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Tonight, we'll read the section on baking cookies from “Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4”, written by The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences.  The Woman's Institute was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in Scranton, PA. Born in Kansas in 1886, Picken wrote the first dictionary to be published by a woman in the English language, beyond the over one hundred other books she wrote. The word "cookie" comes from the Dutch word "koekje", which was Anglicized when the Dutch brought cookies to America in the late 1620s. The old fashioned spelling for cookies has the word ending with a “Y” instead of “ie”. The “ie” spelling became dominant in the 1950s, except where the older “y” spelling was still used in some prominent titles, such as “Betty Crocker's Cooky Book”. This was likely a result of the colonial revivalism happening at that time, with greater interest in old-fashioned recipes and colonial culture that lasted from the 1920s to the Bicentennial of the 1970s. — read by 'V' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and 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

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/film

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

In the oceans of ink devoted to the monumental movie star/businesswoman/political activist Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), her beauty and not-so-private life frequently overshadowed her movies. While she knew how to generate publicity like no other, her personal life is set aside in this volume in favor of her professional oeuvre and unique screen dynamism. In On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford UP, 2024), her marriages, illnesses, media firestorms, perfume empire, violet eyes, and AIDS advocacy take a back seat to Elizabeth Taylor, the actress. Taylor's big screen credits span over fifty years, from her pre-adolescent debut in There's One Born Every Minute (1942) to her cameo in The Flintstones (1994). She worked steadily in everything from the biggest production in film history (Cleopatra in 1963) to a humble daytime TV soap opera (General Hospital in 1981). Each of her sixty-seven film appearances is recapped here with background on their inception, production, release, and critical and financial outcome. On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide is a cradle-to-grave chronology of Taylor's life, noting key events, achievements, and milestones. This book offers a work-by-work analysis of her entire career told in chronological order, each film headlined with year of release, distributing studio, and director. This in-depth overview provides an invaluable new way of understanding Taylor's full life and work, as well as the history and nuances of the film industry as it existed in the twentieth century. Kennedy engagingly reassesses Taylor's acting and the nuances she brought to the screen - this includes a consideration of her specific art, the development of her voice, her relationship to the camera, and her canny understanding of the effect she had on audiences worldwide. Kennedy also provides an elucidating guide to her entire filmography, one that speaks to the quality of her performances, their contours and shading, and their context within her extraordinary life and career. On Elizabeth Taylor is a beautifully comprehensive overview of a singular actress of the twentieth century, offering new ways to see and appreciate her skill and peerless charisma, in turn placing her among the greatest film stars of all time. Matthew Kennedy is a film historian based in Oakland, California. He is the author of Roadshow! The Fall of Film Musicals in the 1960s, biographies of actresses Marie Dressler and Joan Blondell, and of director-screenwriter Edmund Goulding. He has introduced film series at the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film & Television Archive, and Pacific Film Archive, and written for the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Turner Classic Movies, and the National Film Registry. He is currently host and curator of the CinemaLit series at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. Daniel Moran earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in History from Drew University. The author of Creating Flannery O'Connor: Her Critics, Her Publishers, Her Readers and articles on G. K. Chesterton and John Ford, he teaches research and

KATHERINE CHILJAN is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for nearly 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for the newsletter of the Shakespeare-Oxford Society, was its editor, and is a former Society trustee.Chiljan has given talks on the Shakespeare Authorship Question in numerous public libraries, clubs, universities, and bookstores throughout California. She has appeared on “Authors and Critics,” and KQED's radio show “Forum” with Michael Krasny. Chiljan is a frequent guest on internet radio shows.

