Podcasts about julia glass

In "The Whole World Over," author Julia Glass writes a novel about all the little accidents in life that come together to determine our choices in love and connections to others in the world. This second discussion about the book took place on a 2007 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Costa.

A podcast where we share sixty seconds of inspiration to help you create a kinder, gentler world faster than the speed of heartbreak. We believe that kindness needs to be the number one cherished idea in the world today. So, we created a show that adds one sweet droplet of goodness into the ocean of your life - every day.  #onekindmoment #kindness #kindnessquotes #kind Yesterday by John Hobart - Music Design by Jason Inc. https://brucewaynemclellan.com/    

In "And the Dark Sacred Night," author Julia Glass writes a novel about a man's quest to find his biological father and what he discovered along the journey about himself and the world. This discussion took place on a 2014 episode of "Conversations On The Coast with Jim Foster" originating in San Francisco, California. Photo: Robert Costa.

Zibby interviews National Book Award-winning and bestselling author Julia Glass about her brilliant new novel Vigil Harbor. Julia talks about her unique cast of interconnected characters (some of which reappear from earlier books), the intimidating challenge of working with fantastical and speculative elements for the first time, and the pressing global issues spotlighted in the novel. She also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the audiobook process and reveals who some of the voice actors are! (Remember Three Junes? It won the National Book Award and Zibby absolutely loved it!)Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: bit.ly/3W0kx89Bookshop: bit.ly/3F8IzH0Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.Purchase Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books merch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When you think of the future, what do you imagine? On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels with a decidedly dystopian view of things to come: "Vigil Harbor" by Julia Glass, and "The Displacements" by Bruce Holsinger.  All books available at The Ivy Bookshop and other fine local retailers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Julia Glass burst on the writing scene in 2002 when her first novel, “Three Junes”, won the National Book Award for fiction. Her newest novel “Vigil Harbor” plots current problems such as worldwide virus infections, climate change and increasing political violence as they might increase over the next twelve years, and charts their impact on a small town in coastal Massachusetts. Set in 2034, the novel includes a touch of mystery and the supernatural, and is a most enjoyable read from almost any perspective. On the show, Julia speaks about the ways climate change has shaped the novel, her experience writing with a supernatural twist for the first time, and how the book changed with the Covid-19 pandemic started. Our independent book store for this podcast is Keplers, in Menlo Park, California.

This week, I was honored to get to talk all things books and writing with the National Book Award–winning, best-selling author of Three Junes, Julia Glass. Her masterful new novel, Vigil Harbor, is set in a fictional version of Marblehead, Massachusetts, ten years in the future and explores climate instability, political violence, and domestic upheavals. Tune in to go behind the book with us.

