Podcast appearances and mentions of jenny colvin

Illinois Farm Bureau Director of Business and Regulatory Affairs Bill Bodine reminds farmers to locate underground utilities before beginning any excavation projects this spring. Jersey County author Rod Jackson discusses his new book "From the Creek Bank to the Classroom".  Jenny Colvin from the River Bend Food Bank talks food insecurity issues and a $21,000 donation from the "Bushels for Hunger" campaign.  Freese-Notis Weather meteorologist Paul Otto details a severe weather threat later in the week. 

Welcome to Episode 213! BookTuber Shawn Breathes Books joins us to celebrate Jenny Colvin and “I'll Have What You're Reading,” the memorial buddy read we jointly hosted with him the last few months. We also discuss Andrea Robbin Skinner's recent revelation about her mother, Alice Munro, and how it has impacted us as readers. Some other highlights: In #CurrentlyReading, we are each reading another chunkster for Sue Jackson's #BigBookSummer: Emily is cooling off with THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey, and Chris is going back in time with MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS by Antonia Fraser. We have a spoiler-free conversation about FELLOWSHIP POINT by Alice Elliot Dark which we both enjoyed. Short stories read since the last episode: “Janus” by Ann Beattie and “In the Gloaming” by Alice Elliott Dark both from the collection THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison. “A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You” by Amy Bloom from the collection A BLIND MAN COULD SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU: STORIES. “Uncle Valentine” by Willa Cather in UNCLE VALENTINE AND OTHER STORIES, edited by Bernice Slote “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier from the collection THE BIRDS AND OTHER STORIES [This collection was first published in the UK in 1952 with the title, THE APPLE TREE: A SHORT NOVEL AND SEVERAL LONG STORIES] In Biblio Adventures, we recap the great day we had on Long Island, NY We took a ferry from New London, CT, to Orient Point, NY, then drove south to the Barnes and Noble in Bridgehampton to check out their new store layout. Then we headed north to Sag Harbor, where we were delighted by a John Steinbeck and Charley sculpture (“Assistant Editor” by Seward Johnson) and explored Sag Harbor Books. Other stops included Black Cat Books on Shelter Island and the Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport. Check out our vlog of the day on our YouTube channel Emily had a Couch Biblio Adventure, thanks to our listener Kathy who told us about a conversation with Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson, and Jelani Cobb via City Arts & Lectures Chris watched LETTERS TO JULIET, a rom-com inspired by the book of the same name by Eve Friedman and Ceil Jann Friedman. She also went on a quick shopping spree at McNally Jackson Books at Rockefeller Center. A reminder that our third quarter readalong is ENVY, by Sandra Brown. There are a few spots left for our Zoom discussion on Sunday, 9/15, at 7 pm ET. Email us if you'd like to join us. bookcougars at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening, and Happy Reading! https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2024/episode213

Welcome to Episode 208, which features a fantastic author spotlight with Sara B. Franklin. Her new biography, THE EDITOR: HOW PUBLISHING LEGEND JUDITH JONES SHAPED CULTURE IN AMERICA, is a must-read. It is not hyperbole to say that everyone reading and eating today has been touched by Judith Jones's work, and Franklin's writing is a delight to read. We had a great Biblio Adventure to Brooklyn with Aunt Ellen. Our goal of making it to THE RIPPED BODICE Bookstore has been achieved, and it was worth the wait! Many of our listeners were avid followers of or found us through Jenny Colvin's podcast, READING ENVY: I'll have what you're reading. Jenny passed away in May of 2022. We miss her, and know that many of you do, too. To honor her memory, we are joining our BookTube friend SHAWN BREATHES BOOKS (formerly Shawn the Book Maniac) and doing something we think Jenny would love – reading books together! We are each choosing one book from Jenny's Goodreads lists. The plan is to read the book by July 1st, Jenny's birthday. We would love for you to join us by reading along with one of our selections or choosing a book of your own. We have a conversation thread on our Goodreads page, and we've created the hashtag #illhavewhatyourereading to use on social media. Let's keep Jenny's love for books alive in our hearts and our reading. In other reading news, you might remember from our last episode that Emily expressed her desire to read Monica Wood's THE ONE-IN-A-MILLION BOY. And guess what? It magically appeared in one of her beloved Little Free Libraries. Isn't it a delightful feeling when such serendipitous moments occur? Emily loved the novel. She also read two short stories, “Ernie's Ark” by Monica Wood from the collection ERNIE'S ARK: THE ABBOTT FALLS STORIES and “Chapter Two” by Antonya Nelson in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2013, edited by Elizabeth Strout. She savored THE PARIS NOVEL by Ruth Reichl, while Chris unexpectedly found herself engrossed in another book by Cal Newport, DEEP WORK: RULES FOR FOCUSED SUCCESS IN A DISTRACTED WORLD. Both Chris and Emily have been captivated by JAMES by Percival Everett, especially the audiobook narrated by Dominic Hoffman. Everett's narrative is a brilliant reinterpretation and expansion of THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, and Hoffman's performance is simply outstanding. Chris has completed her second reading of MOBY-DICK, an endeavor that was as equally challenging and rewarding as her first encounter with the book. As always, we also talk about what we're currently reading and hoping to read soon. Happy Listening and Happy Reading! Emily and Chris

