Podcast appearances and mentions of Jessica J Lee

In this special episode, writer Jessica J. Lee joins EMPIRE LINES live with visual artist and researcher Iman Datoo to explore the languages of ‘natural' history and invasive species, through their book, Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging (2024). Bringing together memoir, history, and scientific research, writer Jessica J. Lee considers how both plants and people come to belong - or not - as they cross borders. Born in Canada to a Taiwanese mother and a Welsh father, Jessica often draws on her own lived experiences to observe our world in motion, and close connections between seemingly distant places - sometimes, with shared tastes for seaweed. Dispersals, their latest book of linked essays, journeys further still, exploring migrations, displacements, and the entanglements of the plant and human worlds - and the language we use to describe them. Jessica shares some of their influences and references, like Richard Mabey's Weeds and the works of Mary Douglas, to expose our historic human and anthropocentric understanding of plant life. We discuss how our everyday words and phrases are often borrowed from citizenship law, and see how beings are mis/represented in the media, from giant hogweed in Victorian England, to wakame kelp, Japanese knotweed, and eucalyptus plants today. Drawing on their work across the South West of England, Iman Datoo shares their research into soils, potatoes, and tea. Bringing together Iman and Jessica's works, installed at the exhibition, Invasion Ecology, at Southcombe Barn on Dartmoor, we also delve into the history of botanical illustrations and mapping as tools of colonialism - here reimagined by contemporary artists. This episode was recorded live as part of the programme for Invasion Ecology, co-curated by Jelena Sofronijevic for Radical Ecology, and Vashti Cassinelli at Southcombe Barn, an arts space and gardens on Dartmoor. The central group exhibition, featuring Ingrid Pollard, Iman Datoo, Hanna Tuulikki, Ashish Ghadiali, Fern Leigh Albert, and Ashanti Hare, ran from 1 June to 10 August 2024. Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee is published by Penguin, and available in all good bookshops and online. Watch the full video online, via Radical Ecology: vimeo.com/995973173 Find all the links in the first Instagram post: instagram.com/p/C9hjlxrIcgo PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠ And Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936⁠ Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/empirelines

The weeds in your garden have a fascinating personal history. Jessica J. Lee is challenging us to reframe our ideas of the natural world. As an environmental historian, she is an expert in exploring the entangled relationships between people and plants. We discuss Jessica's fascination with the language used to describe plant species, such as "invasive" and "native” and dive into her new book Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging.

What do the terminologies we often use to describe plants reveal about human and human-plant relations? How is the current landscape of the plant world entangled with human histories of desire, power, and imperialism?Drawing from her experience living across various countries and continents as a third-generation migrant, Jessica J. Lee delves into the nuances of shifting attitudes towards both plant and human migration stories throughout time. Join us as we explore how terms such as “weeds,” “naturalized” or “invasive” are defined and used to describe the plant world, how we might expand our understandings of belonging through recognizing the movement, as well as rootedness, of plants, and more.Subscribe to Green Dreamer and support our show at Patreon.com/GreenDreamer.

Cath was joined by author and medical psychotherapist Marchelle Farrell in episode 97. Cath and Marchelle chatted about Marchelle's childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, the systems her parents operated in, how those systems still operate today, privilege, power, relationships and so much more. We talked about Marchelle's path to motherhood, the power within mothering and how she learnt to let herself be held and supported and the role of her garden in this.Marchelle Farrell is a writer, medical psychotherapist and amateur gardener. Born in Trinidad and Tobago she has spent over 20 years attempting to become hardy here in the UK. She is curious about the relationship between our external and internal landscapes, the patterns we reenact in relation to the land, and how they might be changed. Her debut book, Uprooting, won the Nan Shepherd Prize for nature writing. You can contact Marchelle on Instagram and her handle is @afroliage and on twitter @afroliage (though she rarely uses twitter) or you can contact her via her website www.marchellefarrell.comYou can catch Marchelle at the following upcoming events around the UK:Saturday 27-28th April at the BOCAS Lit Fest in conversation with Safiyah Sinclair and running a nature writing workshop.Saturday 11th May at Nurturing Soils at the Platt Fields Market Garden Manchester in conversation with Amy Jane Beer of Right to Roam and running a nature writing workshop.Sunday 26th May at the City of Literature weekend of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival in conversation with Jessica J Lee and running a nature writing workshop.If you're enjoying this podcast. Please leave a review and rate the podcast, this really helps others to find it.To sign up for the journal prompts and Nurture.Heal.Grow (on Substack) please head to www.cathcounihan.com or @cathcounihan on Instagram. Follow Cath on social media here:Instagram: @cathcounihanSubstack: Nurture.Heal.GrowFacebook: Cath Counihan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life begins again in spring, and as the air (and your nostrils) fill with pollen it might be a good time to learn something new about the plants with which we share the earth. To do so, Lale talks to nature writer Jessica J. Lee about how, as she's lived around the world, learning about non-native plants has given her a sense of belonging. From cherry blossoms to seaweed to tea, plants cross borders by themselves, or because we move them for very different reasons.