Julia and I discuss her latest novel, Vigil Harbor, a story of the near future in which many of our current crises are amplified in terrifying yet recognizable ways. The Covid pandemic and its aftereffects are still felt, coastal communities are being swept into the sea, a violent wave of xenophobia and anti-immigrant anti-refugee sentiment stokes fire everywhere—such is the world a little more than a decade from now in Julia's imaginings. Like so many of Julia's works of fiction, it is the voices of the characters that populate this world that make the novel sing. There's the architect, Austin Kepner, who obsesses over building houses that are made to withstand the furies of an angry planet's weather. Margo, the sardonic, brainy teacher. Brecht, home from NYU after escaping a domestic terrorist attack, and so many other unique and compelling voices. Life in the small coastal town of Vigil Harbor is roiled by two unexpected visitors, one a stranger, and the other well-known to certain inhabitants. The result is a novel of many pleasures that unsettles even as it delights.  Julia Recommends: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall Elliott Ackerman, 2034: A Novel of the Next War Stewart O'Nan, Ocean State Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia and I discuss her latest novel, Vigil Harbor, a story of the near future in which many of our current crises are amplified in terrifying yet recognizable ways. The Covid pandemic and its aftereffects are still felt, coastal communities are being swept into the sea, a violent wave of xenophobia and anti-immigrant anti-refugee sentiment stokes fire everywhere—such is the world a little more than a decade from now in Julia's imaginings. Like so many of Julia's works of fiction, it is the voices of the characters that populate this world that make the novel sing. There's the architect, Austin Kepner, who obsesses over building houses that are made to withstand the furies of an angry planet's weather. Margo, the sardonic, brainy teacher. Brecht, home from NYU after escaping a domestic terrorist attack, and so many other unique and compelling voices. Life in the small coastal town of Vigil Harbor is roiled by two unexpected visitors, one a stranger, and the other well-known to certain inhabitants. The result is a novel of many pleasures that unsettles even as it delights.  Julia Recommends: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall Elliott Ackerman, 2034: A Novel of the Next War Stewart O'Nan, Ocean State Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Julia and I discuss her latest novel, Vigil Harbor, a story of the near future in which many of our current crises are amplified in terrifying yet recognizable ways. The Covid pandemic and its aftereffects are still felt, coastal communities are being swept into the sea, a violent wave of xenophobia and anti-immigrant anti-refugee sentiment stokes fire everywhere—such is the world a little more than a decade from now in Julia's imaginings. Like so many of Julia's works of fiction, it is the voices of the characters that populate this world that make the novel sing. There's the architect, Austin Kepner, who obsesses over building houses that are made to withstand the furies of an angry planet's weather. Margo, the sardonic, brainy teacher. Brecht, home from NYU after escaping a domestic terrorist attack, and so many other unique and compelling voices. Life in the small coastal town of Vigil Harbor is roiled by two unexpected visitors, one a stranger, and the other well-known to certain inhabitants. The result is a novel of many pleasures that unsettles even as it delights.  Julia Recommends: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall Elliott Ackerman, 2034: A Novel of the Next War Stewart O'Nan, Ocean State Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 466, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Fish 1: A Massachusetts cape is named for this state fish, a valuable food source. cod. 2: Though this "regal" salmon is Alaska's state fish, it doesn't wear a crown. king salmon. 3: Called a muskie for short, it's Wisconsin's state fish. a muskellunge. 4: This largest species of salmon, Oregon's state fish, shares its name with an Indian tribe and may grow to 3 feet. the chinook salmon. 5: South Dakota chose the walleye, while North Dakota chose the northern type of this fish. a pike. Round 2. Category: The Bells 1: This city's second-most famous bell was cast in 1926 for Wanamaker's Department Store. Philadelphia. 2: The bells in this 12th century Italian tower are no longer rung; we just hope they don't fall out. Leaning Tower of Pisa. 3: The world's largest bell, which has never rung, is in this walled area of Moscow. The Kremlin. 4: Big Ben hangs over Parliament and a rival, Great Tom, hangs over Christ Church College at this university. Oxford. 5: One of this city's Temple Bells, which Kipling heard calling him back, weighs 90 tons. Mandalay. Round 3. Category: Get Your Literary Facts Straight 1: "Three Junes" is a novel by Julia Glass; this Chekhov play centers on the Prozorov family. Three Sisters. 2: Agatha Christie: "Death On The Nile";Thomas Mann:"Death In" this city. Venice. 3: "Brick House" is by the Commodores; this Dickens novel tells of the interminable suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. Bleak House. 4: "A Room of One's Own" is a feminist essay by Virginia Woolf; this E.M. Forster work tells of Lucy, on vacation in Italy. A Room With a View. 5: Ivan Turgenev wrote "A Month in the Country"; Alan Paton wrote this story of a South African pastor and his son. Cry, the Beloved Country. Round 4. Category: '90s Sitcoms 1: The pals in this sitcom hang out and down a few brews at Cleveland's Warsaw Tavern. The Drew Carey Show. 2: Roz Doyle is his producer and call-screener at Seattle's KACL Radio. Frasier Crane. 3: Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode. Home Improvement. 4: MIchelangelo is the middle name of Lewis Kiniski, Ryan Stiles' character on this sitcom. The Drew Carey Show. 5: This sitcom was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning columns by humorist Dave Barry. Dave's World. Round 5. Category: Crazy Talk 1: Crazy like a Christmas loaf. nutty as a fruitcake. 2: Nocturnal flying mammals enclosed by a church tower. bats in the belfry. 3: Enunciation of a Black Forest clock bird. cuckoo, cuckoo. 4: Hauling 999 baked and molded blocks of clay when you should have 1000. not carrying a full load. 5: The penthouse is unserviced by the lift. the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