Writer/Illustrator Yehudi Mercado @ymercado shares the inspirations behind some of his many comics hitting the shelves. We talk about late friend of the show Jenny Colvin, conformity, masculinity, combining genres, being the only Jewish and Latinx kids in school, book bans, black joy, maxing out Photoshop layers, Shazam, and Miles Morales.   Jenny Colvin's Reading Envy blog Yehudi Mercado at supermercado.pizza How Can I Stop Book Bans? The Mean Streets of South Uptown (from Jerry Craft's New Kid)  Friends of the Furman Libraries Greenville Animal Care   Fresh Picks Sci-Fu Chunky Shazam: Thundercrack What If Miles Morales Was Thor? The Ghoul Next Door   Find a comics shop near you Secret Stacks artwork by Severin Piehl, creator of Tove Theme song by Julie Jurgens, who blogs at Hi, Miss Julie! and is on twitter as @himissjulie

We dedicate this episode to Jenny Colvin, host of the Reading Envy podcast. We were stunned and deeply saddened to learn of her sudden death. Jenny will be deeply missed by the book community. Our thoughts are with her loved ones and family. On this episode we recap our biblioadventure to Manchester, VT for Booktopia at the Northshire Bookstore, which included stops at a charming library and several bookstores on the way there and back. Chris also attended two online events — one through the Maine Women Writers Collection featuring Dawn Potter, Elizabeth De Wolfe, and Carol A. Dana. The other online event was Mondays at Beinecke presentation by Gabrielle Colangelo about her exhibition, “We Are Everywhere: Lesbians in the Archive.” Our second quarter readalong pick was a hit with listeners — TWO OLD WOMEN by Velma Wallis. Thumbs up all around. Emily also read Wallis' memoir, RAISING OURSELVES: A GWITCH'IN COMING OF AGE STORY FROM THE YUKON RIVER and Chris dipped into BIRD GIRL AND THE MAN WHO FOLLOWED THE SUN. We'll announce our third quarter readalong on episode 159. Chris enjoyed THE FERVOR by Alma Katsu. We also read two forthcoming novels that we couldn't wait to get to! Emily read THE LIES I TELL by Julie Clark (release date 6/21/22) and Chris SHUTTER by Ramona Emerson (release date 8/2/22). Are you ready for the Big Book Summer Challenge? We are! It's the 10th anniversary of this popular reading challenge and we had the pleasure of sitting down with creator and host, Sue Jackson. We know half of the world is easing into winter, but here in the US we're gearing up for summer. The Big Book Summer Challenge runs from Memorial day (May 27) to Labor Day (September 5, 2022). Emily is going to read Kent Haruf's PLAINSONG SERIES and Chris will read THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson. If you'd like to do buddy reads with either (or both!) of us, we'll have discussion threads up on Goodreads on May 27th. As for what we're currently reading, listen and find out!

