PEN Awards, Women's Prize for Fiction, Edgar Award, and more–and invite each of them to write an erotic short story. Then publish the collection in one steamy anthology with the authors listed alphabetically at the beginning of the book but none of the stories attributed, so nobody knows who wrote what. We're talking about authors Robert Olen Butler, Louise Erdrich, Julia Glass, Rebecca Makkai, Helen Oyeyemi. Mary-Louise Parker, Jason Reynolds, Paul Theroux, Luis Alberto Urrea, Edmund White, and more. The idea was the brainchild of authors Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, and the book is called Anonymous Sex. In this episode, Hillary and Cheryl join Julie and Eve to discuss the responses they got when they reached out to authors, how the freedom of anonymity allowed authors to write outside their own identities, and what surprised them most about the collection (“there is a lot of cunnilingus in this book”). Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is author of the international bestsellers Sarong Party Girls and A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family. She's also the editor of the fiction anthology, Singapore Noir. Cheryl was a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal, In Style, and The Baltimore Sun, and her stories and reviews have also appeared in The New York Times, Times Literary Supplement, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, and Bon Appétit, among others. Hillary Jordan is the author of the novels Mudbound and When She Woke. Mudbound was an international bestseller that won multiple awards and was adapted into a critically acclaimed Netflix film that earned four academy award nominations. Hillary is also a screenwriter, essayist, and poet whose work has been published in The New York Times, McSweeney's, and Outside Magazine, among others. Find us on Twitter (@bookdreamspod) and Instagram (@bookdreamspodcast), or email us at contact@bookdreamspodcast.com. We encourage you to visit our website and sign up for our newsletter for information about our episodes, guests, and more. Book Dreams is a part of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Book Dreams, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about literature, writing, and storytelling like Storybound and The History of Literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey all you ghouls, cats and witches! This episode of LSMR follows our Black History Month with "Magic" books by Black Authors! Aliza read "Boy, Snow, Bird" by the wonderful Helen Oyeyemi and Riss read "The Intuitionist" by Colson Whitehead. Although our hosts LOVE these amazing authors, and have enjoyed other works by them, the books reviewed this week weren't easy to get through! It just shows that reading is not always constant! So don't feel down on yourself if you're in a reading slump, Besties!

An interview with Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, editors of Anonymous Sex, a collection of 27 explicit sex stories unattributed to the 27 writers listed in the byline. Cheryl, Hillary, and I discuss how exactly you get writers like Louise Erdrich, Rebecca Makkai, Helen Oyeyemi, and Robert Olen Butler to contribute a story when the conceit is sex. We talk about the problem with stale erotica and the search for fresh language with which to talk about sex and desire, the necessity of understanding sex as culturally constructed, and so much more. Hillary Recommends: Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood ----. A Home at the End of the World Cheryl Recommends: Fumiko Enchi, Masks ----. The Waiting Years The Novels of Muriel Spark Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, editors of Anonymous Sex, a collection of 27 explicit sex stories unattributed to the 27 writers listed in the byline. Cheryl, Hillary, and I discuss how exactly you get writers like Louise Erdrich, Rebecca Makkai, Helen Oyeyemi, and Robert Olen Butler to contribute a story when the conceit is sex. We talk about the problem with stale erotica and the search for fresh language with which to talk about sex and desire, the necessity of understanding sex as culturally constructed, and so much more. Hillary Recommends: Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood ----. A Home at the End of the World Cheryl Recommends: Fumiko Enchi, Masks ----. The Waiting Years The Novels of Muriel Spark Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An interview with Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, editors of Anonymous Sex, a collection of 27 explicit sex stories unattributed to the 27 writers listed in the byline. Cheryl, Hillary, and I discuss how exactly you get writers like Louise Erdrich, Rebecca Makkai, Helen Oyeyemi, and Robert Olen Butler to contribute a story when the conceit is sex. We talk about the problem with stale erotica and the search for fresh language with which to talk about sex and desire, the necessity of understanding sex as culturally constructed, and so much more. Hillary Recommends: Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood ----. A Home at the End of the World Cheryl Recommends: Fumiko Enchi, Masks ----. The Waiting Years The Novels of Muriel Spark Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

An interview with Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, editors of Anonymous Sex, a collection of 27 explicit sex stories unattributed to the 27 writers listed in the byline. Cheryl, Hillary, and I discuss how exactly you get writers like Louise Erdrich, Rebecca Makkai, Helen Oyeyemi, and Robert Olen Butler to contribute a story when the conceit is sex. We talk about the problem with stale erotica and the search for fresh language with which to talk about sex and desire, the necessity of understanding sex as culturally constructed, and so much more. Hillary Recommends: Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood ----. A Home at the End of the World Cheryl Recommends: Fumiko Enchi, Masks ----. The Waiting Years The Novels of Muriel Spark Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