Particle accelerators, nanofibers, and solar physics: The science advisor for the Netflix adaptation breaks down the physics in the show. Also, in her new book, Jessica J. Lee looks at how humans have moved plants around the globe–and how our migrations are intertwined with theirs.How ‘3 Body Problem' Explores The Laws Of PhysicsLast week, Netflix released its adaptation of the Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book The 3 Body Problem by Cixin Liu. It follows the journey of several scientists, from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to the present day, as they seek to understand why their fellow researchers are dying and why their scientific results no longer make sense. Along the way, they discover an ultra-advanced VR game and a dark secret that suggests we might not be alone in the universe.Guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross sits down with the show's science advisor, Dr. Matt Kenzie, an associate professor of physics at the University of Cambridge, to talk about what exactly the three body problem is, why he gave the actors physics lessons, and what he hopes audiences take away from a show focused on scientists.In Defense Of ‘Out Of Place' PlantsThe new book Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging unpacks how we think about the migrations of both plants and humans, as well as how those ideas shape our perceptions of what we call “non-native” or “invasive” plants like giant hogweed or English ivy.Dispersals traces the history of how we moved plants around—including cherry blossoms, mangoes, and soy—and asks: What does it mean to be a plant out of place? And how does the migration of plants mirror our own?Guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross talks with environmental historian and author Jessica J. Lee about Dispersals and what we can learn from the histories of plants.Read an excerpt from Dispersals at sciencefriday.com.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

The Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded the Pulitzer prize for his debut novel The Sympathiser in 2016. Now he turns his attention to memoir, in A Man of Two Faces. He was four when he was forced to flee Vietnam with his family, but as he looks back at his life he explores the necessity of forgetting and remembering, and how far the promise and dream of America can be trusted. The journalist and Deputy Editor of Harper's Bazaar Helena Lee wants to showcase the voices and experiences of writers from the East and Southeast Asian diaspora living in the UK. East Side Voices celebrates the diversity of that experience and explores the impact on identity, community and family.Jessica J. Lee was born in Canada to a Taiwanese mother and a Welsh father and in her collection of essays, Dispersals, she muses on the question of how plants and people become uprooted and cross borders. Combining memoir, history, and scientific research she explores how entwined our fortunes, movement and language are with the plant world. Producer: Katy Hickman

À travers les sentiers luxuriants des montagnes taïwanaises de Deux arbres, une forêt (2019), les Survenantes accompagnent l'historienne de l'environnement Jessica J. Lee dans sa quête identitaire. Enfilez vos bottes de randonnée avec nous pour découvrir l'histoire naturelle de cette île fabuleuse et laissez-vous porter par ce récit familial des plus touchants.