Tonight, we'll read about baking cakes from the “Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Volume 4” This episode originally aired in March of 2021. The Woman's Institute was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in Scranton, PA. Born in Kansas in 1886, Picken wrote the first dictionary to be published by a woman in the English language, beyond the over one hundred other books she wrote. — read by V — Support us: Listen ad-free on Patreon Get Snoozecast merch like cozy sweatshirts and accessories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up Now in the archives! https://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/listen/377818 This month's episode features guest co-host and artist Maxim Schmidt as we celebrate Women's History Month with a discussion with artists George Corsillo, Clymenza Hawkins and Amy Wachtel about their involvement with the art exhibit Sound & Vision II: For the Record... a visual and musical celebration of feminism involving over 40 artists in a gallery exhibit featuring imaginary record covers, real covers form private collections and the wpkn archive and musical memorabilia from women musicians at many stages of their careers. The show is up until May 6th at the Institute Library 847 Chapel St. new Haven. More about the show can be found at: Institutelibrary.org Live Culture is a monthly conversation about Visual Art- a full set of podcasts is available here on the WPKN Soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/wpkn895/sets/live-culture-with-martha The full list of Exhibition Participants: Amanda Bouquet Amelia Maurer Amy Wachtel Angelica Sistrunk Ann Kennedy Carol Snyder Christine Ohlman Claudia Doring Baez Corinthia Saez Dika Kuljis Dylan Strazar Emily Herberich Eva Geertz Eve Hars George Corsillo Jahmal Henderson Jeff Sokolowski Joanne Connon Jody Clouse John Keefer Julia Cumming Julie Bowers Murphy Kathleen DeMeo Linda Lindroth Martha Willette Lewis Matt Feiner Michelle Beaulieu-Morgan Mohan Maharaj, Sr Patrick Carroll, Linda Lindroth, Sally Hill & Tim Nighswander Regan Avery Sadie Grey Murphy Sue Czark T.M. Stewart Tammy Faye Starlite Tina Sarno V.V. Aldebaran McEvoy The Collection of Alec Cumming The Collection of Eva Geertz The Collection of Del La Pietro The Collection of Steve DiCostanzo The Collection of WPKN Curated by Martha Willette Lewis With Special Thanks to: Café 9, Alec Cumming, Steve DiConstanzo, Eva Geertz, Del La Pietro, Mohan Maharaj Sr, Ann Marlowe, Michelle Beaulieu-Morgan, Rick Omante/Shaki Presents, Valerie Richardson, Scott Schuldt, WPKN radio, and the board and volunteers of The Institute Library

Today at 12noon WPKN's General Manager Steve di Costanzo does his monthly GM REPORT TO THE LISTENERS. Today he will be talking about the recent WPKN event at The Quick Center for the Arts with the modern dance company Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane & Company. Steve will also talk with curator Martha Willette Lewis about the Sound & Vision II gallery show at the Institute Library in New Haven. Steve introduces a new volunteer, Ed Pitaro who has been involved with non-profit legacy giving; Dr. Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye the director of the Housatonic Museum of Art will talk about their Spring series lecture; also Tymani Rain CT artist, poet and activist. She slams, curates, and acts as a mentor for youth. We will also talk with Brendan Toller, the Marketing Manager of Verso Studios at The Westport Library. He will talk about the upcoming VERSOFEST that WPKN is a media partner for.

We were apart again while recording this episode. Emily was in Colorado visiting her son and daughter-in-law. She also shared part of her salad with a magpie at The Bookworm bookstore and cafe in Edward's CO. We are so grateful for the technology that allows us to get together to talk about books from wherever we are. As for what we're reading, Chris is nearing the end of OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon and Emily is reading TAKE WHAT YOU NEED by Idra Novey (release date is 3/14/2023). We both read SWEET THURSDAY by John Steinbeck and also listened to ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT by Stephen King. Chris is dipping into the Library of America edition of CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON: COLLECTED STORIES and Emily read THE SEAS by Samantha Hunt and SHAME by Annie Ernaux. In Biblio Adventures, after we recorded the last episode we realized we forgot to talk about visiting the fantastic Lenox Library in Lenox, MA! Emily attended a virtual event at the San Francisco Public Library in celebration of their One City One Book selection, THIS IS EAR HUSTLE:: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life; with Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, moderated by Piper Kerman author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: My Year in a Women's Prison. Meanwhile, back in Connecticut, Chris returned books to The Institute Library and then took a walk to visit Grey Matter Books and Barnes & Noble. On November 30th we are heading to Amherst, MA for the screening of the pop opera Emily & Sue at Amherst College hosted by the newly renovated Emily Dickinson Museum. We also got tickets for a tour of Dickinson's house earlier in the day – we can't wait to see what's changed since our last visit. Last call to join in on our readalong discussion of MURDER ON THE RED RIVER by Marcie R. Rendon. If you would like to participate in the Zoom conversation on Sunday, December 4th at 7 PM (ET) please email us (bookcougars@gmail.com). We also have a discussion thread on our Goodreads group if you'd like to chat about the book there. AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: We had a blast talking with author, TV writer, and lawyer Marcia Clark and Our Mystery Man, John Valeri. Marcia's new standalone thriller, THE FALL GIRL, is out now! We both enjoyed the audio version.

For the next 5 episodes, you'll get to enjoy (or re-enjoy) some chestnuts from Snoozecast's back catalog. Even if you have hit play on these before, it's long enough ago that you know you won't remember. And let's be honest- how long did you even stay awake? While we hope you enjoy this little retrospective, it will also give the Snoozecast creators some needed time to catch up. It has been, after all, three and a half years of constant content creation without a break. Thanks for letting us hit the snoozebutton, and you'll find new episodes starting Friday, September 9th!  /// Tonight, we'll read about the basics of bread making, from Volume 1 of 1925's Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, written by The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences. This institute was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in Scranton, PA. An expert on fashion, Picken also wrote the first dictionary to be published by a woman in the English language.