An interview with Hillary Jordan and Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, editors of Anonymous Sex, a collection of 27 explicit sex stories unattributed to the 27 writers listed in the byline. Cheryl, Hillary, and I discuss how exactly you get writers like Louise Erdrich, Rebecca Makkai, Helen Oyeyemi, and Robert Olen Butler to contribute a story when the conceit is sex. We talk about the problem with stale erotica and the search for fresh language with which to talk about sex and desire, the necessity of understanding sex as culturally constructed, and so much more. Hillary Recommends: Michael Cunningham, Flesh and Blood ----. A Home at the End of the World Cheryl Recommends: Fumiko Enchi, Masks ----. The Waiting Years The Novels of Muriel Spark Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Autoři komiksu, manželé Kopečtí, přiblíží, svoji novinku, která aspiruje na cenu Muriel. V recenzi se podíváme na novinku britské autorky Helen Oyeyemi nazvanou Perník, která čtenáře vtahuje do surreáleného víru vyprávění inspirovaném pohádkovými příběhy i moderní pop kulturou.Všechny díly podcastu Knížky Plus můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.Hlasujte pro tento podcast v soutěži Podcast roku. Napište jeho jméno do kategorie „Veřejnoprávní podcast“. Hlasujte do 5. června na webu podcastroku.cz.

Two collections of short stories, both alike in playfulness in our fair podcast. The first is with Gwen Kirby whose debut collection of short stories is called, hilariously, Shit Cassandra Saw. It ranges from radioactive cockroaches to tapdancing Twizzlers. Kirby told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that writing this book was a cathartic experience. The second interview is with Helen Oyeyemi about her collection of short stories, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. The stories are fairy tales, though not traditional ones. Oyeyemi told NPR's Steve Inskeep that she likes fairy tales because they endure.

To ease us back into a new season of book talking, the LSMR Ladies catch you up on their most recent reads! Riss read White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi and Liza read Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw. Both books have witchy vibes, and beautiful covers that we think you should definitely take a look at! We also talked a lot about other books on this episode, as our conversations kept moving to the topic of Y/A. We tried to give a spoiler warner deeper into the episode when we get into a discussion about The Hunger Games but also here is another more general warning!!

Helen Oyeyemi talks to Neil about her latest novel Peaces. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Giving you all a peak into Happy Harvest Horror Show Book Club Land! Corrie and Brian are once again joined by friend of the pod, Julia to discuss "White is for Witching" by Helen Oyeyemi. Enjoy this *spoiler* filled discussion and consider becoming a HHHS book club member to join us for the next month's hang. Join the Happy Harvest Horror Show Book Club! Step one: Become a supporter at anchor.fm/hhhs/support Step two: Email us at happyharvesthorrorshow@gmail.com & say "hey, sign me up." All episodes of Happy Harvest Horror Show are available where the podcasts are! Support this spooky creation @ https://anchor.fm/hhhs/support Theme music by Brendan Dalton // https://www.brendan-dalton.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hhhs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hhhs/support

Hoje trazemos mais uma book tag — uma espécie de quiz do BuzzFeed, só que aqui ninguém é um Tequila Sunrise nem um gelado de pistachio. No fundo, um Eu Nunca literário onde vão saber que a Rita lê livros com base na raiva e a Joana já escreveu fan fiction de Twilight (e ela era sempre a personagem principal, claro). Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Farenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (3:20) - The Deal, Elle Kennedy (4:30) - Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo (6:35) - A Morte do Comendador, Haruki Murakami (8:35) - Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty (10:07) - Second First Impressions, Sally Thorne (10:11) - The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (10:31) - Henry and June, Anaïs Nin (14:40) - Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell (15:39) - Orgulho e Preconceito, Jane Austen (16:14) - O Admirável Mundo Novo, Aldous Huxley (16:40) - The Last Letter from Your Lover, Jojo Moyes (17:11) - The Circle, Dave Eggers (17:35) - The Spanish Love Deception, Elena Armas (18:07) - Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi (19:17) - One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, Craig Brown (19:50) - The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller (20:05) - There's a Word for That, Sloane Tanen (20:18) - Saga Napolitana (A Amiga Genial), Elena Ferrante (21:04) - Saga To All the Boys, Jenny Han (21:11) - Saga Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard (21:54) - The Maidens, Alex Michaelides (23:58) - Bringing Down the Duke, Evie Dunmore (25:39) - Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell (26:08) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: https://www.instagram.com/julesdsilva https://www.instagram.com/ritadanova/ https://twitter.com/julesxdasilva https://twitter.com/RitaDaNova [a imagem do podcast é da autoria da maravilhosa, incrível e talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com]