The hope of science fiction spurred by a science museum, Dracula by email, why it's called a tetralogy and our non-spoilery thoughts on Machinehood, and our goodbyes to friend of the show, Jenny Colvin.

I am joined by Nadine, Vinny, Laurie, and Bryn to discuss Barkskins by Annie Proulx. We bring in some of the discussion in Goodreads as well as some fresh eyes on this text.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 232: Barkskins Readalong 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: Barkskins by Annie ProulxOther mentions:Love Medicine series by Louise ErdrichSarum by Edward RutherfurdLondon by Edward RutherfurdThe Overstory by Richard PowersBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererFirst Americans MuseumThirty Nine RestaurantMeridian by Alice WalkerSooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah PinskerThe Actual Star by Monica ByrneGreat Circle by Maggie ShipsteadThe Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, translated by Jamey GambrellRelated episodes: Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of EdenEpisode 099 - Readalong: The Secret HistoryEpisode 118 - Reading Envy Readalong: To the Bright Edge of the World Episode 137 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Golden NotebookEpisode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book CougarsEpisode 185 - The Loyal Swineherd (Odyssey readalong)Episode 193 - And I Feel Fine (Ducks, Newburyport READALONG)Episode 221 - Joint Poetry Readalong with the Book CougarsBook Cougars - Joint Readalong of Sapphira and the Slave GirlBook Cougars - Joint Readalong of Braiding SweetgrassBooks on the Go - Ep. 121 - American Sunrise with Jenny Colvin  Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Reading Envy Readers in GoodreadsAll 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.

Chris and Emily of the Book Cougars join me for discussion part 1 of our joint readalong - When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo et al. I also recorded the group discussion some of the Reading Envy Readers had, so I've included the majority of that discussion as well. It makes the episode slightly longer than usual, but I figure if you were in on discussing this amazing anthology, you'd likely be in for both discussions. Some people really took on the challenge to try poetry, and I know some readers are still working on it. Stay tuned to the Book Cougars where part 2 of our joint readalong, Braiding Sweetgrass, will post June 8th.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 221: Joint Poetry Readalong 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: When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry edited by Joy Harjo et al.A Poetry Handbook by Mary OliverOther mentions:Studies in American Indian Literature by Paula Gunn AllenThe Sacred Hoop by Paula Gunn AllenSpider Woman's Granddaughters by Paula Gunn AllenBirchbark BooksSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererWeigh in on the fall readalongRelated episodes:Episode 090 - Reading Envy Readalong: East of EdenEpisode 099 - Readalong: The Secret HistoryEpisode 118 - Reading Envy Readalong: To the Bright Edge of the World Episode 137 - Reading Envy Readalong: The Golden NotebookEpisode 157 - Joint Readalong of Gone with the Wind with Book CougarsEpisode 185 - The Loyal Swineherd (Odyssey readalong)Episode 193 - And I Feel Fine (Ducks, Newburyport READALONG)Book Cougars - Joint Readalong of Sapphira and the Slave GirlBooks on the Go - Ep. 121 - American Sunrise with Jenny Colvin  Stalk us online: Book Cougars website/podcastBook Cougars are @bookcougars in Instagram 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.

Hugo awards are out and we've almost read all the authors! Jenny Colvin from Reading Envy is back but we also have hints of a new forthcoming host of Sword and Laser. Plus our last delightful thoughts about the House on the Cerulean Sea!

A special episode: Anna chats with Jenny Colvin, host of Reading Envy, one of our favourite bookish podcasts. Our book of the week is An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate of the United States.  Joy Harjo has won multiple awards for her poetry telling First Nation stories and is also an acclaimed musician.  Her memoir Crazy Brave won the American Book Award. Harjo goes back to the lands of her Mvskoke Creek people in An American Sunrise.  It's a slim book and the poems are accessible, but it's full of depth and richness. A wonderful read, perfect for National Poetry Month. We also chat about Jenny's read-along of Ducks, Newburyport.  Coming up: The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin translated by Ha-yun Jung and our isolation reading recommendations. Follow us: Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @readingenvy Twitter: @abailliekaras and @readingenvy Litsy: @abailliekaras and @readingenvy Adelaide Writers' Week Podcast sessions here Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Anna and Annie discuss the Women's Prize Shortlist. Our book of the week is The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel. This is the follow-up to her hugely successful, multi-award winning pandemic novel Station Eleven. Inspired by the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, it centres on the fraudster's wife Vincent, who goes missing on a container ship. A New York Times, Newsweek and USA Today Most Anticipated Book of 2020, it's been described as 'a masterpiece' (NPR) and 'your perfect survival bunker read' (The Washington Post).   Coming up: An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo with Jenny Colvin from Reading Envy and The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness by Kyung-sook Shin translated by Ha-yun Jung. Follow us! Facebook: Books On The Go Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz

Episode Eighty Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member.You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please emailbookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– 80th Episode Giveaway –Enter to win by subscribing to our email newsletter here by July 18th.48 PEAKS: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains – Cheryl SuchorsTilda’s Promise – Jean P. MooreCheryl and Jean will be our guests on Episode 81.– Readalong with Jenny Colvin of Reading Envy –Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather The Goodreads discussion page can be found HEREBe sure to check out Episode 157 of the Reading Envy podcast for our discussion of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE.– Also Mentioned –Willa Cather: My Ántonia O Pioneers!The Professor’s HouseJames PattersonGrimké SistersA Conversation with Cheryl Strayed and Oprah Winfrey at MOUNTAINFILM can be found HEREThomas Jefferson’s Monticello Langston HughesToni Morrison

Episode Seventy Seven Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalongs –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (record date 6/4/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERESapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (record date 6/27/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF)(CW)Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner (EF) release date 6/11/19The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things – Paula Byrne (CW)– Just Read –Coming, Aphrodite! – Willa Cather (CW) which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectMiracle Creek – Angie Kim (EF)Very Nice – Marcy Dermansky (EF) release date 7/2/19Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun – Sarah Ladipo Manyika (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Emily traveled to Minnesota and stayed at the Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville. She visited Birch Bark Books & Native Arts owned by the author Louise Erdrich, Milkweed Editions bookstore Open BooksChris went to the The Flock Theater to see their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at the Shaw MansionChris did a camera flip video for Shawn the Book Maniac’s BookTube Channel – check it out HEREEmily watched the Brene Brown special on Netflix– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily will be attending Book Expo America May 29-31, 2019Emily will be going to RJ Julia’s Bookseller in Madison, CT to see Jean P. Moore in conversation with Sande Boritz Berger discuss their books Tilda’s Promise and Split-LevelThere is a performance of Little Women at The Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC, May 15-June 29, 2019– Upcoming Reads –Heart Berries – Terese Marie Mailhot (EF) (Literary Disco discussion of Heart Berries) Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead – Brené Brown (CW) (audio) Why Religion?: A Personal Story – Elaine Pagels (CW)(audio)Forged: Writing in the Name of God – Bart D. Ehrman (CW) (audio)Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom – David W. Blight (CW) (audio)– Also Mentioned –Jane Austen books: Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Northanger AbbeyRussell of Ink and Paper Booktube ChannelEckhart TolleMinnesota Prison Writing WorkshopLittle Free LibraryRachel Maddow – Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power The Gnostic Gospels – Elaine PagelsMisquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why – Bart D. Ehrman Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl

Episode Seventy Six Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalongs –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast.:Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (record date 6/5/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERESapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (record date 6/27/19)The Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF)(CW)Miracle Creek – Angie Kim (EF)– Just Read –Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (CW)The Lost Family – Jenna Blum (EF)Lost Laysen: The Newly Discovered Story – Margaret Mitchell edited by Debra Freer (CW)The 4-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferriss (CW)– Biblio Adventures –Emily attended the Newburyport Literary Festival April 26-27, 2019:Elaine Weiss: The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the VoteLinda Hirschman: Sister’s in Law: How Sandra Day O’ Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the WorldRachel Slade: Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El FaroRussell Banks and Steve YarbroughA Readable Feast: Jenna Blum, Louise Miller, Miriam ParkerChris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The event featured Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, in conversation with US Poet Laureate Tracy K Smith moderated by Kevin Young, the Director of the Center. Kevin Young is also the New Yorker Poetry Editor.Check out the Schomburg Shop.Chris watched The Try Guys Test Old Age Body Simulators– Upcoming Jaunts –Emily is traveling to Minnesota and is hoping to visit Birch Bark Books & Native Arts, Milkweed Editions bookstore Open Books, Magers & Quinn Booksellers, and Wild Rumpus.Chris will be going to the The Flock Theater to see their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.Chris is heading to an event for The White Mountain: Rediscovering Mount Washington’s Hidden Culture by Dan Szczeny. Check out his website for upcoming events.Crime Conn is at Ferguson Library on Saturday, May 18, 2019Chris and Emily will be attending Book Expo America May 29-31, 2019– Upcoming Reads –Coming, Aphrodite! – Willa Cather (CW) which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectThe Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison (CW)The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things – Paula Byrne (CW)A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport – Kate Stewart (CW)The Missing of Claire Delune – Christelle Dabos, translated by Hidegarde Serle (EF)Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes #1) – Sonali Dev (EF)Around Harvard Square – cj farley (EF)Mrs. Everything – Jennifer Weiner (EF)– Also Mentioned –Russell of Ink and Paper Booktube ChannelBookPageAuthor Angie Kim’s WebsiteThose Who Save Us – Jenna Blum The Tim Ferriss Show interview with Neil Gaiman can be found hereJabberwocky BooksBook RackSafe from the Neighbors – Steve YarbroughAuthor Jill McCorkle’s websiteRed Rooster Restaurant Yes, Chef – Marcus SamuelssonWade in the Water: Poems – Tracy K. SmithSister Outsider: Essays and Speeches – Audre LordInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster – Jon KrakaurAnne Boyd RiouxLittle A Publishing

Episode Seventy Five Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalongs –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. More details are forthcoming, but the books are:Gone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERESapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa CatherThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (CW)The Lost Family – Jenna Blum (EF)Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF) – Just Read –The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption – Monty Don, Sarah Don (CW)The World That We Knew: A Novel – Alice Hoffman (EF) (release date 9/24/19)The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose (CW)gods with a little g: A Novel – Tupelo Hassman (EF) (release date 8/13/19)Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad – Austin Kleon (CW)If Beale Street Could Talk – James Baldwin (EF)A Lost Lady – Willa Cather (CW)The Marriage of Phaedra – Willa Cather (CW) which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project– Biblio Adventures –Emily watched the movie If Beale Street Could TalkChris attended an event co-sponsored by Bank Square Books and the Lagrua Center where Mary Norris discussed her new book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. Check out this article about Mary’s apartment in New York City.Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers to hear Patricia Marx and Roz Chast discuss their book Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s SuggestionsEmily visited Tennessee and North Carolina and caught up with author, Shuly Cawood. She has appeared on two episodes of the podcast:Episode 22 – where she discussed her memoir, The Going and GoodbyeEpisode 64 – the book launch of 52 Things I wish I Could Have Told Myself When I Was 17They spent a day in Jonesborough, TN visiting the Jonesborough Public Library and the International Storytelling Center (check out their festival October 4-6, 2019). They also shopped at Mr. K’s Used Books, Music, and More.Chris and Emily had a joint jaunt to hear Delia Owens discuss her book, Where the Crawdads Sing, sponsored by RJ Julia Booksellers but located at The Country School, in Madison, CT.Other Books by Delia Owens:Cry of the KalahariSecrets of the SavannaThe Eye of the ElephantSurvivor’s SongBooks recommended by Delia Owens:To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper LeeA Sand County Almanac – Aldo LeopoldWest with the Night – Beryl Markham– Upcoming Jaunts –This weekend, Laura Thoma, playwright, has a play, Meet Me in the Lobby, appearing in the Norwalk Theatre Artists Workshop festival April 26-29, 2019. Laura was on Episode 19 and Episode 66.Emily will be attending the Newburyport Literary Festival on April 26-27, 2019Booktopia 2019 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT is taking place May 3-4, 2019Chris and Emily will be attending Book Expo America May 29-31, 2019– Upcoming Reads –Lost Laysen – Margaret Mitchell (CW)Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (CW)The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age – David Callahan (EF)The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World – Melinda Gates (EF)– Also Mentioned –Check out Alice Hoffman’s website for her backlistGirlchild by Tupelo HassmanMel’s Bookland AdventuresThe Stella PrizeMarina Abramovic InstituteSteal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative – Austin Kleon (CW)Documentary about James Baldwin: I Am Not Your Negro Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen – Mary Norris Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtryRussell of Ink and Paper Booktube Channel