On this episode of Booklist's Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to NoveList's Halle Eisenman about her turn as chair of the RUSA CODES' Reading List committee, and what that list can do for you (and your patrons). Then Adult Books Editor Donna Seaman shares millions (OK, not millions) of suggestions for forthcoming books of biography, poetry, fiction, and more. Here's what we talked about: RUSA's Reading List RUSA's Notable Books List The Guncle, by Steven Rowley A Man Called Ove, by Frederik Backman Dial A for Aunties, by Jesse Q. Sutanto The Reading List, by Sara Nisha Adams Sorrow and Bliss, by Meg Mason The Summer Seekers, by Sarah Morgan A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers One Day All This Will Be Yours, by Adrian Tchaikovsky Arsenic and Adobo, by Mia P. Manansala Last Night at the Telegraph Club, by Malinda Lo Nora Goes Off Script, by Annabel Monaghan Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age, by Betsy Prioleau Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christophr Murray Yoko Ono: An Artful Life, by Donald Brackett Antes Que Isla Es Volcán / Before Island Is Volcano, by Raquel Salas Rivera Smoking the Bible, by Chris Abani Border Vista, by Anni Liu Smile: The Story of a Face, by Sarah Ruhl Love Poems in Quarantine, by Sarah Ruhl Zoom Rooms, by Mary Jo Salter We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, by Tsering Yangzom Lama The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them, by Elif Batuman Either/Or, by Elif Batuman The Idiot, by Elif Batuman You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty, by Akwaeke Emezi Vigil Harbor, by Julia Glass

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

On this bonus episode, Jenny reports on the first quarter of her TBR Explode project (now on its second year) and announces this year's Reading Envy Summer Reading Challenge! It's almost May, so it's almost summer, depending on how you define it. Please let me know what you are reading for your summer reading by using the hashtag #readingenvysummerreading - yes I left the challenge part out but it's long enough.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 188: TBR Explode and SUMMER READING Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via StitcherListen through Spotify Books discussed: Kept on TBR but did not finish The Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonTalking to Girls About Duran Duran by Rob SheffieldWent ahead and read The River Gods by Brian KiteleyThe Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando SkyhorseBeginner’s Greek by James CollinsA Brief History of Time by Shaindel BeersUnformed Landscape by Peter StammTried and abandoned The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. MoraisHeart of Lies by M.L. MalcolmMy Empire of Dirt by Manny HowardWonder by Hugo ClausThe Twin by Gerbrand BakkerKings of the Earth by Jon ClinchThe Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean GreerTwo Marriages by Phillip LopateWhat is Left the Daughter by Howard NormanThe Bible Salesman by Clyde EdgertonLush Life by Richard PriceIn the Kitchen by Monica AliThe Grift by Debra GinsbergMy Father’s Tears and Other Stories by John UpdikePygmy by Chuck PalahniukA Good Fall by Ha JinThe Case of the Missing Books by Ian SansomThe Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass The Cookbook Collector by Allegra GoodmanCheese Making by Rita AshThe Irresistible Henry House by Lisa GrunwaldCountry Driving by Peter HesslerThe Big Short by Michael LewisOther mentions:The Last Policeman series by Ben H. Winters (The Last Policeman is book 1)Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French (In the Woods is book 1)Tana French - Book Riot recommended order The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante (My Brilliant Friend is book 1)Related episodes:Episode 024 - The Attention of Humanity with guests Seth Wilson and Barret Newman Episode 149 - TBR Explode! (2019)Episode 158 - TBR Explode 2 (2019)Episode 168 - TBR Explode 3 (2019)Episode 169 - Simulacrum with Jon Sealy   Episode 174 - Cozy Holiday Reads and TBR Explode 4 (2019)Stalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy

Mission encre noire Tome 24 Chapitre 295 La toile du monde de Antonin Varenne paru en 2018 aux éditions Albin Michel. C'est à bord du Paquebot français le Touraine que vous embarquez à la suite de mille autres passagers à destination de Paris en l'an 1900. Aileen Bowman, digne héritière de la trilogie d'Antonin Varenne, inaugurée par Trois mille chevaux-vapeur et Équateur, regarde les hommes descendre les valises, les enfants, coller leur nez morveux aux vitres et les femmes rajuster leur tenue ; l'exposition universelle de 1900 leur tend les bras. La jeune femme de trente cinq ans est envoyée spéciale outre-atlantique pour le quotidien américain New-York Tribune. Elle, qui porte des pantalons, comme un homme dans un ranch du Nevada, se présente au siège du premier journal féministe de l'histoire, La fronde. Aileen y publie un premier papier vitriolique, qui confond la bonne société patriarcale, sous pseudonyme: la ville de Paris, une femme libre ou une catin qui serait à vendre. La capitale française se baigne de lumière, la première ligne du Métropolitain s'achève, la Tour Eiffel à un an, Rudolf Diesel expose son moteur fonctionnant à l'huile d'arachide. Alors que dans les glaises instables sont plantés des pieux immenses, déposés des blocs de béton, c'est le sol qui menace de se dérober sous les pieds de la jeune journaliste lorsque l'amour, la mort et le passé la rattrape soudainement. Antonin Varenne collectionne les machine à écrire d'époque, le saviez-vous ? Il est notre invité à Mission encre noire. Extrait: «À l'inverse, les Français avaient sous les pieds tant de passé qu'ils n'en connaissaient probablement presque rien. c'était l'écho de catacombes oubliées qui faisait résonner le granit des rues. Trop courtes ou trop longues, les frises chronologiques ont pour conséquences des mémoires incomplètes. La maîtrise du temps - l'instruction - est aux mains des puissants. les peuples, occupés à survivre, n'en possèdent pas assez pour le capitaliser, le faire jouer en leur faveur. Ils empilent seulement les pierres des bâtiments qui leur survivront.» Une maison dans les arbres de Julia Glass traduit par Josette Chicheportiche, paru en 2018 aux éditions Gallmeister collection Americana. Tomasina Daulair déambule dans la maison du Connecticut du célèbre auteur de livres pour enfants Morty Lear, mort dans un banal accident domestique. Elle est chargé de gérer son héritage artistique. Un homme, avec qui, elle a partagé trente ans de vie commune depuis leur première rencontre fortuite, avec son frère, dans un jardin pour enfant. Devenu son assistante, sa confidente, elle sait tout de lui, ou pensait-elle le savoir ? Jusqu'à l'irruption dans sa vie, de Nicholas Greene, un acteur britannique primé aux oscars, qui doit incarner Morty à l'écran. Un voile sombre se lève sur la vie de l'artiste. Julia Glass s'est inspiré de la figure légendaire de Maurice Sendak, l'auteur de Max et les Maximonstres. Lauréate du National Book Award avec Jours de juin, tous les livres de l'autrice sont des best sellers aux États-Unis. Extrait: «L'année de sa seconde, alors qu'elle travaillait après l'école à la bibliothèque où elle rangeait les livres, elle monta un club qu'elle appela Pièces pour Non-Acteurs où les élèves qui ne voulaient pas faire partie de la bande de théatreux pouvaient lire des pièces à voix haute. Mort Lear lui était alors complètement sorti de l'esprit - jusqu'au jour où elle vit, dans le métro, un après-midi, une petite fille serrant dans ses bras une poupée de chiffon dont le visage ressemblait à celui d'Ivo. Tommy se déplaça pour la voir de plus près. Elle avait l'impression que la poupée la regardait du fond du wagon bruyant. Elle pensa: Mon frère est devenu un dessin puis un livre et maintenant une poupée.» Cartographie de l'amour décolonial de Leanne Betasamosake Simpson traduit par Natasha Kanapé Fontaine et d'Arianne Des Rochers paru en 2018 aux éditions Mémoire d'encrier. Est-il possible d'aimer cette partie de nous-même qui a été brisé par le pouvoir colonial quand on la retrouve chez quelqu'un d'autre?, titre Junot Diaz en exergue de ce récit. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson laisse défiler librement la parole dans une trentaine d'histoires qui disent les liens qui entravent, qui empêchent, qui restreignent, qui blessent la nation Nishnaabeg. La cartographie serait plutôt une cosmogonie, un ensemble d'étoiles qui tente d'échapper à cette science de l'enfermement géographique, politique et social causé par le colonialisme et le racisme. L'autrice nous raconte, se laisse porter par les canots, les rivières, les stationnements de centre d'achat miteux, parmi les conifères du nord, pour témoigner. L'avenir se trouve ailleurs, en dehors des cartes à l'extérieur de l'espace temps colonial. Cet ouvrage ne cache pas la plaie ouverte par le passé. Il n'est pas pour autant question d'y rester piégé. Affirmer son identité, affirmer sa puissance et ses espoirs neufs sont au coeur d'un récit indispensable. Extrait: «Il y a une vieille histoire nishnaabe, qui remonte à la nuit des temps, selon laquelle sept grands-parents qui vivaient dans le ciel avaient séparé un petit garçon de ses parents pour lui enseigner les valeurs et les coutumes que les peuples de la terre avaient oubliées. Ils lui ont enseigné des histoires, des chansons et des cérémonies avant de le renvoyer sur terre afin qu'il puisse partager ces valeurs et coutumes avec son peuple. Je n'ai jamais vraiment aimé cette histoire, parce que ça me brise le coeur quand le petit garçon est séparé de ses parents, et j'écoute le reste de l'histoire avec une appréhension nerveuse, perdue dans toute la solitude que ce garçon a dû ressentir, perdue dans un monde où il a toujours été le seul.»  

Mission encre noire Tome 24 Chapitre 295 La toile du monde de Antonin Varenne paru en 2018 aux éditions Albin Michel. C'est à bord du Paquebot français le Touraine que vous embarquez à la suite de mille autres passagers à destination de Paris en l'an 1900. Aileen Bowman, digne héritière de la trilogie d'Antonin Varenne, inaugurée par Trois mille chevaux-vapeur et Équateur, regarde les hommes descendre les valises, les enfants, coller leur nez morveux aux vitres et les femmes rajuster leur tenue ; l'exposition universelle de 1900 leur tend les bras. La jeune femme de trente cinq ans est envoyée spéciale outre-atlantique pour le quotidien américain New-York Tribune. Elle, qui porte des pantalons, comme un homme dans un ranch du Nevada, se présente au siège du premier journal féministe de l'histoire, La fronde. Aileen y publie un premier papier vitriolique, qui confond la bonne société patriarcale, sous pseudonyme: la ville de Paris, une femme libre ou une catin qui serait à vendre. La capitale française se baigne de lumière, la première ligne du Métropolitain s'achève, la Tour Eiffel à un an, Rudolf Diesel expose son moteur fonctionnant à l'huile d'arachide. Alors que dans les glaises instables sont plantés des pieux immenses, déposés des blocs de béton, c'est le sol qui menace de se dérober sous les pieds de la jeune journaliste lorsque l'amour, la mort et le passé la rattrape soudainement. Antonin Varenne collectionne les machine à écrire d'époque, le saviez-vous ? Il est notre invité à Mission encre noire. Extrait: «À l'inverse, les Français avaient sous les pieds tant de passé qu'ils n'en connaissaient probablement presque rien. c'était l'écho de catacombes oubliées qui faisait résonner le granit des rues. Trop courtes ou trop longues, les frises chronologiques ont pour conséquences des mémoires incomplètes. La maîtrise du temps - l'instruction - est aux mains des puissants. les peuples, occupés à survivre, n'en possèdent pas assez pour le capitaliser, le faire jouer en leur faveur. Ils empilent seulement les pierres des bâtiments qui leur survivront.» Une maison dans les arbres de Julia Glass traduit par Josette Chicheportiche, paru en 2018 aux éditions Gallmeister collection Americana. Tomasina Daulair déambule dans la maison du Connecticut du célèbre auteur de livres pour enfants Morty Lear, mort dans un banal accident domestique. Elle est chargé de gérer son héritage artistique. Un homme, avec qui, elle a partagé trente ans de vie commune depuis leur première rencontre fortuite, avec son frère, dans un jardin pour enfant. Devenu son assistante, sa confidente, elle sait tout de lui, ou pensait-elle le savoir ? Jusqu'à l'irruption dans sa vie, de Nicholas Greene, un acteur britannique primé aux oscars, qui doit incarner Morty à l'écran. Un voile sombre se lève sur la vie de l'artiste. Julia Glass s'est inspiré de la figure légendaire de Maurice Sendak, l'auteur de Max et les Maximonstres. Lauréate du National Book Award avec Jours de juin, tous les livres de l'autrice sont des best sellers aux États-Unis. Extrait: «L'année de sa seconde, alors qu'elle travaillait après l'école à la bibliothèque où elle rangeait les livres, elle monta un club qu'elle appela Pièces pour Non-Acteurs où les élèves qui ne voulaient pas faire partie de la bande de théatreux pouvaient lire des pièces à voix haute. Mort Lear lui était alors complètement sorti de l'esprit - jusqu'au jour où elle vit, dans le métro, un après-midi, une petite fille serrant dans ses bras une poupée de chiffon dont le visage ressemblait à celui d'Ivo. Tommy se déplaça pour la voir de plus près. Elle avait l'impression que la poupée la regardait du fond du wagon bruyant. Elle pensa: Mon frère est devenu un dessin puis un livre et maintenant une poupée.» Cartographie de l'amour décolonial de Leanne Betasamosake Simpson traduit par Natasha Kanapé Fontaine et d'Arianne Des Rochers paru en 2018 aux éditions Mémoire d'encrier. Est-il possible d'aimer cette partie de nous-même qui a été brisé par le pouvoir colonial quand on la retrouve chez quelqu'un d'autre?, titre Junot Diaz en exergue de ce récit. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson laisse défiler librement la parole dans une trentaine d'histoires qui disent les liens qui entravent, qui empêchent, qui restreignent, qui blessent la nation Nishnaabeg. La cartographie serait plutôt une cosmogonie, un ensemble d'étoiles qui tente d'échapper à cette science de l'enfermement géographique, politique et social causé par le colonialisme et le racisme. L'autrice nous raconte, se laisse porter par les canots, les rivières, les stationnements de centre d'achat miteux, parmi les conifères du nord, pour témoigner. L'avenir se trouve ailleurs, en dehors des cartes à l'extérieur de l'espace temps colonial. Cet ouvrage ne cache pas la plaie ouverte par le passé. Il n'est pas pour autant question d'y rester piégé. Affirmer son identité, affirmer sa puissance et ses espoirs neufs sont au coeur d'un récit indispensable. Extrait: «Il y a une vieille histoire nishnaabe, qui remonte à la nuit des temps, selon laquelle sept grands-parents qui vivaient dans le ciel avaient séparé un petit garçon de ses parents pour lui enseigner les valeurs et les coutumes que les peuples de la terre avaient oubliées. Ils lui ont enseigné des histoires, des chansons et des cérémonies avant de le renvoyer sur terre afin qu'il puisse partager ces valeurs et coutumes avec son peuple. Je n'ai jamais vraiment aimé cette histoire, parce que ça me brise le coeur quand le petit garçon est séparé de ses parents, et j'écoute le reste de l'histoire avec une appréhension nerveuse, perdue dans toute la solitude que ce garçon a dû ressentir, perdue dans un monde où il a toujours été le seul.»  