Georgina Godwin speaks to Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and Jessica J Lee, the editors of a heart-warming anthology of essays about our relationships with dogs, ‘Dog Hearted: Essays on our Fierce and Familiar Companions'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jessica J. Lee is the author of one of my favourite swimming books, Turning. When she was 28, Jessica found herself heartbroken in Berlin where she was completing a PhD in Environmental History. In search of courage, she decided to swim fifty-two of the lakes around Berlin, no matter what the weather or season. Turning is a stunning memoir about that experience. In this episode, we look back on her adventure in Berlin (including an encounter with some nude winter swimmers yielding an ice axe) and chat about connecting with new places through swimming and how to do that in a way that doesn't feel problematically touristic. I also learned a lot about how we can make nature writing more inclusive, and hope you find it insightful too. Follow:@freybromley #TheTidalYear @jessicajleeTurning by Jessica J. Lee is available wherever you buy your books. Thanks to this episode's sponsor TRIHARD. Say goodbye to chlorine and shop their skin and hair products at 15% off with the code Tidal at trihard.co Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, Kendra and Sachi discuss books around this month's theme of Nature Writing! Our guest spot will be on the next episode, so stay tuned! Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to http://talkspace.com and use the code READINGWOMEN for $100 off your first month. Try MUBI for 30 Days at MUBI.com/ReadingWomen. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Things MentionedInterview with on Thresholds Books Mentioned Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Woon, Translated by Barbara J. Haveland World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Currently Reading Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa One Hundred Days by Alice Pung CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Korea24 – 2021.05.10. (Monday) News Briefing Part 1: Marking 4 years in office, President Moon Jae-in held a televised news conference that gave a blueprint for his final year in office. Robert Koehler delves into his speech that included promises of economic growth, herd immunity against COVID-19 before November, and more. News Briefing Part 2: The two main political parties at the National Assembly had opposing reactions to President Moon’s address, with the ruling Democratic Party(DP) saying they were on the same page with him while the main opposition People Power Party(PPP) criticized the speech as being far removed from public perception and reality. (Eunice Kim) In-Depth News Analysis: Jessica J. Lee, Senior Research Fellow in the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute, discusses the anti-Pyongyang leaflet ban as North Korean defector-turned-activist Park Sang-hak was summoned for police questioning after claiming to have sent leaflets up to North Korea, which is now banned by Korean law. She also talks about her testimony at a recent hearing in the U.S. on the matter. Korea Trending with Bruce Harrison: A local daycare director takes her own life after being accused of child abuse(어린이날 극단적 선택한 어린이집 원장, 맘카페 아동학대 거짓글 논란), a designer apologizes for a work accused of misandry(남혐 논란 GS25 포스터 기획 디자이너 입장 표명), and a woman loses her life after performing a dangerous act while streaming(아파트 베란다에서 SNS 라방 찍던 중국 여성 추락사). Sports: Yoo Jee-ho from Yonhap News Agency talks about Son Heung-min(손흥민) setting a new career high with 22 goals this season, Anyang KGC wining their third KBL championship, and the Samsung Lions leading the KBO with pitcher Won Tae-in(원태인) being named Player of the Month. Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: Mark shares a piece from the Korea Times on an exhibition about animals of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN). He then talks about the Korea Herald’s story on new images being shown from the South Korean CAS500-1 satellite.

While violence toward Asian Americans has always existed in the United States, the community has faced racist violence and hate crimes at a much higher rate over the last year. Between March 2020 and February 2021, Stop AAPI Hate reported 3,795 hate incidents nationwide. Experts argue this phenomenon has been fueled by Sinophobia, anti-China foreign policy, and xenophobic political rhetoric unleashed during the Covid-19 pandemic. On April 12, 2021, the National Committee held a virtual two-part program in which Jessica J. Lee and Ian Shin discussed the impact of anti-China political rhetoric on the current domestic U.S. climate, and Congresswoman Judy Chu addressed anti-Asian racism through legislative change. Learn more about anti-Asian racism in the United States, and what you can do to help: https://www.ncuscr.org/anti-racism

We're doing something a little different today! Hanging out in my bedroom, and discussing the books that have kept me company this year. There have been many, so here's a shorter list of some of my favourites, along with a few quotes/poems. Enjoy! NONFICTION Attached by Amir Levine + Rachel Heller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk all about love by bell hooks The School of Life by Alain de Botton Recovery of Your Inner Child by Lucia Capacchione Everything Is Spiritual by Rob Bell How to Be Here by Rob Bell Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gordon The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron   POETRY New and Selected Poems (Vol 1) by Mary Oliver Devotions by Mary Oliver   ADULT FICTION The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Love Square by Laura Jane Williams Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams The Mothers by Brit Bennett Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams   KIDS FICTION The Giver by Lois Lowry How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers (any book) by Vashti Harrison The Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman Evie and the Animals by Matt Haig The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day   NEXT TO MY BED RIGHT NOW Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Grounded by Ruth Allen Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Turning by Jessica J. Lee