Episode Seventy Four Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalong –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. More details are forthcoming, but the books are:Gone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellSapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa CatherThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –The World That We Knew: A Novel – Alice Hoffman (EF) (release dateA Vindication of the Rights of Women – Mary Wollstonecraft (CW)Click HERE for the readalong with Great Book StudyWelcome to the Writer’s Life: How to Design Your Writing Craft, Writing Business, Writing Practice, and Reading Practice - Paulette Perhach (CW)From A Whisper to A Riot: The Gay Writers Who Crafted an American Literary Tradition – Adam W. Burgess (CW)The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption – Monty Don (CW)– Just Read –Fascism: A Warning – Madeline Albright (CW) (audio)The Shortest Way Home – Miriam Parker (EF)Chris dnf’d Transcription – Kate Atkinson (CW)Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions – Valeria Luiselli (EF)The Marriage of Phaedra – Willa Cather which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectHeavy: An American Memoir – Kiese Laymon (EF) (audio)– Biblio Adventures –Chris and Emily went to the 92nd St Y to see Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Powers discuss their books Unsheltered and The OverstoryChris watched A Discovery of Witches based on the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah HarknessEmily took a trip to Philadelphia and visited the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore and Penn BookCenter and also took a picture of the Curtis Publishing Company building. She also had dinner at Zahav and flipped through a copy of Michael Solomonov’s new cookbook, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking. Click HERE to read the article about Solomonov in the NY Times.– Upcoming Jaunts –4/18/2019 – The Willa Cather Bookclub will discuss A Lost Lady at 2pm at Bookclub Bookstore & More.4/18/2019 – Bank Square Books and the Lagrua Center are co-hosting Mary Norris to discuss her book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen.4/23/2019 – Patricia Marx and Roz Chast will be visiting RJ Julia Booksellers to discuss their book Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s Suggestions. Click HERE to read the article about them in the NY Times.4/24/2019 – Delia Owens will be visiting RJ Julia Booksellers to discuss her book Where the Crawdads Sing. Note: The event is sold out.4/24/2019 – Dr. Carla Hayden in conversation with Tracy K Smith at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.Tracy K. Smith is the poet Laureate of the United States and has a wonderful podcast, The Slowdown, where she reads a poem each day.5/30-6/1/2019 – 64th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference6/17-6/21/2019 – The 17th Annual Willa Cather Seminar– Upcoming Reads –A Lost Lady – Willa Cather (CW)Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (CW)Sapphira and the Slave Girl– Willa Cather (CW)If Beale Street Could Talk – James Baldwin (EF)Lights All Night Long – Lydia Fitzpatrick (EF)– Also Mentioned –Faithful – Alice HoffmanRiff Raff Bookstore in Providence, RILost Children Archive – Valeria LuiselliThe Poisonwood Bible – Barbara KingsolverWhite Dog CafeThe Impossible Fortress – Jason RekulakTo find the poetry videos from the Book Cougars April 2018 National Poetry Month Celebration head to our YouTube page.Check out Ryan Ludman on Instagram