City Lights in conjunction with the Mechanics' Institute Library and Alfred Knopf present Leila Mottley in conversation with Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, celebrating her fiction debut "Nightcrawling," published by Alfred A. Knopf. This live event took place at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco and was hosted by Laura Sheppard and Peter Maravelis. You can purchase copies of "Nightcrawling" directly from City Lights here: https://citylights.com/nightcrawling/ Leila Mottley is the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and Oprah Daily. She was born and raised in Oakland, where she continues to live. "Nightcrawling" is her first novel. Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, born and raised in New Orleans, studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. Her most recent novel, "The Revisioners," won a 2020 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work and a George Garrett New Writing Award; was a California and Northern California Book Award finalist, a 2020 Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award Finalist and a Willie Morris Award for Southern Writing finalist; was nominated for the 2020 Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize; and was a national bestseller as well as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her debut novel, "A Kind of Freedom," was long-listed for the National Book Award and the Northern California Book Award, won the Crook's Corner Book Prize, and was the recipient of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Zyzzyva, The Paris Review; O, The Oprah Magazine; The New York Times Book Review; and other publications. She lives in Oakland with her family. This event was made possible by support from the City Lights Foundation: citylights.com/foundation

KATHERINE CHILJAN is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for nearly 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for the newsletter of the Shakespeare-Oxford Society, was its editor, and is a former Society trustee.Chiljan has given talks on the Shakespeare Authorship Question in numerous public libraries, clubs, universities, and bookstores throughout California. She has appeared on “Authors and Critics,” and KQED's radio show “Forum” with Michael Krasny. Chiljan is a frequent guest on internet radio shows.

Social satirist Alan Abel recently presented his classic lecture, “Using Your Wits To Win,” before a sold out audience at Yale University in THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY. His 90 minute program was hosted by author Joshua Foer (“Moonwalking With Einstein”). The enthusiastic audience of students, faculty and citizens first observed a 10 minute trailer of the award-winning documentary “Abel Raises Cain” by Jennifer and Jeffrey Hockett. This First Prize winner won top award at the Slamdance Film Festival and a dozen other festivals in the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Denmark, China, France and Germany. Alan Abel is the recipient of a Radio and Television trophy “for his 40 years of outstanding service to the industry,” although he has also been criticized by the media for his impersonations as Omar the Beggar, Founder of Females For Felons, leader of a campaign to clothe all naked animals for the sake of decency (“A nude horse is a rude horse”) and numerous other satirical capers. His eight published books include a best-seller, “Don't Get Mad…Get Even” (W.W.Norton) and “How To Thrive On Rejection. Also, “Jester At Large” is being planned for off-Broadway, as is “My Dinners With Andy Kaufman.” Meantime, Alan Abel continues to lecture, consult and plan faux stories published as fact, rather than fiction. For example: his “Ban Breastfeeding,” “Euthanasia Cruises” and “The Fat Tax” have amused millions worldwide. As producer of the classic cult comedy, “Is There Sex After Death,” featuring Buck Henry (“The Graduate”), he is planning another satirical movie, “Organza,” in 2015 that will humorously skewer sacred traditions. For further information: www.alanabel.com and www.abelraisescain.com http://www.amazon.com/Alan-Abel/e/B001KCUFXE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Social satirist Alan Abel recently presented his classic lecture, “Using Your Wits To Win,” before a sold out audience at Yale University in THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY. His 90 minute program was hosted by author Joshua Foer (“Moonwalking With Einstein”).The enthusiastic audience of students, faculty and citizens first observed a 10 minute trailer of the award-winning documentary “Abel Raises Cain” by Jennifer and Jeffrey Hockett. This First Prize winner won top award at the Slamdance Film Festival and a dozen other festivals in the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Denmark, China, France and Germany.Alan Abel is the recipient of a Radio and Television trophy “for his 40 years of outstanding service to the industry,” although he has also been criticized by the media for his impersonations as Omar the Beggar, Founder of Females For Felons, leader of a campaign to clothe all naked animals for the sake of decency (“A nude horse is a rude horse”) and numerous other satirical capers.His eight published books include a best-seller, “Don't Get Mad…Get Even” (W.W.Norton) and “How To Thrive On Rejection. Also, “Jester At Large” is being planned for off-Broadway, as is “My Dinners With Andy Kaufman.”Meantime, Alan Abel continues to lecture, consult and plan faux stories published as fact, rather than fiction. For example: his “Ban Breastfeeding,” “Euthanasia Cruises” and “The Fat Tax” have amused millions worldwide.As producer of the classic cult comedy, “Is There Sex After Death,” featuring Buck Henry (“The Graduate”), he is planning another satirical movie, “Organza,” in 2015 that will humorously skewer sacred traditions.For further information: www.alanabel.com and www.abelraisescain.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Alan-Abel/e/B001KCUFXE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Social satirist Alan Abel recently presented his classic lecture, “Using Your Wits To Win,” before a sold out audience at Yale University in THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY. His 90 minute program was hosted by author Joshua Foer (“Moonwalking With Einstein”). The enthusiastic audience of students, faculty and citizens first observed a 10 minute trailer of the award-winning documentary “Abel Raises Cain” by Jennifer and Jeffrey Hockett. This First Prize winner won top award at the Slamdance Film Festival and a dozen other festivals in the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Denmark, China, France and Germany. Alan Abel is the recipient of a Radio and Television trophy “for his 40 years of outstanding service to the industry,” although he has also been criticized by the media for his impersonations as Omar the Beggar, Founder of Females For Felons, leader of a campaign to clothe all naked animals for the sake of decency (“A nude horse is a rude horse”) and numerous other satirical capers. His eight published books include a best-seller, “Don't Get Mad…Get Even” (W.W.Norton) and “How To Thrive On Rejection. Also, “Jester At Large” is being planned for off-Broadway, as is “My Dinners With Andy Kaufman.” Meantime, Alan Abel continues to lecture, consult and plan faux stories published as fact, rather than fiction. For example: his “Ban Breastfeeding,” “Euthanasia Cruises” and “The Fat Tax” have amused millions worldwide. As producer of the classic cult comedy, “Is There Sex After Death,” featuring Buck Henry (“The Graduate”), he is planning another satirical movie, “Organza,” in 2015 that will humorously skewer sacred traditions. For further information: www.alanabel.com and www.abelraisescain.com http://www.amazon.com/Alan-Abel/e/B001KCUFXE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