This week we're delighted to share this wonderful, nourishing conversation with novelist, playwright and short story writer Helen Oyeyemi! Helen's debut, The Icarus Girl was called "a masterly first novel" by the New York Times. White is For Witching won a Somerset Maugham Award, while What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours won the PEN Open Book Award. Her latest novel is the eagerly anticipated Peaces. We talked to her about rereading Little Women, Emily Dickinson's jokes, unreliable memoirists and bunking off school to read Ali Smith.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableDaisy Buchanan - CareeringHelen Oyeyemi - PeacesAli Smith - Hotel WorldE Nesbit - Five Children and ItAlbert Camus - PlagueHerman Melville - Moby DickPG Wodehouse - Jeeves & WoosterZdeněk Jirotka - SaturninMrs Beeton - Book of Household ManagementEM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial LadyCharles Reznikoff - TestimonyFélix Fénéon - Novel in Three LinesTessa Dare - When a Scot Ties the KnotKristi Coulter - Nothing Good Can Come From ThisF Scott Fitzgerald - Great GatsbyJD Salinger - Catcher in the RyeEmily Dickinson - LettersLouisa May Alcott - Little WomenMargaret Atwood - TestamentsMargaret Atwood - Handmaid's TaleBenjamin Moser - Susan SontagSigrid Nunez - Sempre SusanSigrid Nunez - What Are You Going ThroughSigrid Nunez - The FriendSusan Sontag - Against InterpretationDiana Vreeland - DVVisit @YBooked on Twitter for the full list See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, add something sweet to your most bitter story moments, and add something bitter to the most sweet.Book recommendation: PEACES, by Helen Oyeyemi.

I'm joined first by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray to discuss their joint novel, and decided to ask my co-workers for their favorite books on libraries and librarians. The episode finishes up with a few reading recommendations based on questions I've answered from listeners.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 225: Books About Libraries and Librarians 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 Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher MurrayOther mentions:My review of The Personal LibrarianAn Illuminated Life by Heidi ArdizzoneYellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen OyeyemiThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Lirael by Garth Nix The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonThe Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami Glaciers by Alexis M. SmithThe Borrower by Rebecca Makkai A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera Bear by Marian Engel Kitsy Babcock: Library Assistant by Joan Sargent Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonThe Library by Sarah Stewart Penelope Popper, Book Doctor by Toni Buzzeo Library Lion by Michelle KnudsenWild About Books by Judy SierraHelp! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth CliffordRelated episodes:Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold Stalk me online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Kate and Cassie are joined this week by poet and music writer Mark Mordue, singer-songwriter Darren Hanlon and Music Show colleague Andrew Ford; and the books discussed are Taylor Jenkins Reid's Malibu Rising, Kate Sawyer's The Stranding and Helen Oyeyemi's Peaces - with a side serving of music on the page.

This month we discuss Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah (Marie’s pick). Listen in to hear us chat about the strong friendships, the journey of the characters over time, the love triangle, and more. We  also share some criticisms of the book. This month’s genre was Lee’s pick: friendship-themed books.Make sure to listen all the way through to find out next episode’s genre and book pick - read along with us this month and join us next episode for our discussion!*This episode was recorded in October 2020.------------------Check out these books mentioned on the show!JO - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah; The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin; The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson; The Year of the Witching by Alexis HendersonLEE - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware; Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell; Then She Was Gone by Lisa JewellLOREN - The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin; The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware; The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell; A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena; The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware; The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides; The Whisper Man by Alex North LYNN - Am I Overthinking This? By Michelle Rial; Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys; The Breakdown by B.A. Paris; Behind Closed Doors by B.A. ParisMARIE - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins; Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn; Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo; The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Third Grade Angels by Jerry Spinelli; White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi; The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn; Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnPrevious Drink A Book book club picks:The Color Purple by Alice Walker19 Minutes by Jodi PicoultThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesBlack Boy White School by Brian F. WalkerAn Unwanted Guest by Shari LapenaWonder by R.J. Palacio------------------We want to connect with you! Email us at drinkabookpod@gmail.com, follow us on instagram @drinkabookpod, and visit our website at: https://drinkabookpod.buzzsprout.com/------------------Our episodes are created, written, and edited by us: Jo, Lee, Loren, Lynn, and Marie.Our music is by Stephanie Trivison.Our episodes are produced by our very own Loren, who also designed our logo.Cheers!