National Book Award winner Julia Glass won one of fiction’s highest honors with her debut novel. That breakout, Three Junes (2002), follows the lives and loves of a Scottish family […]

National Book Award winner Julia Glass won one of fiction’s highest honors with her debut novel. That breakout, Three Junes (2002), follows the lives and loves of a Scottish family over the course of a full decade. Upon its release, The New York Times Book Review gushed: “Three Junes brilliantly rescues, then refurbishes, the traditional […]

National Book Award winner Julia Glass won one of fiction’s highest honors with her debut novel. That breakout, Three Junes (2002), follows the lives and loves of a Scottish family over the course of a full decade. Upon its release, The New York Times Book Review gushed: “Three Junes brilliantly rescues, then refurbishes, the traditional plot-driven novel.” Subsequent bestsellers to […]

Amanda and Jenn discuss rich people problems, pregnant protagonists, book-slump busters, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Love Letters to Jane’s World by Paige Braddock, and How Are You Going to Save Yourself by JM Holmes.   Feedback Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound by Grant Lawrence   Questions   1. Good morning, I'm going on a trip to France (Paris/Strasbourg) in November and looking for book recs for the summer, preferably historical fiction or mystery. We'll be visiting several palaces, so books related to the monarchy would be great. I'm pretty well-read on British/Scottish history but pretty ignorant on French history. (Totally on board for rich people problems :) Recent faves are the Lytton trilogy (Penny Vincenzi), Life After Life (Kate Atkinson), The Diviners series (Libba Bray), Rules of Civility (Amor Towles), Flight of Gemma Hardy (Margaret Livesey), anything by Tana French. I've checked off Atonement/the Nightingale/Everyone Brave is Forgiven. Thanks so much! Love the show! --Brittney   2. Hi Ladies! Like Amanda I really love the rich people problems types of books, from YA books like the Map of Fates series and Gossip Girl to The Vacationers, Rich and Pretty, The Nest, and most recently the Kevin Kwan series Crazy Rich Asians (amazing on audio). I love the fashion and luxury and over the top feel of these books, they’re just... fun and a nice escape from reality. Can you provide me with some recommendations (preferably contemporary settings)? --Jenn   3. Hey y'all! I love the podcast. This year I decided to read more and I love getting deep cut recs that I'd have never found on my own. I'm writing to ask about audiobook recommendations, specifically audiobooks with full cast productions such as American Gods, His Dark Materials, and Lincoln in the Bardo. I find that full cast productions are especially engrossing! Please no abridgments or dramatizations. I'm also not a huge fan of sci fi, I'm just not into space! Thank you so much :) --Bess   4. Greetings, magical unicorns! I am interested in books with pregnant protagonists. The kind where they are doing something badass. Not necessarily fighting crime or saving humanity, but living their lives and being kickass while also growing a human. Some examples that comes to mind are "The Fireman," "Persons Unknown," or even the latest Spider-Woman comic where Jessica Drew was a badass pregnant superhero. These ladies are not sitting around on fainting couches because they feel fragile. They're taking life by the horns and not letting a little thing like the miracle of life stop them. --Emily   5. Hi Jenn and Amanda! I moved recently and joined a new book group full of smart, engaged women in their thirties and early forties. All of us have full-time jobs and some of the members have young kids (one of the women has a full-time job, an 18-month old, AND is getting her MBA!) Needless to say, everyone has good intentions to read the books each month, but with everyone's busy schedules, sometimes only one or two of us actually finds the time to actually do it. I am hoping you can provide a couple of suggestions for books that will entice the entire group to read the whole book. We read fiction and nonfiction, although the group seems to prefer fiction, and nothing too long would help the cause. One of the group's absolutely favorite reads was A Man Called Ove and we recently read Three Junes by Julia Glass which the people who read it really enjoyed but some of the members tried to start it and couldn't get into it. Thanks for any suggestions you have! --Halle   6. I am an avid reader but, unfortunately, have not been able to read for the past few months. It's getting harder for me to get back to reading. I started with Beloved, but I found it heavy and not very engaging. My favorites include To Kill a Mockingbird and Eat, Pray, Love. Hoping that you can help :) --Shivani   7. Hi Amanda and Jenn, First, love the podcast! I recently finished The Magicians Trilogy and absolutely loved it! Could you please recommend more fantasy books like this series? I was originally drawn to the series because I had heard it was “Harry Potter for grown-ups” but what I really liked about these books was that they were moody and gritty in addition to whimsical, and the characters flawed and complex. If it helps, I also loved the Abhorsen books by Garth Nix and the Night Circus, and I disliked The Paper Magician and The Book of Lost Things. No YA please, and bonus points for a female protagonist. Thank you! --Heather   Books Discussed My Own Devices by Dessa (out Sept. 8) Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich (WIT: http://biblibio.blogspot.com/) Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran Versailles by Kathryn Davis Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, translated by Marilyn Booth People Like Us by Dominick Dunne (his Recommended episode) A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James (26 hours, have fun!) Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (audio rec’d by Nita Basu, 11 hours), trigger warning for suicidal ideation Heartless by Gail Carriger Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes, rape, mandated sterilization, child abuse)

Twenty Summers was proud to bring together the accomplished and widely admired Richard Russo and Hannah Tinti, each on tour for a new book: Russo for Trajectory, a quartet of novellas; Tinti for her second novel, The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, praised in the Washington Post as 'master class in literary suspense.' In addition to writing ten other books, including the Pulitzer prize-winning novel Empire Falls and the best-selling memoir Elsewhere, Russo is a veteran screenwriter. His novel Nobody's Fool was made into a movie starring Paul Newman and Jessica Tandy. Tinti is also the author of an internationally acclaimed story collection, Animal Crackers, and The Good Thief, winner of the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. She is a cofounder and executive editor of the journal One Story and of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Italy. She was recently named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture. Russo and Tinti, friends as well as kindred authors, discuss life, literature, and anything else they please. Twenty Summers cofounder Julia Glass moderated. Media sponsorship by WCAI.

Episode Fifteen Show Notes – Biblio Adventures – Books on the Nightstand debrief with Ann Kingman Jane Sobel Klonsky – Unconditional: Older Dogs, Deeper Love Lauren Grodstein – History of Love Victor Lodato – Edgar & Lucy Lisa Ko – The Leavers Kathleen Rooney – Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk Jason Rekulak – The Impossible Fortress Jim Shepard – The World to Come: Stories Peter Heller – Celine Jessica Shattuck – Women in the Castle Will Schwalbe – Books for Living – Ann’s Book Recommendations – Saints for All Occasions – J. Courtney Sullivan Chemistry: A novel – Weike Wang (release date 5/23/2017) A House Among the Trees: A novel – Julia Glass (release date 6/13/2017) Stay With Me – Ayòbami Adébáyò (release date 8/22/2017) The Red-Haired Woman: A novel – Orhan Pamuk (release date 8/22/2017) Norma – Sofi Oksanen (release date 9/5/2017) An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic – Daniel Mendelsohn (release date 9/12/2017) Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery – Scott Kelly (release date 10/17/2017) – Also Mentioned – Russell Gray blogs at https://www.inkandpaperblog.com/ and vlogs at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHIesGYARon0fpRkyBGJoQ Kathleen Rooney is founder of Poems While You Wait Jason Rekulak runs the publishing company Quirk Books and he spoke about his book Penis Pokey – look it up! A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

The new year brings back our very first episode. Nancy is off for a few weeks, attending to her own writing. Here is our very first episode, with something added. A word from our sponsor. Sarah Swanson at The Bryant Corner Cafe is the person who has made us a space here at the cafe.  So, we find out a little bit about why that is, and also, we taste their homemade hollandaise sauce Write us at thatstackofbooks@gmail.com. Looking for a book suggestion? Have a thought about a topic we should cover? Give us some feedback to the show. Drop us a line. We love to hear from you.Here are the books we discussed on this episode.That Stack of Books Episode 1 Some of the books, authors and genre’s discussed by Nancy, Steve, Katy and our visitor’s Welcome To Subirdia, John M. MarzluffRichard Norton Smith, On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson RockefellerGarth Stein, The Sudden LightPeter Temple, Truth, The Broken Shore; The Jack Irish SeriesDonna Leon, Guido Brunetti SeriesAndrea Camilleri, Salvo Montalbano SeriesManuel Vazquez Montalbon, Pepe Carvalho SeriesPatrick Millikin, Phoenix NoirJon Talton, David Mapstone Mysteries SeriesM.M. Kaye, The Sun In Morning, The Far PavilionsAgatha Christie’s booksPaul Scott, The Raj QuartetEmma Straub, The Vacationers.Ian MacEwan, The Children Act, Atonement, Black DogsAdrian Mckinty, The Cold, Cold GroundJohn Boyne, This House Is HauntedLouisa May Alcott, Little Men, The Old Fashioned Girl, Jack And JillNicole Krause, The History of Love Jonathan Safron Foer, Everything Is IlluminatedMarie-Helene Bertino, 2 A.M. at The Cat’s PajamasCheryl Strayed, WildJulia Glass, And The Dark Sacred Night, The Three JunesAnthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital PhenomenaJohn Le Carre, A Most Wanted ManCea Person, North Of NormalKristin Hannah, Fly AwayLeanne Moriarty, Big, Little Lies, The Husband’s SecretElin Hildebrand. Various titles Kathyrn Ma, The Year She Left UsFiona McFarland, The Night GuestDavid Shafer, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 

In this richly detailed novel about the quest for an unknown father, Julia Glass brings new characters together with familiar figures from her first two novels, immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from suburban New Jersey to rural Vermont and ultimately to the tip of Cape Cod.

The World Without You (Pantheon) Acclaimed novelist Joshua Henkin reads and signs his third book, The World Without You, a poignant novel about sibling rivalries, marriage in crisis, and the aftermath of family tragedy. "Witty and wise, poignant and heartfelt. . . . The 4th of July will never be the same for me, nor for my fellow Americans. I can't imagine a world without Joshua Henkin." —Gary Shteyngart "It's no secret that Henkin is a writer of voluminous heart, humanity, and talent." —Julia Glass, author of The Widower's Tale Joshua Henkin is the author of the novels Swimming Across the Hudson (a Los Angeles Times Notable Book), Matrimony (a New York Times Notable Book), and The World Without You (on-sale from Pantheon June 19). His stories have been published widely, cited for distinction in Best American Short Stories and broadcast on NPR's Selected Shorts. He directs the MFA Program in Fiction Writing at Brooklyn College. Photo of the author by Matthew Polis. THIS EVENT WAS RECORDED LIVE AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS JULY 16, 2012. Copies of his book can be purchased here: http://tinyurl.com/ct9z5me

Special Guest: Award-winning novelist Martha Southgate (who, in the words of Julia Glass, “can write fast and hot, then lush and tender, then just plain truthful and burning with heart”) tells the moving story of a family tested to the limits by an unending cycle of addiction over the course of two generations. In her new novel, The Taste of Salt, Southgate perfectly captures the struggles of living with alcoholic family members. Martha Southgate is the author of two acclaimed novels, The Fall of Rome and Third Girl from the Left and other works that have been widely anthologized. She has worked for numerous publications, including Essence, Premiere, the New York Daily News, and the New York Times. A graduate of Smith College, she has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard, and has taught at Brooklyn College and The New School. www.marthasouthgate.com

'The Whole World Over'