KATHERINE CHILJAN is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for nearly 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for the newsletter of the Shakespeare-Oxford Society, was its editor, and is a former Society trustee. Chiljan has given talks on the Shakespeare Authorship Question in numerous public libraries, clubs, universities, and bookstores throughout California. She has appeared on “Authors and Critics,” and KQED's radio show “Forum” with Michael Krasny. Chiljan is a frequent guest on internet radio shows. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com

In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast as host Christopher Jordan welcomes Shakespeare scholar and researcher Katherine Chiljan to the show to discuss her book Shakespeare Suppressed: the Uncensored Truth about Shakespeare and his Works and the theory held by many that the so-called “Man from Avon” known to the World as William Shakespeare is in reality not the playwright that historical character all know and revere by the same name is actually a nom-de-plume for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, a member of the English royal court and known poet and playwright himself. Katherine Chiljan is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for over 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for Shakespeare-Oxford Newsletter, and served as its editor for two years. She is currently on the Research Grant committee for the Shakespeare-Oxford Fellowship. Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we have a rousing discussion on the facts behind the works of Shakespeare and the case for the Shakespeare authorship question with author Katherine Chiljan. The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com. The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today! The Dudes n Beer Podcast has teamed up with True Hemp Science, Austin, TX based suppliers of high-quality full spectrum emulsified CBD products and more. Visit TrueHempScience.com TODAY and use code Dudes7 to save 7% off your order of $50 or more and get a free 50mg CBD edible!

In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast as host Christopher Jordan welcomes Shakespeare scholar and researcher Katherine Chiljan to the show to discuss her book Shakespeare Suppressed: the Uncensored Truth about Shakespeare and his Works and the theory held by many that the so-called “Man from Avon” known to the World as William Shakespeare is in reality not the playwright that historical character all know and revere by the same name is actually a nom-de-plume for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, a member of the English royal court and known poet and playwright himself.Katherine Chiljan is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for over 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for Shakespeare-Oxford Newsletter, and served as its editor for two years. She is currently on the Research Grant committee for the Shakespeare-Oxford Fellowship.Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we have a rousing discussion on the facts behind the works of Shakespeare and the case for the Shakespeare authorship question with author Katherine Chiljan.The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com.The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today!The Dudes n Beer Podcast has teamed up with True Hemp Science, Austin, TX based suppliers of high-quality full spectrum emulsified CBD products and more. Visit TrueHempScience.com TODAY and use code Dudes7 to save 7% off your order of $50 or more and get a free 50mg CBD edible!

Tonight, we’ll read about baking cakes from the “Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Volume 4”This was the same book we have read selections for the original Breadtime episode along with the Baking Cookiezzz episode.The Woman’s Institute was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in Scranton, PA. Born in Kansas in 1886, Picken wrote the first dictionary to be published by a woman in the English language, beyond the over one hundred other books she wrote.— read by 'V' —

In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes Shakespeare scholar and researcher Katherine Chiljan to the show to discuss her book Shakespeare Suppressed: the Uncensored Truth about Shakespeare and his Works and the theory held by many that the so-called “Man from Avon” known to the World as William Shakespeare is in reality not the playwright that historical character all know and revere by the same name is actually a nom-de-plume for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, a member of the English royal court and known poet and playwright himself. Katherine Chiljan is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for over 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for Shakespeare-Oxford Newsletter, and served as its editor for two years. She is currently on the Research Grant committee for the Shakespeare-Oxford Fellowship. Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we have a rousing discussion on the facts behind the works of Shakespeare and the case for the Shakespeare authorship question with author Katherine Chiljan. The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com. The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today!