"The 14 Mission" is a gritty Christmas story about loneliness and friendship by San Francisco writer Anita Cabrera. On Christmas Day, a man takes a crosstown bus to visit his best friend. The man remembers his own life as a drunken outcast, so troubled he was once thrown off the bus he is now riding. As the bus ride proceeds and he traverses the neighborhoods of San Francisco, he considers what he owes his friend.WORD for WORDcast is Word for Word Theater Company's podcast. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This is an ongoing series, upcoming stories are “Citizen” by Greg Sarris (1/14 and 1/21), and “Books and Roses” by Helen Oyeyemi (2/14, 2/21, and 2/28).To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Also included in this podcast is an interview with author Anita Cabrera and director Stephanie Hunt by Vanessa Flores, Word for Word Core Company Member.Credits:Directed by Stephanie HuntCast:Robert Ernst* ** - Ron / GypsyRosie Hallett* - Sherri / EnsembleDorian Lockett* ** - Bus Driver / EnsembleAlexander Pannullo* - Skinhead Ed / EnsembleAmy Prosser* ** - Mother / EnsembleJomar Tagatac* - MelvinMichael Torres* ** - Pelican PeteSound Design: Drew YerysLine Producer: Krys SwanProduction Manager: Colm McNallySound Engineer: Joe MooreMarketing and Distribution: Andrew Burmester*Member, AEA**Member, SAG/AFTRA

"The Homeless" is the third and final part of E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops." As it opens, we find Kuno threatened with Homelessness for his transgressions against The Machine.  Written in 1909, this story is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by "The Machine," and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates. WORD for WORDcast is Word for Word Theater Company's new podcast. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This will be an ongoing series, with upcoming stories planned by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Helen Oyeyemi, and George Saunders (rights pending). Stay tuned for an announcement about our next story.To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Credits:Directed by Gendell Hing-HernándezCast:Carla Gallardo - The Attendant/EnsembleSusan Harloe* - VashtiDavid Everett Moore* - KunoBrian Rivera* ** - The Speaker/EnsembleRyan Tasker* - The Machine/EnsembleSound Design and Original Music by David R. MolinaSound Engineer - Joe MooreProduction Manager - Colm McNallyStage Manager - Tyler Miller Dramaturgy - Delia MacDougallMarketing and Distribution - Andrew BurmesterPodcast volunteer - Carly Dreame Brethe*AEA **SAG/AFTRA

In "The Mending Apparatus," part 2 of E.M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" we find Vashti shocked by her son Kuno as they grapple with their conflicting views of The Machine.  Written in 1909, this story is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by "The Machine," and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates. WORD for WORDcast is Word for Word Theater Company's new podcast. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This will be an ongoing series, with upcoming stories planned by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Helen Oyeyemi, and George Saunders (rights pending).To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers. Be sure to subscribe or tune in for part three, "The Homeless," released on  10/1/20.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Credits:Directed by Gendell Hing-HernándezCastCarla Gallardo - The Attendant/EnsembleSusan Harloe* - VashtiDavid Everett Moore* - KunoBrian Rivera* ** - The Speaker/EnsembleRyan Tasker* - The Machine/EnsembleSound Design and Original Music by David R. MolinaSound Engineer - Joe MooreProduction Manager - Colm McNallyStage Manager - Tyler Miller Dramaturgy - Delia MacDougallMarketing and Distribution - Andrew BurmesterPodcast volunteer - Carly Dreame Brethe*AEA **SAG/AFTRA

We are thrilled to premier the WORD for WORDcast, a podcast from the Word for Word theater company. We specialize in bringing works of literature to the stage, using every word of a text in a dynamic, evocative style that preserves the original beauty of the prose or poetry. This podcast will be an ongoing series, with upcoming stories planned by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Tobias Wolff, Helen Oyeyemi, and George Saunders (rights pending).Our featured story is "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster. Written in 1909, this is a dystopian look at the future, where everyone lives underground, is controlled by "The Machine," and communicates with each other over vast distances through glowing blue plates. To maximize your experience, we recommend listening with headphones or good stereo speakers. Be sure to subscribe or tune in for parts two and three, "The Mending Apparatus" (released 9/24) and "The Homeless" (released 10/1).If you've enjoyed this podcast, please consider a donation at zspace.org/pod. We are committed to paying the creative staff a profession rate for their work.Credits:Directed by Gendell Hing-HernándezCastCarla Gallardo - The Attendant/EnsembleSusan Harloe* - VashtiDavid Everett Moore* - KunoBrian Rivera* ** - The Speaker/EnsembleRyan Tasker* - The Machine/EnsembleSound Design and Original Music by David R. MolinaSound Engineer - Joe MooreProduction Manager - Colm McNallyStage Manager - Tyler Miller Dramaturgy - Delia MacDougallMarketing and Distribution - Andrew BurmesterPodcast volunteer - Carly Dreame Brethe*AEA **SAG/AFTRA