Episode Seventy Three Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Currently Reading –Transcription – Kate Atkinson (CW)Fascism: A Warning – Madeline Albright (CW)The Shortest Way Home – Miriam Parker (EF)– Just Read –The Trial of Lizzie Borden – Cara Robertson (CW)Good Riddance – Elinor Lippman (EF)The Invited – Jennifer McMahon (CW) (release date April 30, 2019)The Wartime Sisters – Lynda Cohen Loigman (EF)Passing – Nella Larsen (EF)Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (EF)The Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief – Nora McInerny– Biblio Adventures –We went on a joint jaunt to see a panel discussing Writing Trauma at Yale University.Panelists included: Roxane Gay, Aubrey Hirsch, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Saaed Jones, Terese Marie Mailhot, Melanie BoydEmily went to Long Wharf Theater to see a play based on the book Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedChris went to Playhouse on Park to see The Revolutionists by playwright Lauren GundersonCheck out the NYPL Library Talks Podcast Episode 248: Debut of A Velocity of Being edited by Maria PopovaChris visited Stepping Stones, the home of Bill and Lois Wilson, co-founders of Alcoholics AnonymousChris discovered a new bookstore in New Haven, CT: Grey Matter BooksChris and Emily went to see the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City– Upcoming Jaunts –Chris and Emily are heading to the 92nd St Y to see Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Powers discuss their books Unsheltered and The OverstoryApril 26-27, 2019 – The Newburyport Literary FestivalMay 3-4 , 2019 – Booktopia at Northshire BookstoreApril 6th – Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon– 10th Readalong –True Grit – Charles PortisThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE.– Upcoming Readalong –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. More details are forthcoming, but the books are: Gone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellSapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather– Also Mentioned –Russell – Ink and Paper BlogSeward Park New York Public LibraryAlison Law – Literary Atlanta Podcast – Episode 45Terrible Thanks for Asking PodcastIt’s Okay To Laugh – Nora McInernyA Student of History – Nina RevoyrThe River – Peter HellerThe Last Woman in the Forest – Diane Les BecquetsJabberwocky BookshopTrue Grit movie adaptations:John Wayne versionCoen Brothers versionUpcoming 50th anniversary of John Wayne version look for information hereDonna Tartt – The Secret History and The GoldfinchAt the Edge of the Orchard – Tracy ChevalierGirl with the Pearl Earring – Tracy ChevalierThe Great Alone - Kristin HannahTo Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

Get ready for the FIRST EVER CROSSOVER EPISODE! We joined forces with Reading Envy to discuss a book and movie. Jenny Colvin, the host of Reading Envy, is a total bad-ass. She read over 300 books last year, and she is one of the most intelligent podcasters I know. I thoroughly enjoy her podcast (if you're New Years Resolution is to read more, check out her "Best of 2017" for book suggestions). We discussed the book ROADSIDE PICNIC by the Strugatsky brothers, and the Tarkovsky slow-film classic STALKER. We discuss the similarities and differences between the source material and the adaptation, as well as some of the things we liked (and didn't like). Jenny and I also discuss Infinite Jest, some of her favorite books of the year, a famous littering scene from the show MAD MEN, and finally my friend's deepest fear.

Here's our first collab with another bookish podcast! We had a chat with Jenny Colvin from the Reading Envy podcast about some of our favorite books by or about women that we've read this year. Books Mentioned The Mothers by Brit Bennett (Riverhead) Black Wave by Michelle Tea (Feminist Press) Human Acts by Han Kang, Translated by Deborah Smith (Hogarth) Difficult Women by Roxane Gay (Grove Atlantic) Juventud by Vanessa Blakeslee (Curbside Splendor) Himself by Jess Kidd (Atria) A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin (FSG) Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman (Deep Vellum) This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf) About Many thanks to Jenny for collaborating with us on this episode! Jenny Colvin is the creator and host of the Reading Envy podcast, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts. Jenny is a librarian in Greenville, SC. Visit the Reading Envy website and follow Jenny on Twitter and Goodreads.   CONTACT Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! Many thanks to Carley T. and Stephanie W. Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We continue discussing listener recommended poetry. This time, all three poems are performed live, links below. That’s right, we’re talking spoken word! (Don’t worry, Tod refrains from poet voice.) Get ready to snap your fingers and bang your bongos. Or not. Because, you know, it’s not the 1960s…   Kate Tempest, Tunnel Vision, recommended by listener Jenny Colvin. Safia Elhillo, Alien Suite, also from Jenny Colvin. Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Dig Those Sunsets, Pony, recommended by Deej Siminoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices