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On this episode, Austin Waters, a friend of mine from high school, describes how he has had lots of experience with many different types of reading and writing. We discuss reading plays, how we read so many good books in high school, and how competition in reading can be detrimental. Books mentioned in this episode: What Betsy's reading: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak Books Highlighted by Austin: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Assata: an Autobiography by Assata Shakur Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America by Alex Kotlowitz Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon Someone Like You by Roald Dahl My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyner Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page. Other books mentioned in this episode: Educated by Tara Westover Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson & GB Trudeau A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Redwall by Brian Jacques Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Animal Farm by George Orwell The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Decoded by Jay-Z The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Banshees of Inisherin by Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Yellowface by R.F. Kuang The Epic of Gilgamesh trans. Andrew George Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Tempest by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Odyssey by Homer No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton On The Calculation of Volume Book I by Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland House of Fury by Evelio Rosero, trans. Victor Meadowcroft On The Clock by Claire Baglin, trans. Jordan Stump
La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao es un monumento literario a los perdedores, a los que no encajan ni aquí ni allá. Díaz convierte la tragedia dominicana en una epopeya nerd, donde el amor por lo marginal (cómics, fantasía) es un acto político. La novela grita que el colonialismo no terminó, solo mutó: en racismos internalizados, en familias rotas, en niños que prefieren Moria a Mango Street. Como dice Yunior: "El fukú no es una maldición, es la historia. Y la historia es una mierda que nunca se va."AVISO LEGAL: Los cuentos, poemas, fragmentos de novelas, ensayos y todo contenido literario que aparece en Crónicas Lunares di Sun podrían estar protegidos por derecho de autor (copyright). Si por alguna razón los propietarios no están conformes con el uso de ellos por favor escribirnos al correo electrónico cronicaslunares.sun@hotmail.com y nos encargaremos de borrarlo inmediatamente. Si te gusta lo que escuchas y deseas apoyarnos puedes dejar tu donación en PayPal, ahí nos encuentras como @IrvingSun https://paypal.me/IrvingSun?country.x=MX&locale.x=es_XC Síguenos en: Telegram: Crónicas Lunares di Sun Crónicas Lunares di Sun - YouTube https://t.me/joinchat/QFjDxu9fqR8uf3eR https://www.facebook.com/cronicalunar/?modal=admin_todo_tour Crónicas Lunares (@cronicaslunares.sun) • Fotos y videos de Instagram https://twitter.com/isun_g1 https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9lODVmOWY0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz https://open.spotify.com/show/4x2gFdKw3FeoaAORteQomp https://mx.ivoox.com/es/s_p2_759303_1.html https://tunein.com/user/gnivrinavi/favorites
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Hello, playwrights! Big news—our full-length episodes are making a comeback this summer! Until then, we're excited to bring you Thank You Five, a series of short, slice-of-life episodes. In our first segment, we're hanging outside the Old Globe Theatre for the Powers New Voices Festival 2025 to see the staged reading of Marco Antonio Rodriguez's adaptation of Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Plus, we dive into Sarah Greenman's phenomenal new book and, as always, send you off with a fresh writing prompt to spark your creativity. Stay tuned, and happy writing!
This week, Jess and Lauren discuss the books that made it into The New York Times Top 100 books of the 21st Century, sharing reccos on the books they've read and the ones worthy of adding to the TBR. This episode is brought to you by Snuggs, the brand on a mission to make periods simpler with the COMFIEST period pants on the market. And you can try them out for yourselves using our code for 15% off - just type BOOKRECCOS15 when you visit their website: https://snuggs.uk/discount/BOOKRECCOS15Books Mentioned in this Episode:Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiAtonement by Ian McEwanSmall Things Like These by Claire KeeganOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesDetransition, Baby by Torrey PetersOn Beauty by Zadie SmithRead the full list here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?searchResultPosition=8Book Reccos Website, Shop & newsletter: Don't forget to check out our website and checkout the Book Reccos shop to purchase your very own Book Reccos Reading Journal! And whilst you're there sign up to our newsletter to receive a monthly email from us to fill you in on our favourite reccos of the month. Head to www.bookreccos.com Get in Touch: Instagram: @bookreccos Email: hello@bookreccos.comWebsite: www.bookreccos.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Joe and Emma on this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast as they dive deep into the ever-evolving landscape of the literary canon. They shine a spotlight on contemporary books that challenge traditional notions of what it means to be considered "canonical" and explore the complexities of defining literary greatness. Emma and Joe offer up some modern works and their potential to reshape our understanding of literature and join a new canon. From diverse voices to innovative storytelling techniques, they celebrate the richness and diversity of contemporary literature that deserves a place in the canon. Titles mentioned in this episode: Emma's Titles: Atonement by Ian McEwan The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Joe's Titles: The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Fun Home by Alison Bechdel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Life of Pi by Yann Martel Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Past episodes mentioned in this episode: The Hunger Games Retrospective Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Ep. #135 - Colson Whitehead, 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We've got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The idea of the Great American Novel is controversial, passé, hubristic, and . . . always fascinating to talk about. This week, inspired by a recent list of potential candidates for the Great American Novel published in The Atlantic, we dive in and talk about the concept, the history, the list, and our votes for other contenders. What book(s) would get your vote?ShownotesBooks* The MANIAC, by Benjamin Labatut* Lesser Ruins, by Mark Haber* Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, by Kapka Kassabova* Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time, by Kapka Kassabova* To the River: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace, by Kapka Kassabova* Anima: A Wild Pastoral, by Kapka Kassabova* Dante: The Inferno, translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander* Phineas Finn, by Anthony Trollope* The Eustace Diamonds, by Anthony Trollope* Phineas Reduce, by Anthony Trollope* Mortal Leap, by MacDonald Harris* Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville* Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe* James, by Percival Everett* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain* Augustus, by John Williams* Butcher's Crossing, by John Williams* Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner* Passing, by Nella Larsen* The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald* So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures, by Maureen Corrigan* The Making of Americans, by Gertrude Stein* An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser* Light in August, by William Faulkner* The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner* Nightwood, by Djuna Barnes* I Am Alien to Life: Selected Stories, by Djuna Barnes* Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston* The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler* Ask the Dust, by John Fante* Wait Until Spring, Bandini, by John Fante* U.S.A., by John Dos Passos* The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck* In a Lonely Place, by Dorothy B. Hughes* All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren* The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers* The Street, by Ann Petry* The Mountain Lion, by Jean Stafford* A Time to Be Born, by Dawn Powell* The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger* Fahrenheit 451, by Raymond Bradbury* Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison* Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White* The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow* Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov* The Bookshop, by Penelope Fitzgerald* Giovanni's Room, by James Baldwin* The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson* No-No Boy, by John Okada* Peyton Place, by Grace Metalious* Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov* Another Country, by James Baldwin* Catch-22, by Joseph Heller* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey* A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle* The Zebra-Striped Hearse, by Ross MacDonald* The Group, by Mary McCarthy* The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath* The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon* A Sport and a Pastime, by James Salter* Couples, by John Updike* Portnoy's Complaint, by Philip Roth* Sabbath's Theater, by Philip Roth* American Pastoral, by Philip Roth* The Human Stain, by Philip Roth* The Great American Novel, by Philip Roth* Divorcing, by Susan Taubes* Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut* Play It As It Lays, by Joan Didion* Sula, by Toni Morrison* Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison* Beloved, by Toni Morrison* Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume* Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox* Log of the S.S. Mrs Unguentine, by Stanley Crawford* The Revolt of the Cockroach People, by Oscar Zeta Acosta* Oreo, by Fran Ross* The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin* Winter in the Blood, by James Welch* Corregidora, by Gayl Jones* Speedboat, by Renata Adler* Dancer from the Dance, by Andrew Hollerman* The Stand, by Stephen King* Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko* Housekeeping, by Marilynne Robinson* Machine Dreams, by Jayne Anne Phillips* Lark & Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips* Shelter, by Jayne Anne Phillips* Little, Big: Or, the Fairies' Parliament, by John Crowley* Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy* Dawn, by Octavia Butler* Geek Love, by Kathryn Dunn* Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons* American Psycho, by Brett Easton Ellis* House of Leaves, by Mark C. Danielewski* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon* The Last Samurai, by Helen DeWitt* The Quick and the Dead, by Joy Williams* Erasure, by Percival Everett* The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen* The Russian Debutante's Handbook, by Gary Shteyngart * The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri* The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz* Nevada, by Imogen Binnie* Open City, by Teju Cole* The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin* Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders* Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso* Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli* Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson* The Old Drift, by Namwali Serpell* No One Is Talking About This, by Patricia Lockwood* The Love Song of W.E.B. Du Bois, by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers* Biography of X, by Catherine Lacey* Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, by Marguerite Young* The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton* The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton* Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche* Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry* The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha WimmerLinks* The Great American Novel from The Atlantic* John William DeForest's original article about The Great American Novel* A.O. Scott “Tracking the ever-elusive Great American Novel* Episode 37: Hotel NovelsThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! 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In Episode 166, author Andrew Boryga joins me to discuss his debut novel, Victim, a funny and gripping satire about success and identity. Through the adventures of Javier, Victim explores what “diversity” means, why society loves a victim narrative, and the pitfalls of chasing fame online. Boryga combines humor with biting social commentary without sacrificing heart. This is a juicy and highly discussable story! In our chat, Andrew shares his inspiration behind the book, his decade long road to publication, and what he finds most effective in a satirical novel. Plus, Andrew shares some fantastic book recommendations! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights A spoiler-free overview of Victim. Andrew shares the inspiration and decade-long development of the story. How his journalism background is reflected in his book. Why Andrew decided to craft Javier's story as a memoir. Andrew's journey to finding an agent and getting published. Why Andrew followed his dream of writing fiction, rather than publishing an essay collection like many publishing insiders were advising him. The way his story drafts and characters evolved over time. How his MFA workshop helped shaped the story. Riding that fine line for a balanced satire: focusing on the social commentary without going over the top. The themes Andrew is exploring in his next book! Andrew's Book Recommendations [34:19] Two OLD Books He Loves Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez | Amazon | Bookshop.org [34:30] Loving Day by Mat Johnson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:11] Other Book Mentioned: Pym by Mat Johnson [37:56] Two NEW Books He Loves The Birthparents by Frank Santo | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:09] Blackouts by Justin Torres | Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:38] Other Book Mentioned: We the Animals by Justin Torres [40:57] One Book He DIDN'T Love Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Amazon | Bookshop.org[42:13] Other Book Mentioned: The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz [43:21] One NEW RELEASE He's Excited About Oye by Melissa Mogollon (May 14, 2024) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:14] Last 5-Star Book Andrew Read Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:37] Other Books Mentioned Yellowface by R. F. Kuang [27:31] The Sellout by Paul Beatty [31:14] About Andrew Boryga Website | Instagram | X (formerly Twitter) Andrew Boryga is a writer, editor, and author from the Bronx, New York, currently residing in Miami, Florida with his wife and two children. Victim is his debut novel. Boryga began his career writing for a local newspaper in the Bronx at age 16, eventually securing an internship with The New York Timesby age 18. His nonfiction writing has since been featured in prominent publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and The Daily Beast, among others. Boryga's contributions to writing education extend beyond his own work, encompassing teaching roles for elementary school students, college students, and incarcerated individuals in Florida. He has also shared his insights on writing and the writing life through lectures at various academic institutions. Throughout his career, Boryga has been awarded prizes by Cornell University, The University of Miami, The Susquehanna Review, and The Michener Foundation.