Join John Wilson for a celebration of the power and possibilities of the short story as Chair of Judges Joanna Trollope announces the winner of the 2017 BBC National Short Story Award live from the Radio Theatre. The judging panel Eimear McBride, Jon McGregor and Sunjeev Sahota discuss the merits of the entries from the shortlisted authors. In contention for the £15,000 prize are Helen Oyeyemi, Benjamin Markovits, Cynan Jones, Jenni Fagan and Will Eaves.Radio 1 presenter Alice Levine will also announce the winner of the BBC Young Writers' Award and consider the strengths and emerging themes of the stories with fellow judge, the best-selling author Holly Bourne. The BBC National Short Story Award is presented in conjunction with BookTrust.Presenter : John Wilson Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

The Hollywood actor and cellist Jan Vogler discuss their new classical album.

Jack Dee talks to John Wilson about his new ITV1 sitcom Bad Move, inspired by the idea of downsizing to a supposedly idyllic life in the country. Joanna Trollope announces the shortlist for this year's BBC National Short Story Award: Will Eaves, Jenni Fagan, Cynan Jones, Helen Oyeyemi and Benjamin Markovits, who joins John in the studio. Sci-fi writer Lisa Tuttle reviews Electric Dreams, Channel 4's new drama series based on short stories by Philip K. Dick, starring Bryan Cranston.

This month on The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond, plunge straight into discussing two short story collections, Get in Trouble by Kelly Link [1:30] and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi [40:10].  Listeners might like to check out the following links mentioned during the podcast: Get in Trouble reviewed by David Ulin in the Los Angeles Times What is Not Yours is Not Yours reviewed by Nina Allan in Strange Horizons What is Not Yours is Not Yours reviewed by Kate Clanchy in the Guardian If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:33:30 for final remarks. Up for discussion on the next episode - which will be the first episode of 2017! - are two more  short story collections: Bødy by Asa Nonami Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

This month, the Idle Book Club discusses Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox, a 2011 book that blurs the line between novel and short story collection. Join us, as Sarah offers her reactions and Chris offers his confusion! For next month, we'll be reading The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, followed by Runaway by Alice Munro.

Bookrageous Episode 69; 2014 Favorites (so far) Intro Music; "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo What We're Reading Josh [1:15] The Lobster Kings, Alexi Zentner (May 27 2014) [5:40] The Keillor Reader, Garrison Keillor [6:45] The Magician's Land, Lev Grossman (August 5 2014) Rebecca [6:50] The Magician's Land, Lev Grossman (August 5 2014) [12:20] The Land of Love and Drowning, Tiphanie Yanique (July 10 2014) [14:50] The Duke and I, Julia Quinn Preeti [17:10] If I Stay, Gayle Forman [19:45] All My Friends are Superheroes, Andrew Kaufman [21:30] Coach House Books [22:20] The Serpent of Venice, Christopher Moore [23:00] Lamb, Christopher Moore --- Intermission; "You're the Best Around" by Joe Esposito --- 2014 Favorites (so far) [25:35] Sex Criminals Vol. 1, Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky [26:55] The Haunted Bookshop, Christopher Morley [28:45] Parnassus on Wheels, Christopher Morley [29:40] An Untamed State, Roxane Gay [31:55] Red or Dead, David Peace (May 27 2014) [33:50] The Lobster Kings, Alexi Zentner (May 27 2014) [34:25] A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade, Kevin Brockmeier [37:00] Ms. Marvel Issue 1, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona [38:30] Amazing X-Men Issue 5, Jason Aaron, Ed McGuinness [39:30] Earthbound, Ken Baumann [41:15] The Martian, Andy Weir [43:20] Sleep Donation, Karen Russell [44:00] Side Effects May Vary, Julie Murphy [45:45] Caffeinated, Murray Carpenter [48:00] Delancey, Molly Wizenberg [13:55] Grasshopper Jungle, Andrew Smith [52:45] Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart [56:10] Boy Snow Bird, Helen Oyeyemi [57:35] The Empathy Exams, Leslie Jamison [59:00] Salvage, Alexandra Duncan [1:02:15] If This Isn't Nice, What Is?, Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield --- Outro Music; "Talk Dirty" by Jason Derulo --- Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Come to the BOOKRAGEOUS BASH at BEA on May 28th in New York City Find Us Online: Josh, Preeti, Rebecca Order Josh's book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.