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In this episode we chat to writer Kerri ní Dochartaigh about her new book Thin Places (Canongate) and its powerful weaving of memoir, history, Irish folklore, language and nature writing. We discuss her childhood growing up in Derry amidst the Troubles, the necessity of expanding our kinship with the non-human world and the ways in which a new generation of writers of landscape are blazing open the field. You can find Kerri's book at storysmithbooks.com/tenderbuttons. As a Tender Buttons listener you can also get 10% discount, listen in for more details on this... Episode References Manchán Mangan, Thirty-Two Worlds for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape (Gill:2020) The Willowherb Review, edited by Jessica J. Lee (whose most recent book, 'Two Trees Make a Forest' is here) Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (Penguin, 2020) Kerri's Pocket Guide to Nature Writing with Spread the Word Lauret Savoy, Trace: History, Race and the American Landscape (Catapult: 2015) Nina Mingya Powles, Small Bodies of Water is forthcoming August 2021 (Canongate) Rebecca Tamás, Strangers: Essays on the Human and Non-Human (Makina Books: 2020) BBC documentary ‘Tidal Sense’ with Signe Lidén

Kolonialismus, Krieg, Diaspora. Bäume, Berge und Flüsse. Eine Familie, die über Generationen nach einer Heimat sucht. Klingt viel für zweihundert Seiten. Und doch schafft es die Autorin Jessica Lee all diese Themen in ihrem neuen Buch zu vereinen. In "Zwei Bäume machen einen Wald" erkundet die britisch-kanadische Umwelthistorikerin mit taiwanischen Wurzeln das Land ihrer Vorfahren und schenkt uns einen wachsamen Einblick in die Natur, Sprache und zerrissene Geschichte Taiwans - und ihrer Familie. Rezension voon Sharon Hodge. Aus dem Englischen von Susanne Hornfeck Matthes & Seitz Verlag, 215 Seiten, 28 Euro ISBN 978-3-95757-961-4

Biden's slow start on North Korea ... How North Korea makes decisions ... Why sanctions haven't worked ... China's North Korea problem ... Dealing with the devil ... Jess: North Korea's goal is to be treated like a normal country ... How hawkish foreign policy rhetoric stokes racism at home ...

Als die junge kanadische Naturhistorikerin Jessica J. Lee die Aufzeichnungen ihres verstorbenen Großvaters entdeckt, will sie mehr über die Orte erfahren, wo ihre Großeltern gelebt haben. Ihre Reise führt sie nach Taiwan, der abtrünnigen Republik, die China immer noch ein Dorn im Auge ist. Auf den Spuren ihrer Familiengeschichte erkundet Jessica J. Lee gleichzeitig auch eine Insel mit einer majestätischen Flora und Fauna. Mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Verlags bis zum 22.04.2021 im Bayern 2 Podcast Lesungen zu finden.

An introduction to the memoir Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee and its Canada Reads champion, singer-songwriter Scott Helman.

Singer-songwriter Scott Helman is championing Jessica J. Lee's memoir Two Trees Make a Forest on Canada Reads.

Acclaimed actress and director Jodie Foster talks about her new film, The Mauritanian, and how it fits into a career full of roles that involve fighting for justice. Hollywood writer and producer Rodney Barnes discusses his graphic novel series Killadelphia — about a vampire who was once a U.S. president — and how the story weaves in the deeper themes of history, family and race. Singer-songwriter Scott Helman talks about championing Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee in this year's Canada Reads debates. Composer Michael Brook explains how he invented the infinite guitar, the instrument famously heard on U2's hit song, With or Without You.

Shauna and Rebecca review the second book on their list for 2021 CBC's Canada Reads, Two Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. Lee.  Rebecca makes a comparison between the grandmother in Two Trees with the mother in the graphic novel The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui.

Geopolitical changes in East Asia call for new ideas to inform much needed policy reforms. Jessica J. Lee from the Quincy Institute joins John Glaser to discuss how policymakers can approach a rising China, traditional East Asian allies, and a nuclear North Korea.Show NotesJessica J. Lee bioMichael D. Swain, Jessica J. Lee and Rachel Esplin Odell, “Toward an Inclusive & Balanced Order: A New U.S. Strategy in East Asia,” Quincy Institute Paper No. 5, January 2021. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Redaktion und Moderation Katharina Borchardt Mit neuen Büchern von Rachilde, Sjón, Jessica J. Lee, Alma M. Karlin und Henry Handel Richardson

Die kanadische Umwelthistorikern Jessica J. Lee hat ein wunderbares Buch über Taiwan geschrieben. Auf den Spuren ihrer eigenen Vorfahren erkundet sie Historie, Geologie und Botanik des subtropischen Eilands. Nature Writing vom Feinsten. Kurzkritik von Katharina Borchardt. Aus dem Englischen von Susanne Hornfeck Illustration von Judith Schalansky Matthes & Seitz Verlag, 216 Seiten, 28 Euro ISBN: 978-3-95757-961-4