In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes Shakespeare scholar and researcher Katherine Chiljan to the show to discuss her book Shakespeare Suppressed: the Uncensored Truth about Shakespeare and his Works and the theory held by many that the so-called “Man from Avon” known to the World as William Shakespeare is in reality not the playwright that historical character all know and revere by the same name is actually a nom-de-plume for the 17th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, a member of the English royal court and known poet and playwright himself.Katherine Chiljan is an independent scholar who has studied the Shakespeare authorship question for over 30 years. She has debated the topic with English professors at the Smithsonian Institution and at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco. She has written several articles for Shakespeare-Oxford Newsletter, and served as its editor for two years. She is currently on the Research Grant committee for the Shakespeare-Oxford Fellowship.Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we have a rousing discussion on the facts behind the works of Shakespeare and the case for the Shakespeare authorship question with author Katherine Chiljan.The Dudes n Beer Podcast is a proud member of the HC Universal Network family of podcasts. For more great shows and content subscribe at HCUniversalNetwork.com.The Dudes n Beer would like to thank the continuing support of our listeners and sponsors including PodcastCadet.com, Use Code Dudes20 to save 20% off today!

"Tonight, we’ll read the section on baking cookies from “Woman’s Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4”, written by The Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences. This is the same set of cookbooks Snoozecast’s “Breadtime” episode draws from. The Woman’s Institute was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in Scranton, PA. Born in Kansas in 1886, Picken wrote the first dictionary to be published by a woman in the English language, beyond the over one hundred other books she wrote."— read by 'V' —Remember to head to headspace.com/snoozecast for a free one-month trial of Headspace’s clinically proven meditation app.And be sure to check out GreenChef.com/snoozecast80 and use code snoozecast80 to get $80 off including free shipping!

Tonight, we’ll read about the basics of bread making, from Volume 1 of 1925’s "Woman’s Institute Library of Cookery", written by The Woman’s Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences. This institute was founded by Mary Brooks Picken in Scranton, PA. An expert on fashion, Picken also wrote the first dictionary to be published by a woman in the English language. -- 'V'Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/snoozecast)

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 12 noon WPKN 89.5 FM www.wpkn.org Host: Duo Dickinson This week Home Page Radio Takes On THE KITCHEN. After World War 2, June Cleaver got a perm, did her makeup, put on an apron, and you did not see her until dinner. We made homes that isolated the cook to a room behind walls, with stacked boxes of cabinets and appliances, no place to sit unless it was the table we ate every day and the those who did not cook socialized in another place. But 200 Years ago, every home that was not made for those who had staff centered around the hearth, and the hearth was the kitchen. In the Little Ice Age of that time, things were colder, there was less freshly harvested food, so more time was spent by everyone around the fire and in the kitchen. Together. Something happened about 150 years ago: The way we heated and the way we cooked became separate things. We had central plumbing. We began to have separate rooms to cook all year round: not just a “Summer Kitchen” for when the heat of baking/roasting/stewing was unwelcome (unlike the winter). Now the universe of home living has come full circle: for two generations the Kitchen has come back home. We are now all around the hearth again, its just that the hearth is now the most expensive, the most used and the most social place in most homes. So home page talks to those who Really know kitchens in 2020, from several different places. Christine F. Ingraham, co-created Fletcher Cameron Design, received her degrees from Cranbrook Academy of Art and Yale University, and has dedicated much of her time designing custom kitchens for over 25 years. Denise Appel – the Chef of Zinc Restaurant in New Haven: and a homeowner who (tries) to cook (and paint) at home. How is that working out? We also talk to Eva Geertz, who helps run The Institute Library, and her family, and is an extraordinary Cook-In-Charge who not only makes, but remakes the foods she creates. This will be an hour of finding out why this place is the The Place, so near and dear to most homes.

Episode Fifty Six Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! Please subscribe to our email list here. – Currently Reading/Listening – The Prisoner in the Castle – Susan Elia MacNeal (CW) Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef’s Journey to Discover America’s New Melting Pot – Edward Lee (EF) All About Boats: The Evacuation of Manhattan Island on September 11, 2001 – edited by Mike Magee (CW) The Stars Are Fire – Anita Shreve (EF) Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) – Just Read – Crazy Rich Asians – Kevin Kwan (CW) The Masterpiece – Fiona Davis (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily went to RJ Julia’s Booksellers in Madison, CT to see James R. Benn author of the Billy Boyle series in conversation with Cara Black author of the Aimee Leduc series.   Emily went to Vermont and visited Crow Bookshop in Burlington, VT. She also walked passed, but was unable to go inside, Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop in Portland, ME. Chris went to Chicago and visited the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, American Writers Museum and saw the Gwendolyn Brooks statue. She also visited Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, IL and Barbara’s Bookstore O’Hare. Chris went to Bookclub Bookstore & More to see our Mystery Man, John Valeri, in conversation with Emily Arsenault author of The Last Thing I Told You. Chris attended the grand opening of That Bookstore in Wethersfield, CT. – Upcoming Jaunts – August 8 – Chris will be headed to Bank Square Books to see Wick Griswold & Stephen Jones discuss their book Connecticut Ferries. August 24 – Institute Library in New Haven is hosting a Library Thing-a-Thon. Help them digitize their catalog! September 12-14 – Wyndham Campbell Prizes Festival September 15 – Chris will moderate a session with Kimberly McCreight, author of the Outliers Trilogy, at Book Club Bookstore & More. September 27, 2018 – The Book Cougars will be hosting an historical fiction author event in partnership with Bank Square Books at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. Please join us along with Fiona Davis, James R. Benn, Melodie Winnawer and Marie Benedict. You can order your tickets here. – Upcoming Reads – The Still Point of the Turning World – Emily Rapp (EF) Courageous Women of the Vietnam War: Medics, Journalists, Survivors and More – Kathryn J. Atwood (CW) Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Wolff (CW) Song of Kali – Dan Simmons (CW)  – Also Mentioned – Books Are Magic Bookstore Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen – cookbook by Edward Lee Reading Envy Podcast The Book Barn in Niantic, CT Fiona Davis: The Address and The Dollhouse Rosemary’s Baby– Ira Levin A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving Maud Martha – Gwendolyn Brooks Chris blogs at WildmooBooks Poster Child: A Memoir – Emily Rapp The Classics Club Maurice – E.M. Forster

In this episode, Dr. Leca (Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives) charts conceptions of spatiality in the Tokugawa period and maps continuities in understandings of geographic space into the Meiji period.  We discuss traces of Edo in the urban space of Tokyo, the use of maps as historical primary sources, and global and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching the Meiji period. 

Episode Thirty Seven Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster Send in questions or comments by March 1st – we will discuss on March 6th episode The 2018 Edgar Awards were announced. Check out the list here – your TBR is about to grow! – Currently Reading/Listening – Force of Nature (Aaron Falk #2) – Jane Harper (CW) Jane Steele – Lyndsay Faye (EF)(audio) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook – Ina Garten (EF) Ingredienti : Marcella’s Guide to the Market – Marcella and Victor Hazan (EF) – Just Read – My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown – Meera Lee Patel (EF) Smilla’s Sense of Snow – Peter Hoeg (CW) The Heart’s Invisible Furies – John Boyne (EF) My Ántonia (Great Plains Trilogy #3) – Willa Cather (CW) (100 year anniversary!) – Biblio Adventures – Chris kicked-off the Willa Cather Book Club at the Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT. Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to Whitlock’s Book Barn in Bethany, CT. Chris wrote about it on her blog. Chris bought two Peter Hoeg books: History of Danish Dreams Borderliners Chris put in another volunteer day at the Institute Library in New Haven, CT. Feb 17-18 – Pequot Library Mid-Winter Booksale – Upcoming Jaunts – January 25, 2018 - Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, will be at RJ Julia’s Booksellers in conversation with the Book Cougars! February 7, 2018 – Emily is taking her gentleman caller to Wesleyan RJ Julia to see Jeffers Lennox discuss his book Homelands and Empires: Indigenous Spaces, Imperial Fictions, and Competition for Territory in Northeastern North America, 1690-1763. Join Chris on April 19th at 2:00 at Bookclub Bookstore & More in South Windsor, CT for the quarterly Willa Cather book club discussion of The Song of the Lark. – Upcoming Reads – Free Food for Millionaires – Min Jin Lee (CW) The Versions of Us – Laura Barnett (EF) – Also Mentioned – Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – Anna Jeffers Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) – Stieg Larsson The Absolutist – John Boyne

Episode Thirty Five Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Join our Goodreads Group! Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page. We have an upcoming read-along: February – Maurice by E.M. Forster. – Just Read – Chris DNF’d a book: Picnic at Hanging Rock – Joan Lindsay The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (EF) Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival – Velma Wallis (CW) Cove – Cynan Jones (EF) The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (EF) – Currently Reading/Listening – Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II – Liza Mundy (CW) (audio) The Selected Letters of Willa Cather – Willa Cather, Andrew Jewell (CW) Someone – Alice McDermott (EF) What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky – Lesley Nneka Arimah (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Emily went to both the Guilford Library and the Glastonbury Welles Turner Library Chris is volunteering and spending time at the Institute Library in New Haven – Upcoming Jaunts – Chris is heading to RJ Julia in Madison to see Paul Kix discuss his book The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France’s Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando Savoy Bookshop & Café has a New Year’s Day sale with 25% off everything Jan 8 – Kelly Corrigan in Conversation with Ariel Levy at the 92nd St Y – Upcoming Reads – The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (CW) Getting Unstuck: Breaking Your Habitual Patterns & Encountering Naked Reality – Pema Chödrön (EF) (audio) – Top Reads of 2017 – Emily’s favorite reads: Top Nonfiction B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good – Ryan Honeyman (EF) Favorite Memoirs Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (EF) It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool, Too) – Nora McInerny Purmort (EF) The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir – Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (EF) Favorite Fiction The Mothers – Brit Bennett (EF) News of the World – Paulette Jiles (EF) Plainsong (Plainsong #1) – Kent Haruf (EF) Chris’s favorite reads: See Her Blog Post On Gift Ideas Mastering the Art of Self-Expression & More – Laura Thoma (CW) Young Adult-ish Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World – Sarah Prager (CW) Favorite Mysteries The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) – Jane Harper (CW) And Fire Came Down (Caleb Zelic #2) – Emma Viskic (CW) New Haven Noir – edited by Amy Bloom (CW) Favorite Fiction Pachinko – Min Jin Lee (CW) The Leavers – Lisa Ko (CW) The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW) Non-Fiction Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (CW)(audio) Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xóchitl Cawood (CW) OSS Operation Black Mail: One Woman’s Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army – Ann Todd (CW) – Also Mentioned – Libro.fm – audiobook subscription service Zora Neale Hurston – Barracoon // Their Eyes Were Watching God Chicago Review of Books Velma Wallis – Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska Alice McDermott – The Ninth Hour: A Novel // Charming Billy Road to Success with Laura Thoma Dave Eggers – What is the What Jennifer Egan – Manhattan Beach

Episode Twenty Three Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Grapes of Wrath Read-Along – Chris and Emily will be doing a joint read of John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath. The discussion of the book will be live on August 22nd. If you have any questions or comments you would like us to address, please get in touch via email or social media by August 17th. – Just Read – A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Bachman (EF) The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xóchitl Cawood (CW) The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty – Elizabeth L. Silver (EF) Mothers and Other Strangers – Gina Sorell (EF) – Currently Reading/Listening – Jack Be Quick – Benjamin Thomas (CW) Emma – Jane Austen (CW) The Talented Ribkins – Ladee Hubbard (CW) Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World – Sarah Praeger (CW) The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley – Hannah Tinti (EF) Leavings: Poems – Wendell Berry (EF) The Gift of Good Land – Wendell Berry (EF) Intimate Kisses: The Poetry of Sexual Pleasure – edited by Wendy Maltz (EF) – Biblio Adventures – Chris and Emily had a joint jaunt to the Pequot Library book sale July 29 – Benjamin Thomas author of Jack Be Quick at Bookclub Bookstore August 3 – Chris attended New Haven Noir book launch at The Institute Library in New Haven, CT August 3 – Emily went to SpeakUp at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT She also visited the beautiful Norfolk Library Chris wrote a blog post about her visit to the Norfolk Library. Read it here. – Upcoming Jaunts – August 10 – Chris will be moderating Sarah Praeger as she discusses her book Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World at Bookclub Bookstore & More August 15 – Emily is hoping to visit Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick, VT. August 19-20 – Chris will be heading to Cather Weekend on Governors Island August 22 – Emily will be heading to an event sponsored jointly with Bank Square Books and Mystic Museum of Art to hear Camille Aubrey discuss her book Cooking for Picasso. – Upcoming Reads – Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck (EF) (CW) The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying – Nina Riggs (EF) The Arrangement – Sarah Dunn (EF) Glass Houses – Louise Penny (CW) – Also Mentioned – Links to where Laura's book Mastering the Art of Self Expression is available: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Art-Self-Expression-Laura-Thoma/dp/1365669653/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501642230&sr=8-1&keywords=mastering+the+art+of+self-expression BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mastering-the-art-of-self-expression-laura-thoma/1126807579?ean=9781365669651 Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/shop/laura-thoma/mastering-the-art-of-self-expression/paperback/product-23248182.html And at Breakwater Books and Book Club Bookstore & More Chris is now reviewing books for Criminal Element. Check out her first review of Stasi Child by David Young. The Execution of Noa P. Singleton – debut novel by Elizabeth Silver Empire State Center for the Book – events on Governor’s Island

Episode Twenty One Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine – Grapes of Wrath Read-Along – Chris and Emily will be doing a joint read of John Steinbeck’s the Grapes of Wrath. The discussion of the book will be live on August 22nd. If you have any questions or comments you would like us to address, please get in touch via email or social media by August 17th. – Just Read – Stay With Me – Ayòbami Adébáyò (EF) release date August 22 Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula – Loren D. Estleman (CW) Chris has a review on her blog: read it HERE The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xóchitl Cawood (EF) Stasi Child (Karin Müller #1) – David Young (CW) Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything In Between – Lauren Graham (EF) (audio) Who Killed Piet Barol? – Richard Mason (EF) – Currently Reading/Listening – The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty – Elizabeth L. Silver (EF) Emma – Jane Austen (CW) A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Bachman (EF) Island: The Complete Stories – Alistair MacLeod (EF) Sea Kayaking and Stand Up Paddling Connecticut, Rhode Island and the Long Island Sound - David Fasulo (CW) – Biblio Adventures – July 12 – Chris Colfer author of The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT July 17 – Bill Roorbach author of The Girl of the Lake: Stories at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT Emily went to Long Beach Island, New Jersey where she visited two bookstores: The Bookworm and LBI Bookswap Chris visited the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, CT – Upcoming Jaunts – Chris and Emily are off on a joint jaunt to the annual Pequot Library book sale in Southport, CT July 29 – Benjamin Thomas author of Jack Be Quick at Bookclub Bookstore August 3 – Emily is heading to SpeakUp at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT August 3 – Chris will attend New Haven Noir book launch at The Institute Library in New Haven, CT – Upcoming Reads – Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck (EF) (CW) The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir – Shuly Xóchitl Cawood (CW) Jack Be Quick – Benjamin Thomas (CW) – Also Mentioned – History of a Pleasure Seeker – Richard Mason Stasi Wolf (Karin Müller #2) – David Young Someday, Someday, Maybe – Lauren Graham’s novel October Road – a television series that Chris has been enjoying Chris is participating in Austen in August which will be hosted by https://roofbeamreader.com/

Today on "Law, Life & Culture" host Betsy Kim interviews Valerie Garlick, the executive director at the Institute Library and Lucy McClure, organizers of the New Haven Nasty Women art exhibition. Nasty WomenWNHH

David Talbot's latest book, The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government, examines the post-WWII U.S. intelligence sector and the power it wields, by following the career of Wall Street lawyer, diplomat and spymaster Allen Dulles. Talbot discussed his new book with fellow author Peter Dale Scott, in a public event at the Mechanics' Institute Library in San Francisco on December 2, 2015. Talbot says he believes CIA assassins were responsible for the death of John F. Kennedy. David Talbot founded the website Salon.com He was an editor at Mother Jones magazine, and he's written for Rolling Stone, the New Yorker and other publications. His earlier books include Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years. Peter Dale Scott is a retired Canadian diplomat, professor emeritus of English at UC Berkeley, and a prolific author. His most recent book is The American Deep State: Wall Street, Big Oil, and the Attack on U.S. Democracy. He writes extensively about the “deep state,” a de facto government that exists beneath the elected one. The post Project Censored – December 11, 2015 appeared first on KPFA.

Social satirist Alan Abel recently presented his classic lecture, “Using Your Wits To Win,” before a sold out audience at Yale University in THE INSTITUTE LIBRARY. His 90 minute program was hosted by author Joshua Foer (“Moonwalking With Einstein”). The enthusiastic audience of students, faculty and citizens first observed a 10 minute trailer of the award-winning documentary “Abel Raises Cain” by Jennifer and Jeffrey Hockett. This First Prize winner won top award at the Slamdance Film Festival and a dozen other festivals in the USA, Canada, England, Spain, Denmark, China, France and Germany.Alan Abel is the recipient of a Radio and Television trophy “for his 40 years of outstanding service to the industry,” although he has also been criticized by the media for his impersonations as Omar the Beggar, Founder of Females For Felons, leader of a campaign to clothe all naked animals for the sake of decency (“A nude horse is a rude horse”) and numerous other satirical capers.His eight published books include a best-seller, “Don't Get Mad…Get Even” (W.W.Norton) and “How To Thrive On Rejection. Also, “Jester At Large” is being planned for off-Broadway, as is “My Dinners With Andy Kaufman.”Meantime, Alan Abel continues to lecture, consult and plan faux stories published as fact, rather than fiction. For example: his “Ban Breastfeeding,” “Euthanasia Cruises” and “The Fat Tax” have amused millions worldwide.As producer of the classic cult comedy, “Is There Sex After Death,” featuring Buck Henry (“The Graduate”), he is planning another satirical movie, “Organza,” in 2015 that will humorously skewer sacred traditions. For further information: www.alanabel.com and www.abelraisescain.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Alan-Abel/e/B001KCUFXE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/1198501/advertisement