158901158901Jessica J. Lee is an author and environmental historian who talking opening about her heritage and relationship with nature in this next episode from our podcast.   In this episode we talk about: The lockdown Connecting with nature on our doorsteps Urban green spaces Cold water swimming Nature writing Limnology, the study of inland water ecosystems Language and place Childhood with nature  The state of diversity in nature writing  Future plans   Jessica J. Lee is a British-Canadian-Taiwanese author and environmental historian, and winner of the 2020 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction and the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Award. She is the author of two books of nature writing: Turning (2017) and Two Trees Make a Forest (2019). She has a PhD in Environmental History and Aesthetics and was Writer-in-Residence at the Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology in Berlin from 2017–2018. Jessica is the founding editor of The Willowherb Review and a researcher at the University of Cambridge. She lives in London. Website: Jessica J. Lee Writes IG: JESSICA J LEE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode we’re giving you an update on the media we’ve been enjoying not for the podcast! We talk about music, books, podcasts, comics, videos, movies, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Announcements Check out our weekly "spooky" visual novel stream at twitch.tv/bookclub4m. Starting Friday, September 18th at 9pm Eastern / 6pm Pacific. Or check out the recordings on our YouTube channel Media We’ve Been Enjoying Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Vol. 1 by Kagiji Kumanomata The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 by Kōsuke Ōno Matthew heard about both of these manga in the Best and Worst Manga of 2020 panel Coode Street Podcast The Slowdown Strides Forward Comrades Marathon (Wikipedia) Dig: A History Podcast Choice, Sterilization, and Eugenics in Twentieth Century Puerto Rico Steaming the “Nefarious Sin”: Bathhouses and Homosexuality from the Victorian Era to the AIDS Epidemic Tell the Machine Goodnight by Katie Williams The Undying by Anne Boyer In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado Turning: A Swimming Memoir by Jessica J. Lee Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery Black Dresses on Bandcamp Black Dresses - Eternal Nausea Mitski on Bandcamp Mitski - Nobody Sofi Tukker on Twitch Sofi Tukker - Batshit Anarchism & Police Abolition Feat. Domri Rade by Spice8Rack On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss A Christmas Prince  The Grim Dystopia of A Christmas Prince (video by Jenny Nicholson) What things need to be saved in RJ’s winter holiday RPG? Suggest something! Finish It! Podcast Journey Under the Sea episode 1 Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee Links, Articles, and Things Our “to be read” piles Matthew Anna Meghan Hark! The Holiday Music Podcast Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery Trailer for the new Dune movie 15 Non-fiction Technology Books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors (see all our lists here) Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin Captivating Technology: Race, Carceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday Life by Ruha Benjamin Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simons Browne Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys Club of Silicon Valley by Emily Chang Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind by Regine Gilbert Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting It Done by Andrea Gonzales and Sophie Houser Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson by Katherine G. Johnson Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the Afronet to Black Lives Matter by Charlton D. McIlwain Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet by Lisa Nakamura Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life edited by Alondra Nelson and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu with Alicia Headlam Hines Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science by Kim TallBear Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest by Zeynep Tufekci The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu Suggest new genres or titles! Fill out the form to suggest genres! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, October 6th we’ll be reading Comedic/Humourous Novels! (or fiction?) Then on Tuesday, October 20th we’ll be playing Happy Birthday Dracula!

Nature N8 reads a book and talks about it with the author! This book is a mix of nature writing and memoir, that follows the narrator through Taiwan’s landscape and history. Born from an immigrant family that moved across 3 continents within 3 generations, Jessica uses her training in natural history to uncover her connections to Taiwan. Jessica J. Lee is a British-Canadian-Taiwanese author based in Berlin. In this episode, she chats candidly about her feelings as an outsider/insider, her hikes in Taiwanese mountains, and the subtle politics of ecology and nature writing. Two Trees Make a Forest (Catapult, 304 pages) comes out in the U.S. on August 4th. Get your copy from your local bookstores, or find it online at Bookshop.org. Special thanks to Jessica for reaching out to us! Subscribe to “Waste Not a Newsletter" on Substack. Follow us on Twitter @wastenotpod. Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon. Send questions to ask@wastenotwhynot.com. EPISODE CREDIT | Emily Y. Wu (@emilyywu), executive producer | Nate Maynard (@N8May), host | Yu-Chen Lai (@aGuavaEmoji), editor | Thomas Lee, brand design | a Ghost Island Media production (@ghostislandme) | www.ghostisland.media

The latest guest on Floating: Swimming Stories is Jessica J. Lee. Jessica is the author of TURNING and TWO TREES MAKE A FOREST. The former explores her year long quest to swim in a different lake around her adoptive home city of Berlin. Jessica and I discussed swimming through lockdown, dealing with techno–obsessed Berliners insisting on blasting tunes lakeside and the serious issues surrounding access to water for people from BAME and less privileged backgrounds.

Nature writing has often been white and male, and at times explicitly fascist. What would it mean to diversify the genre, in terms of race and gender? This week, Tom Overton talks to Jessica J. Lee, editor of The Willowherb Review (https://www.thewillowherbreview.com) about the journal and her book 'Turning: A Swimming Memoir' (2017), as well as her collaboration with The People's Forest project (https://wfculture19.co.uk/peoplesforest) and how we might imagine different kinds of nature writing. SELECTED REFERENCES Alliance for Freshwater Life - https://allianceforfreshwaterlife.org/ MARGARET ATWOOD, Surfacing (1972) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/20/fiction.margaretatwood Gary Budden - http://www.newlexicons.com/about CATHERINE BUNI, ‘Towards a Wider View of Nature Writing’ (LARB, 2016) - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/toward-a-wider-view-of-nature-writing Carolyn Finney - http://carolynfinney.com/about.html THEODOR FONTANE, Rambles Through the March of Brandenburg - https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/europe/germany/berlin-and-brandenburg/theodor-fontane-and-his-brandenburg-wanderings JESSICA J. LEE, Turning (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/02/turning-swimming-memoir-jessica-j-lee-review Ursula K. LeGuin ANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING, The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/19/mushroom-end-world-anna-lowenhaupt-tsing-review Ingrid Pollard – ‘Pastoral Interlude’ (1988) - http://www.ingridpollard.com/pastoral-interlude.html Lauret Savoy – https://www.mtholyoke.edu/people/lauret-savoy Richard Smyth, ‘The Dark Side of Nature Writing’ - https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5331/the-dark-side-of-nature-writing Unearthly (BBC radio documentary) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tds6x HENRY WILLIAMSON, Tarka the Otter (1927) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Williamson Dorothy Wordsworth - https://fivebooks.com/best-books/william-dorothy-wordsworth-lucy-newlyn William Wordsworth

It’s time for our Best of 2017 episode! We’ll talk about our favourite things we read for the podcast, our favourite things we read that weren’t for the podcast, and lots more! Please note, while many of the titles we recommend were published in 2017, this is our list of best of that we read in 2017, so there is some older material on the list as well. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jessi Top Book Club Picks Non-Fiction Anna The Argonauts (2015) by Maggie Nelson (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Jessi The Witches: Salem, 1692 (2016) by Stacy Schiff (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) Matthew Prose: The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA (2017) by Doug Mack (Episode 039 - Non-Fiction Travel) Comic: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness (2017) by Nagata Kabi (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Meghan In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote, narrated by Scott Brick (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) Fiction Anna Death in the Vines (2013) by M.L. Longworth (Episode 025 - Detective Fiction) The Snowman (2011) by Jo Nesbø (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Jessi Stardust (1998) by Neil Gaiman (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Matthew Prose: Autonomous (2017) by Annalee Newitz (Episode 041 - Dystopian Fiction) Comic: Nausicaa: Valley of the Wind (1982-1994) by Hayao Miyazaki (Episode 043 - Page to Screen (Books turned into movies and TV shows)) Meghan The City and the City (2009) by China Miéville (Episode 025 - Detective Fiction)   Top Non-Book Club Picks Non-Fiction Anna American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land (2017) by Monica Hesse Jessi Tomboy Survival Guide (2016) by Ivan Coyote (we mention this one in Episode 021 - Coming-of-Age and Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Matthew Prose: Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate (2017) by Zoe Quinn (mentioned in Episode 032.5 - BookExpo America and the American Library Association Annual Conference) Comic: Lighter than my Shadow (2017) by Katie Green (Episode 040 - Precipitation in Video Games) Meghan Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Issues (2016) in Canada by Chelsea Vowel Métis in Space podcast with Chelsea Vowel and Molly Swain Fiction Anna The Queen of Blood (2016) by Sarah Beth Durst (Episode 040 - Precipitation in Video Games) Jessi The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) by Katherine Arden (mentioned in Episode 034 - Reading Resolutions) Matthew Prose: Red Spider White Web (1990) by Misha (mentioned in Episode 034 - Reading Resolutions) Comic: Giant Days (2015-present) by John Allison and Max Sarin Meghan Next Year for Sure (2017) by Zoey Leigh Peterson   Other recommendations Anna From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty Lucky Penny (2016) by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota (Episode 021 - Coming-of-Age) Our Cats Are More Famous Than Us: A Johnny Wander Collection (2017) by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America (2016) by Patrick Phillips The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (2016) edited by Jesmyn Ward The Fire Next Time (1992) by James Baldwin Clean Sweep (2013) by Ilona Andrews (and the rest of that series) Spill Zone, vol. 1 (2017) by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland Volume 2 is being serialized as a webcomic (frustratingly the site seems to be setup so that you cannot link directly to pages, so to get to the beginning of volume two hit the previous chapter link a few times) HiLo, vol. 1: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth (2015) by Judd Winick Here’s the full panel (Read-Alikes: What to Suggest When They've Already Read Smile & The Walking Dead) from the Comics Conference for Educators and Librarians that Anna mentioned Jessi Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner (2014) by Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell Queers Were Here: Heroes & Icons of Queer Canada (2016) edited by Robin Ganev and RJ Gilmour (Episode 031 - LGBTQ+/QUILTBAG Non-Fiction) Green River, Running Red (2007) by Ann Rule (Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks) The Hating Game (2016) by Sally Thorne (Episode 028 - Accidental Romance) Matthew Three Parts Dead (2012) by Max Gladstone (Episode 33 - Legal Thrillers) True Grit (1968) by Charles Portis (Episode 29 - Westerns) The Sisters Brothers (2011) by Patrick deWitt (Episode 29 - Westerns) No Mercy, vol. 2 (2016) by Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee (specifically issue #9) Matthew’s longer list of favorite comics he read in 2017 is below Meghan Turning (2017) by Jessica J. Lee (Non-fiction memoir) See What I Have Done (2017) by Sarah Schmidt (Fictionalized true crime) Dreams of Shreds and Tatters (2015) by Amanda Downum (New Weird) Need for the Bike (2011) by Paul Fournel, translated by Allan Stoekl (non-fic BICYCLES) Blue Light Yokohama (2017) by Nicolás Obregón (Mystery) Matthew’s List of Top Comics he Read in 2017 that weren’t his top picks (Anna’s recommendations were also good!) Monstress vols. 1-2 by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda (2016-2017) This is an insanely epic (and beautiful) fantasy. You should read it! No Mercy, vol. 2 (2016) by Alex de Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee No, I haven’t read volume 3 yet... Omega Men: The End is Here (2016) by Tom King, Barnaby Bagenda, Toby Cyprus, and Ig Guara Invincible vols. 23-24 (2017) by by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley, and  Nathan Fairbairn It’s superheroes meet Dragonball Z, except much bloodier. It’s ending with volume 25, and I’m kind of sad about that. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye (2016) by Sonny Liew Despite really liking this, I don’t think it should have won the Eisner for “Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia” The Private Eye (2015) by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente As much as I enjoyed this, I don’t think the hardcover is worth $50. 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (2017) by Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss I was supplied with a review copy by the publishers. Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea (2017) by Mike Mignola and Gary Gianni Delicious in Dungeon vol. 1 (2017) by Ryoko Kui Yowamushi Pedal vols. 3-4 (2016) by Wataru Watanabe Bicycles! Demon vols. 1-4 (2016-2017) by Jason Shiga The first volume is the best and, to be honest, this series is kind of gross, so be warned... Order of the Stick: How the Paladin Got His Scar (2017) by Rich Burlew This was a reward only given to backers of the 2012 Kickstarter so you can’t actually buy or read it, but it’s really good! Questions What were your favourite reads of 2017? What would you recommend to us? Is there a supernatural gardening book you could recommend to Jessi? What is “Clean Sweep”? A curling related cozy mystery? A high school hijinx sports novel? A romance novel about a chimney sweep who is reforming himself after his criminal past? Something else? Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on January 16th for our episode on Family Sagas! Then come back on February 6th for our episode on our Reading Resolutions for 2018!

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