You can find Huda at her website www.Hudafahmy.com. Our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we talk to Huda Fahmy, a graphic novelist whose 4th book Huda F Cares? was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award in Young People's Literature. Her book focuses on a teenage Muslim girl named Huda who takes a road trip in the family's station wagon from Michigan to Florida to visit Disneyworld with her parents and many sisters. There she grapples with wanting to fit in with her peers but also wanting to stay true to her family and her Muslim religion with issues like wearing her hijab and praying in public. The character Huda in her book is based on the author's experience growing up in an Egyptian family that immigrated to the US. Huda talks about her love of comics and how she picked up English in part by reading Garfield comic books. Huda began writing graphic novels at the age of 30 when two of her sisters encouraged her to turn her essays of Muslim American life into illustrated stories. Books mentioned in This Episode: 1- Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy 2- Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy 3- Yes, I'm Hot in This by Huda Fahmy 4- Huda F Wants To Know by Huda Fahmy 5- That Can be Arranged by Huda Fahmy 6- Murder by Degrees by Rita Mukerji 7- Hide by Tracy Clark 8- Graveyard of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe 9- Erasure by Percival Everett 10- Mexikid by Pedro Martin 11- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 12- Brave by Svetlana Chmakova 13- It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib 14- Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali 15- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 16- A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal 17- As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 18- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Juno Diaz 19- Hidden Systems by Dan Nott 20- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 21- Checkmate by Ali Hazelwood 22- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman 23- The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni 24- The Falconer by Elizabeth May Shows/Films mentioned-- 1- Poor Things (2023) 2- American Fiction (2023) 3- The Old Man and the Pool (Netflix 2023)
You can find Huda at her website www.Hudafahmy.com. Our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod FaceBook Perks of Being a BookLover. To send us a message, go to our website and click the Contact button. This week we talk to Huda Fahmy, a graphic novelist whose 4th book Huda F Cares? was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award in Young People's Literature. Her book focuses on a teenage Muslim girl named Huda who takes a road trip in the family's station wagon from Michigan to Florida to visit Disneyworld with her parents and many sisters. There she grapples with wanting to fit in with her peers but also wanting to stay true to her family and her Muslim religion with issues like wearing her hijab and praying in public. The character Huda in her book is based on the author's experience growing up in an Egyptian family that immigrated to the US. Huda talks about her love of comics and how she picked up English in part by reading Garfield comic books. Huda began writing graphic novels at the age of 30 when two of her sisters encouraged her to turn her essays of Muslim American life into illustrated stories. Books mentioned in This Episode: 1- Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy 2- Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy 3- Yes, I'm Hot in This by Huda Fahmy 4- Huda F Wants To Know by Huda Fahmy 5- That Can be Arranged by Huda Fahmy 6- Murder by Degrees by Rita Mukerji 7- Hide by Tracy Clark 8- Graveyard of Lost Children by Katrina Monroe 9- Erasure by Percival Everett 10- Mexikid by Pedro Martin 11- American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 12- Brave by Svetlana Chmakova 13- It Won't Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib 14- Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali 15- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 16- A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal 17- As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 18- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Juno Diaz 19- Hidden Systems by Dan Nott 20- The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 21- Checkmate by Ali Hazelwood 22- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman 23- The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni 24- The Falconer by Elizabeth May Shows/Films mentioned-- 1- Poor Things (2023) 2- American Fiction (2023) 3- The Old Man and the Pool (Netflix 2023)
In this episode we sit down with Eskor David Johnson, the Trinidad and Tobago author, to discuss his debut novel, Pay As You Go. Pay As You Go has been labeled as "magical realism" by fans, a "Mock epic" by author and Penguin press editor Ed Park, and is one of our favorite books of the year. Whether you see it as a coming of age story, a hero's journey, or something else entirely, Pay As You Go is sure to appeal to a wide range of readers due to its fantastic storytelling, loveable and ridiculous characters, and a humanistic element we can all relate to. On top of discussing Pay As You Go, we also ask Eskor about his writing process, his time at the Iowa writers workshop MFA program, his love of photography and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and so much more. This was hands down one of our favorite episodes to date, and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it! Books mentioned in this podcast: Pay as you Go by Eskor David Johnson https://amzn.to/3v3BJBn The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz https://amzn.to/3TuHSkk 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez https://amzn.to/3GP4Evy JR by William Gaddis https://amzn.to/4aEMvyv Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa https://amzn.to/3RrqXMJ The Hospital by Amhed Bounani https://amzn.to/3GP2U5C Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie https://amzn.to/3Ny0ewW The Shipping News by Annie Proulx https://amzn.to/41BtRmY Tinkers by Paul Harding https://amzn.to/47bswUS A house for Mr. Biswas by VS Naipaul https://amzn.to/3ROqyWc Miguel's Street by VS Naipaul https://amzn.to/3tiJ1AT Speedboat by Renata Adler https://www.amazon.com/Speedboat-NYRB-Classics-Renata-Adler/dp/1590176138?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703093985&sr=1-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=theonlife-20&linkId=9c4d8554c1502c371b3b885db80ba5ea&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl The Adventures and misadventures of Maqroll by Alvaro Mutis https://amzn.to/3REvr2W My Brilliant Friends by Eleana Ferrante https://amzn.to/3Hbq1Yp Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy https://amzn.to/3Rz9MZE The collected Fictions of Luis Borges translated by Andrew Hurley https://amzn.to/3GUtdaB Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond https://amzn.to/3GOWgMP Evicted by Matthew Desmond https://amzn.to/3RNJIeG
On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul Kibala recommends books where authors are from or take place in New Jersey. Check out these materials with your EBPL or LMxAC library card by clicking here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-s5-ep2-new-jersey-recommendations American Pastoral by Philip Roth Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
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Junot Díaz reads his story “The Ghosts of Gloria Lara,” which appears in the November 6, 2023, issue of the magazine. Díaz is the author of the story collections “Drown” and “This Is How You Lose Her,” and the novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 2008.
The British writer LP Hartley opened his novel “The Go-Between” with an unforgettable line “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” There's a long-standing idea of literature being a vehicle to explore these “foreign countries”, be they temporal or geographical or cultural. My guest today has been one of the most innovative voices with regard to the immigrant experience, especially through his 2007 novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”. Junot Díaz is a Dominican-American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for that novel, thanks to its incredibly modern story-telling. The prose was insane, with different characters' vernacular switching on and off, the timelines, inspirations, characters felt incredibly fresh and exciting. It's the story of a young Dominican-American boy who navigates this new world of America, whilst pining for the homeland of the Dominican Republican, and he copes with this, and with the turmoil of adolescence, by immersing himself in typical teen nerd culture of comics, and sci-fi. If you haven't read that book, then I strongly suggest that you do. Junot Diaz is now a Professor of Creative Writing at MIT (the Massachussetts Institute of Technology) as well as a contributing editor to the Boston Review of Fiction. In this episode, we talk about his inspirations for his work, his process and what makes him tick as an artist. A list of the books mentioned in the episode: The book I've never heard of: Incantations and Other Stories, by Anjana Appachana (1991) Best book of the last 12 months: “The Sellout” by Paul Beatty (2015) Most disappointing book of the last 12 months: “Star Maker”, by Olaf Stapledon (1937) Which book would he take to a desert island: Either “Beloved” by Toni Morrison (1987) or “Dhalgren”, a sci-fi novel by Samuel Delany (1975) What book changed his mind: “City of Quartz” by Mike Davis (1990) Follow me @litwithcharles for more book reviews and recommendations!
“The Frozen Rabbi” heißt ein im Jahr 2010 erschienenes Buch des amerikanischen Autors Steve Stern. Es ist sowohl in der englischen wie der deutschen Ausgabe einer vorn drauf und die erste und offensichtliche Frage, die sich der Leser stellt, ist natürlich, ob “Der gefrorene Rabbi”, so der deutsche Titel, eine Metapher ist. Wir erfahren die Antwort ganz erstaunlich auf der allerersten Seite im Buch. Nein, der Rabbi ist so real, wie es einem Romanhelden möglich ist. Und natürlich, ja, ist er auch ein Gleichnis, wir lesen schließlich Literatur. Auf dieser ersten Seite also erfahren wir, wie der Teenager Bernie in Memphis, Tennessee, nach einem Stück Fleisch zum Reinonanieren sucht, denn er hat gerade inspiriert “Portnoys Beschwerden” von Philip Roth gelesen, und der Roth ist nun mal für jede Schweinerei zu haben, der alte weise (sic!) Mann. Bernie geht dazu in die Abstellkammer des elterlichen Hauses, öffnet den mannsgroßen ur-uralt Gefrierschrank seiner Eltern und wie er sich durch die Schichten von Tiefkühlpizza und Hamburger-Patties nach unten wühlt, stößt er dort auf einen klaren Block Eis, in dem ein kleiner, hunzeliger Mann, mit einem Schtreimel auf dem Kopf, liegt und ihn anstarrt. Ein Schtreimel ist diese dicke, runden Fellmütze die man auf den Köpfen chassidischer Juden von Jerusalem bis Brooklyn sieht und wer diese Erläuterung braucht ist der perfekte Leser des hier zu besprechenden seltsamen, aber ganz hervorragenden Buches. Bernie allerdings bedarf der Erläuterung nicht, ist sein Haushalt doch ein jüdischer, wenn auch ein eher säkulärer. Auch ist Bernie ein Teenager um die Jahrtausendwende, und außer an Essen und Wichsen an nicht viel zu interessieren. Er schließt also die Gefriertruhe und vergisst augenblicklich, was er gesehen hat. Bis zum Zeitpunkt, als seine Eltern auf Kurzurlaub, im Haus der Strom ausfällt und er meint sich an irgendwas erinnern zu müssen, dass da irgendwas war.. bis neben ihm ein schlotternder alter Mann steht, eine triefende Pelzmütze auf dem Kopf und ihn anspricht, in einer Sprache, die er nicht versteht.Das Buch lässt uns so überrascht sitzen wie den Bernie und springt zurück in's Jahr 1889. Der noch quicklebendige Rabbi heißt Eliezer ben Zephyr, so erfahren wir, und er besitzt recht besondere spirituelle Fähigkeiten. Er vermag es in zenartige Zustände zu geraten, in denen er seine irdische Hülle verlassen kann und in den Himmel fliegt, sich von außen betrachtet, mit Gott spricht, und was man da oben sonst noch an religiösem Supermanstuff machen kann. Das Ganze ist nicht so furchtbar eso-ernsthaft wie man denkt. Das Judentum sieht sich schließlich als positive Religion und selbst ohne den ach so sprichwörtlichen jüdischen Humor zu bemühen, versucht man in dieser doch bei aller religiösen Ernsthaftigkeit eine gewisse Leichtigkeit in die von Gott aufgetragenen Riten zu bringen. Wer schon mal ein Purim-Fest gesehen hat, hat eine Vorstellung. Und so begreift der Rabbi seine Ausflüge auch eher als Erholung vom anstrengenden Alltag Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, weniger als Kontakt zu seinem unaussprechlichen Gott. Also liegt er da so in einem See irgendwo auf dem Gebiet des heutigen Polen oder der Ukraine, ein damals russisches Gebiet, in dem sich Juden streng reglementiert ansiedeln durften, und träumt sich aus seinem Körper heraus. Plötzlich jedoch bricht ein Sturm und ein Regen über dem See herein, die Temperatur fällt rapide und unser Rabbi gefriert binnen weniger Augenblicke bei lebendigem Leib und freiem Geist ein. Der Rabbi ist mindestens so überrascht wie der örtliche Eisstecher, Salo Frostbissen, der im Winter Blöcke von Eis aus dem See sägt und diese in eine Höhle schafft und für den Sommer einlagert, denn Salo findet den Rabbi ein paar Wochen später, wie er da so im Eis liegt, hackt einen Quader von Eis um ihn herum frei und verbringt diesen in seine Eishöhle, mit dem Plan, ihn würdig zu begraben. Woraus nichts wird, sonst wäre der Roman schnell zu Ende. Denn Salo wird in des gefrorenen Rabbi Bann gezogen, er sitzt bald stundenlang in der Eishöhle neben ihm, spürt irgendeine tiefe Verbindung und ist der erste einer Reihe von dem Rabbi verfallenden Hütern und Beschützern, die im Buch erst zur letzten Jahrtausendwende endet - bei Bernie allein zu Haus.Wir springen nun munter vom noch gefrorenen Rabbi zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts zum soeben entfrosteten um das Jahr 2000 herum. Und sobald man realisiert, dass man die Begleiter des gefrorenen Rabbis durch das 20. Jahrhundert begleiten wird, kann man das durchaus umfangreiche Buch nicht mehr weglegen. Diese kleine Geschichte des Judentum im 20. Jahrhundert beginnt bei den Aschkenasim im Osten Europas, streift Zionisten in Palästina und endet bei den jüdischen Emigranten in die USA. Ausgehend von der Familie des Eisstechers Salo irgendwo bei Łódź, setzt sie sich fort in verschiedenen Shtetls und Ghettos in Europa, es folgt eine Überfahrt in die USA kurz vorm ersten Weltkrieg. Die Weltwirtschaftskrise der späten zwanziger Jahre in New York taucht auf und nicht nur als deutschem Leser wird uns spätestens jetzt natürlich etwas schwummrig. Die Handlung im Roman nähert sich den Neunzehnhundertvierziger Jahren und wir stellen fest, dass Steve Stern den Holocaust in gerade einmal zwei, drei Absätzen erwähnt und auch nur aus der Sicht eines Zionisten im damals britisch besetzen Palästina. What is happening?!Nun, Geschichte kann nie vollständig erzählt werden. Es ist viel - zu viel - geschehen im 20. Jahrhundert, wir hatten alle Geschichtsunterricht. Und ein Buch hat nur ein paar hundert Seiten zur Verfügung, wie schreibt man also eine Story über und mit Juden in diesem Jahrhundert, was schreibt man rein in die Geschichte, was lässt man weg? Die Shoa? No way. Nun, den Holocaust, als tatsächliche Erzählung, wegzulassen kann sich nur ein jüdischer Autor leisten und selbst für einen solchen ist es eine Entscheidung, die wohlbegründet sein muss. Das Faszinierende und wie ich finde enorm Mutige ist, dass Stern diese Begründung nicht gibt, man muss als Leser selbst drauf kommen. Aber es ist auch nicht kompliziert:Der im Eis gefrorene Rabbi ist natürlich eine Metapher, er steht für die Spiritualität, die jüdische Religion, ihre vielen Strömungen, von absurder Orthodoxie (bis man mal in die Kabbala schaut und merkt, dass diese noch wahnsinniger ist) bis zu den modernen, fast säkulären Strömungen die Zusammenhalt schaffen, wenn man über den Globus, über Kulturen oder Einkommensschichten verstreut lebt. Im Buch hat der Rabbi im Eis immer einen Begleiter, eine Bewacherin, jemanden, der auf ihn acht gibt und dafür belohnt wird. Das passiert so subtil, dass die Protagonisten (und wir Leserinnen) das, was geschieht oft genug nicht als Schutz oder gar Belohnung begreifen können. Nach Salo dem Eisstecher, der auf dem ersten Weg des Eisblockes von Boibicz nach Łódź wenigsten seine Frau “kennenlernt” (it's a long story), ist die zweite “Begleiterin” Jocheved, seine Tochter, die schön, talentiert und einfallsreich ist. Sie merkt bald, dass man mit ein bisschen Geschick, Gewürz und Liebe aus den öden Eisblöcken, die ihr Vater für einen Eisfabrikenten schleppt, Speiseeis machen kann. Sie unterstützt ihre Familie, wird immer schöner, selbstbewusster und erfolgreicher - um plötzlich überfallen zu werden. Durch's Ghetto streunenden Kriminelle verschleppen sie von der Straße, sie wird über Monate unter Drogen in einem Bordell gefangen gehalten und missbraucht. Als sie schließlich frei kommt und einen langen Entzug hinter sich hat, kann sie sich nicht mehr als Frau betrachten, der Schmerz, die “Shandeh”, ist zu groß. In Selbstgesprächen nennt sie sich nun Max. Sie/Er fliehen nach Amerika und sie werden lange brauchen, um wieder so etwas wie glücklich zu werden. Permanent unsicher nutzen sie die Ambivalenz ihrer Existenz und treten in immer neuen Rollen und Verkleidungen auf, ständig auf der Flucht und es wird viel Zeit vergehen bis aus Max wieder Jocheved wird, eine selbstbewusste, zupackende Frau, die in hohen Alter respektiert sterben wird. Sie ist die Person, die am meisten Berührungspunkte mit den anderen Begleitern und Beschützerinnen des Rabbi haben wird, am meisten Einfluss, gewollt oder ungewollt, auf die Geschichte und Geschichten im Buch und wer die Holocaustmetapher nicht begreift muss dann doch zu etwas anspruchsloserer Literatur greifen.Das ganze klingt dramatisch und düster und wird dem Buch sowas von ungerecht, dass es einfach nur wehtut. Das müssen wir ändern.Also, “Der gefrorene Rabbi” ist ein ganz wunderbares Buch, speziell für deutsche Leserinnen und Leser, und zwar aus einem ganz anderen Grund als man denkt. Da Steve Stern seine Story in den osteuropäischen Dörfern, Shtetls und Ghettos beginnen lässt, und dort natürlich jiddisch gesprochen wird, vergeht keine Seite ohne einen kleinen jiddischen Spruch, eine Weisheit oder, ganz wunderbar aus dem Munde Salos des Eisstecher Ehefrau ein permanenter Strom an Beschimpfungen. Diese werden nicht übersetzt und erinnern damit an den 2008 erschienenen Roman “Das kurze wundersame Leben des Oscar Wao” von Junot Díaz, den Irmgard Lumpini damals recht begeistert hier besprochen hatte, in diesem natürlich in der Kombination Englisch/Spanisch. Las ich den Oscar Wao, begeistert ob der Lebendigkeit und Authentizität, die die Zweisprachigkeit erzeugt und gleichzeitig verwirrt, ob meines nahezu nichtexistenten Spanisch, Siesta Óle!, bin ich mit meiner deutschen Muttersprache natürlich prädestiniert, das Jiddische in “Der gefrorene Rabbi” kinderleicht zu entziffern und mich sehr stolz zu fühlen, wenn es mir ohne den im Kindle eingebauten Übersetzer gelingt. Schon deshalb ist das Buch eine lehrreicher Spaß, aber es wird besser, tauchen doch ganz nebenbei auf fast jeder Seite jüdische Riten, Bräuche, rituelle und säkuläre Gegenstände auf, die nach Fußnoten und Erklärungen schreien - und leider fehlen. Aber Dank moderner Lesetechnologie, sprich der in E-Book-Readern eingebauten Möglichkeit, Worte in der Wikipedia nachzuschlagen, ist das heute gottlob kein Problem mehr. Wir lernen also von “Zivug Hashamayim”, ein Paar wie füreinander geschaffen, die der “Shadkhn”, der Heiratsmakler, hoffentlich zueinander führt, auch wenn die gerade in Osteuropa aktiven Denker der “Haskalah”, der jüdischen Aufklärung, die Praxis der arrangierten Heirat ablehnen. Für jeden, der sich ein bisschen für Geschichte und Gesellschaft interessiert oder auch nur monatlich ein Kneipenquiz mit leichtem Ehrgeiz bestreitet, ein Quell des Wissens und der Inspiration. Und für Leser, denen das immer noch nicht genug Lehrstoff ist, schreibt Steve Stern in einem zwar einfachen Englisch, benutzt aber auf fast jeder Seite Worte, die der anglophile Connoisseur mit einem kleinen Jauchzen “What a strange little word!” elektronisch nachschlägt und dabei lernt, dass die Frau von Salo wohl zu recht “irascible” ist, also schnell gereizt, ob der zwar hübsch klingenden “dilapidated abodes” in denen sie leben muss, die aber dennoch nur “verfallenen Behausungen” gewesen sind und das ein “cuspidor” ein Spucknapf ist - braucht man nicht oft, das Wort, aber wenn, dann dringend. Die deutsche Übersetzung steht dem Ganzen wunderbarerweise in nichts nach, transportiert sie doch wirklich liebevoll den sprachlichen Reichtum und den Humor der Geschichte. Hatte ich erwähnt, dass das Buch wirklich lustig ist? Die Szenen, wie sich der aufgetaute Rabbi im Jahr 2000 zurechtfindet (ganz hervorragend, er macht gleichmal einen kleinen religiösen Kult auf) sind subtile Gesellschaftskritik und obwohl der Roman nahe am Klamauk endet, worüber ich mich null beschwere, bleibt einem hier ab und an ein Lachen im Hals stecken, denn, wir erinnern uns, der Rabbi hat das 20. Jahrhundert verschlafen. Wie er das Wort “Kristallnacht” das erste mal hört, stockt uns kurz der Atem. Aber auch im Ghetto zu Beginn des Buches lernen wir, wie man sich als ausgestoßene Minderheit Licht in die Dunkelheit bringt, durch Humor, gerne dunkelgrau, durch Zusammenhalt, gerne im Streit und immer wieder durch Einfallsreichtum, den Willen sich nicht unterkriegen zu lassen und - das der rote Faden im Buch - durch irgendeine Form der Spiritualität. Wenn ich das als Atheist lese rolle ich selbst als der, der's geschrieben hat mit den Augen und ja, es ist ein seltsam Ding, dieses Buch. Es ist ein Roadmovie, eine spannende Story, es ist Fun - und nicht nur weil es um Juden geht, durchzieht es ein Nebel von Melancholie. Die Religion ist auf jeder Seite des Buches präsent, wird aber unaufgeregt verschliffen von ihrer Alltäglichkeit zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts und gebrochen von ihrer Absurdität zu Beginn des 21. im Angesicht unseres aufgeklärten Zeitalters. Das hilft es mir als Goy, nicht permanent zu seufzen und die Augen zu verleiern. Es trägt, im Gegenteil, dazu bei, Verständnis dafür zu entwickeln, dass Menschen glauben. Nicht im Sinne von organisierter Religion: diese taucht im Buch immer wieder auf, aber wird durchaus lächerlich gemacht und sei es nur durch die Absurdität, dass der nach hundert Jahren aufgetaute Rabbi als erstes mal einen Judea-Eso-Feelgood-Tempel gründet. Nein, Steve Stern erzählt in “Der gefrorene Rabbi” eine Story über Juden im 20. Jahrhundert, die sich von ihrem Glauben getragen emanzipieren, aus dem Ghetto, aus der Diaspora oder einfach nur aus dem Eisblock ihrer eigenen Geschichte und das ist ein wirkliches Leseerlebnis. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lobundverriss.substack.com
The History of a Difficult Child is a beautiful and sprawling family story set in Ethiopia during the Socialist Revolution. It is narrated by a young girl born into a family fighting against the system for their Christian beliefs, while being systematically relieved of their wealth and livelihood due to the oppressive incoming regime. It's riveting, ambitious, and utterly compelling. And you know what else? It's funny. Really funny! Take a journey with debut novelist Mihret Sibhat into The History of a Difficult Child, you will be so glad you did. Books mentioned in this podcast: The History of a Difficult Child by Mihret Sibhat The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Go as a River by Shelley Read Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg Family Sayings by Natalia Ginzburg All our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid My Garden (Book) by Jamaica Kincaid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Junot Díaz, Dominican-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author, essayist, and professor – chops it up with Antonio Tijerino on this month's episode of Fritanga. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, Junot is known for his poignant and authentic portrayals of the Latinx experience in the United States. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. His literary work has been celebrated for its raw honesty and fearless exploration of complex themes such as identity, race, immigration, love, and loss. Currently, Junot is the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.On the pod, Junot joins us from Japan to explore the intersection of activism and writing. We talk about identity, grace, and embracing our “inner weirdness” while learning about his upbringing and cultural inspirations. Finally, we wrap up the conversation by discussing the lack of representation of Latinx voices in the publishing industry, and the importance of creating opportunities for emerging creatives.SHOW RESOURCES:- Click here to learn more about Junot's work. - Click here to watch Junot's powerful 2016 Hispanic Heritage Awards acceptance speech referenced in this episode.
Rafael Trujillo was Generalissimo of the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. The violence deployed by his regime was extraordinary, with Trujillo's men murdering an estimated 30,000 Haitians in a matter of weeks in 1937, not to mention thousands of Dominicans across three decades, in what my guest today describes as the violence of the Trujillo plantation. Trujillo's story, and indeed the story of the Dominican Republic, can be read as a story of domination, perhaps suffocation, by the United States. The image of the United States as the Great Satan in the World, which can only do wrong, is a simplistic and misleading one, but it isn't difficult to see where it comes from if you read about the Caribbean and Latin America. My guest today is Junot Diaz. Junot is a Dominican-American author, who has written multiple novels including The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2008. He is also a Professor of Creative Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his insights on the experience of growing up Dominican in the United States are fascinating.
In today's episode, get to know Alyssa Adler and Carolina Meurkens, the new hosts of BOOKS CONNECT US! We chat about what's in store for the new season, how authors portray their origin stories and have fun laughing about what books inspired us growing up (and as adults). All new season of author interviews start Wednesday, April 5!Books In Today's Show:Alyssa's Favorites: Starring Sally J Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/15148/starring-sally-j-freedman-as-herself-by-judy-blume/Educated by Tara Westover: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550168/educated-by-tara-westover/The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576782/the-vanishing-half-by-brit-bennett/Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/573460/fleishman-is-in-trouble-by-taffy-brodesser-akner/Bras & Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/115700/bras-and-broomsticks-by-sarah-mlynowski/Carolina's Favorites:Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/286551/tales-of-a-fourth-grade-nothing-by-judy-blume/This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/289020/this-is-how-you-lose-her-by-junot-diaz/The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/289021/the-brief-wondrous-life-of-oscar-wao-by-junot-diaz/All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691034/all-this-could-be-different-by-sarah-thankam-mathews/
Kirsty Capes, author of the Women's Prize long-listed CARELESS, the story of Bess a young woman who discovers she is pregnant while living in care, and LOVE ME, LOVE ME NOT, which deals with discovering your adoption as an adult, both published by Orion.Kirsty chats about:the three writing degrees that let her believe that writing was something she could do professionallybalancing publicising your book with wanting to protect your privacywriting characters with experience of carewhat her experience in working in publishing taught her about her own book being publishedthe epic sci-fi dystopia that is yet to see the light of day.Guest: Kirsty Capes Twitter: @kirstycapes IG: @kirstycapes.author Books by Kirsty: Careless by Kirsty Capes, Love Me, Love Me Not by Kirsty CapesHosted by Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books by Kate: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer , This Family (coming May 2023. Available to pre-order now!)Kirsty's reading recommendations:A book for fan's of Kirsty's work: My Name is Why by Lemn SissayA book Kirsty has always loved: All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam TowesA book that's been published recently or is coming soon: Yellowface by Rebecca F KwangOther books discussed in this episode: The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Towes, Women Talking by Mirian Towes, The Brother of The More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido, The Power by Naomi Alderman, The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn, Junk by Melvin Burgess, Babel by RF Kwang.All books recommended and discussed in this episode are available to be purchased from the Novel Experience Bookshop.Org ShopIf you enjoyed this show please do rate, review and share with anyone you think will enjoy it: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/novel-experience/id1615429783Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCHTo receive transcripts and news from Kate to your inbox please SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.Thanks for listening!Kate xHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
En este episodio Nicole pone a Carol a responder preguntas del libro "La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao". Es una lectura que hay que repetir, acompáñenos a recordar esta obra tan maravillosa. Libro: La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao de Junot Díaz
Show notes: Debut books and authors feel like unicorns of the publishing world. But are they, really? Every author had to start somewhere, right? Today, we're talking about debut novels that we've loved and debut novels that we are excited to read. Trust us, there are books for everyone in this episode! Click here to join us on Patreon to get an exclusive bookish goodie every single Friday. With fun bonus episode series like: Monthly Overflow Books, Backlist Book Club, The New Books in Our Lives plus a private community for RTL Book Nerds only, you're going to love being a part of our Patreon. Not only that, but you're helping to support our show by saying I LOVE WHAT YOU DO. Find the time stamped show notes below with links to all of the fun things we mentioned. Something Bookish: [4:01] S: Henry and Sarah picked out books for each other. [4:57] M: Mia has finally been reading the stack of physical books that's overflowing by her window. Support indie bookstores by shopping our picks on Bookshop.org! Debut Books Discussed: [11:08] M: The Secret History by Donna Tartt | Amazon // Bookshop [12:44] S: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare | Amazon // Bookshop [13:43] M: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng | Amazon // Bookshop [14:54] S: The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan | Amazon // Bookshop [16:08] M: The Push by Ashley Audrain | Amazon // Bookshop [17:14] S: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn | Amazon // Bookshop [18:31] M: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell | Amazon // Bookshop [20:14] S: Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley | Amazon // Bookshop [20:58] M: Carrie by Stephen King | Amazon // Bookshop [22:18] S: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner | Amazon // Bookshop Other Debut Books Mentioned: [23:48] M: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt | Amazon // Bookshop The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz | Amazon // Bookshop All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood | Amazon // Bookshop The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger | Amazon // Bookshop The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern | Amazon // Bookshop The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | Amazon // Bookshop [24:11] S: We Are the Brennans by Tracy Lange | Amazon // Bookshop A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum | Amazon // Bookshop The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker | Amazon // Bookshop The Idea of You by Robinne Lee | Amazon // Bookshop Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Amazon // Bookshop Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight | Amazon // Bookshop The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin | Amazon // Bookshop What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins | Amazon // Bookshop Every Summer After by Carley Fortune | Amazon // Bookshop Debut Books We're Excited to Read Soon: [24:49] S: Maame by Jessica George (Jan 31, 2023) | Amazon // Bookshop [25:17] M: Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin (Mar 2, 2023) | Amazon // Bookshop [26:01] S: My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent | Amazon // Bookshop [26:43] M: There There by Tommy Orange | Amazon // Bookshop [27:27] S: Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ | Amazon // Bookshop [28:40] M: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong | Amazon // Bookshop Follow RTL on Instagram: @readingthroughlifepod Follow Sarah on Instagram: @tkvcommunity Follow Mia on Instagram: @miasutton5 * The books noted above contain affiliate links. This means that we may get a small kickback if you purchase through our links, at no additional cost to you.
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit smokeempodcast.substack.comPerformer Irene Cara died this week, but what was she doing before that? How did a major ‘80s talent just … disappear? We answer that question and discuss the cultural impact of the 1980 musical Fame, which is like a blueprint for our American Idol-inspired, TikTok-addled moment. The Alan Parker movie may be remembered for its kick-ass theme song (and lesser TV adaptation), but the film holds up, kinetic and dark and deeply ambivalent about a career in the arts. Also, both Sarah and Nancy were obsessed with it. Nancy tells us about a doxxing controversy in Portland among black-bloc activists, who are angling for their own kind of fame. Then we discuss Ben Smith's story on disgraced novelist Junot Diaz, including what it means to “forcibly kiss” someone (we both know from experience). In the subscriber-only bonus content, we come to different conclusions about the new Hulu series “Fleishman Is In Trouble,” though we both agree the show runner and author of the novel, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, is one of the best cultural observers out there. Also: The movie that made Sarah love going to the movies again, and Nancy discovers a new author-love. Episode Notes:“What is the origin of the term hoochie mama?” (Quora)“How ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls' Reveals Roger Ebert's Values as a Film Critic,” by Matt Singer (Indie Wire)Olive Tree Cafe/Comedy Cellar is where the best band in the world performs every Monday night at 9pm. You will sometimes find Nancy there! Here's a shot from this past Monday, with Michael Moynihan and her daughter Tafv Sampson.Oh, but you want to Coleman Hughes and the band? Okay!Four journalists walk into the Supreme Court of IsraelGirls Night In board game Irene Cara obituary (New York Times)Fame on WikipediaFame trivia on IMDB is a very satisfying read“An Oral History of Fame, 40 Years On,” by Catherine Shoard (The Guardian)Fame official trailerEight-year-old Irene Cara appears on “Ted Mack Amateur Hour” Irene Cara, “Flashdance … What a Feeling”Gene Anthony Ray obituary (New York Times)“Remembering His Name: The Legacy of Gene Anthony Ray,” by Jeremy Kinser (LGBTQ Nation)Gene Anthony Ray playing Leroy Johnson in FameIrene Cara, “Out Here On My Own”As Sarah mentions, Fame grew out of the Broadway play A Chorus Line, which the cast of Hamilton honored several years ago by singing the Chorus Line hit “What I Did For Love.” Has Nancy watched this video a dozen times and cried every time? Well…Midnight Express official trailerIrene Cara wins Best Original Score for “Flashdance… What a Feeling”“Ready for an Encore,” by Jennifer Wulff (details of Cara's law suit, People)The Back Story with Irene Cara podcast“Junot Diaz in Limbo,” by Ben Smith (Semafor)The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is the Junot Diaz book whose title Sarah flubbed“The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma,” by Junot Diaz (The New Yorker)Felicia Sonmez has something to say …“The Shiv in the Hand of Kindness,” Nancy on Sonmez, part googolplex (Arc Digital)“To Tell You the Truth,” by Sarah Hepola on meeting Jayson Blair (The Morning News)Stephen Elliott talks “Truth, Consequences, and "S****y Media Men” (Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, episode 41) The best holiday gift is the one you give yourself, so isn't it time you become a free or paid subscriber?
O Hugo enquanto leitor e escritor numa conversa honesta. Critica algumas escolhas literárias de uns autores e recomenda outros. Os escolhidos para esta conversa: Medo, Al Berto; Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz; O homem que amava os cães, Leonardo Padura; Feliz ano novo, Rubem Fonseca; Património, Philip Roth. Primo Levi – Se isto é um homem (sugestão sobre o tema holocausto) Sugeri: Um Gentleman em Moscovo Os livros do próprio autor, aqui referidos: Deus, pátria e família; Filho da mãe. O que ofereci: Humilhação, Philip Roth
Sidik Fafano has written “Stories from the Tenants Downstairs.” This is his first novel and very much worth a reader's time. His book is eight interrelated short stories written by residents of a fictional tenement in New York City in a neighborhood going through gentrification. You root for his characters. You identify with their aspirations. But for each of them it is so tough to realize their dreams. For each of them it is so tough to negotiate the realities of every day life. And Sidik knows from whence he writes—for years he has been a New York City public school teacher. Many of his stories, he tells us, come from his kids. “Stories from the Tenants Downstairs” is an excellent book. One small warning—a couple of the stories are written with the voice of the street, but were that not the case, it would not be as authentic. And ever inch of this book is authentic. Our independent book store this week is Women and Children First in Chicago—we talk with one of its owners, Lynn Mooney. Books mentioned in the podcast: Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Birds of America by Lorrie Moore The Broken Earth Trilogy N.K. Jemisin “Harlem” by Langston Hughes from The Collected Works of Langston Hughes A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway The Odyssey by Homer A Separate Peace by John Knowles Native Son by Richard Wright Trombone Shorty by Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews Easy Beauty by Chloé Cooper Johnson Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
Maite Bonilla made her debut as the director, co-writer and lead character in her first short film “La Entreviú.” She won Best Actress, Best Screenwriter and Best Short film for the film at FEMUJER film festival (2019) in her hometown of the Dominican Republic, and won third place in The Dominican Film Festival in New York City (2018). And, her second short film I AM POEM is a recipient of the 2021 Inwood Film Festival Filmmaker Fund Award from Inwood Art Works. As an actor, she recently played “Beli” in the Spanish adaptation for “The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”, and gave an award winning performance in her role as "Ramona" from the adaptation of the novel "En el nombre de Salomé" – both at Repertorio Español. Bonilla studied with Terry Schreiber, The Acting Studio and The School for Film and Television in New York City, and in June of 2020 she graduated with her Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Alfred University. Keep up with her on Instagram @maitebonilla
Junot Díaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. We talk deeply about being an outsider, presenting the voice of outsiders and taking the time to find what you have to say. GUEST LINKS: Headshot credit should go to ©Nina Subin Tag for Social Media: @aragiauthors http://www.junotdiaz.com
Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts George Needham and Nicole Fowles. Our special guest this week is Molly Meyers LaBadie about the culture passes that will be handed out at all of our branches. The passes let you become a member-for-a-day and give you access to the Columbus Museum of Art. This pass lets in a family of up to eight, is good one week after you pick it up, and also covers parking. Recommendations include The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz and The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. Read more about today's episode here. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM https://wdlrradio.com/program-schedule/off-the-shelf/ This episode originally aired on February 25, 2022
An interview with Xochitl Gonzalez, author of the debut novel, Olga Dies Dreaming (Flatiron Books, 2022). Xochitl and I discuss the unique narrative perspective that a wedding planner has on American privilege and inequality, the gentrification of Brooklyn, the rich and wealthy colonizers of Puerto Rico post- la Promesa, Nuyorican culture as the creole of NYC, and so much more. Xochitl Recommends: Cho Nam Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel Lan Samantha Chang, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost ----. The Family Chao Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
An interview with Xochitl Gonzalez, author of the debut novel, Olga Dies Dreaming (Flatiron Books, 2022). Xochitl and I discuss the unique narrative perspective that a wedding planner has on American privilege and inequality, the gentrification of Brooklyn, the rich and wealthy colonizers of Puerto Rico post- la Promesa, Nuyorican culture as the creole of NYC, and so much more. Xochitl Recommends: Cho Nam Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel Lan Samantha Chang, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost ----. The Family Chao Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
An interview with Xochitl Gonzalez, author of the debut novel, Olga Dies Dreaming (Flatiron Books, 2022). Xochitl and I discuss the unique narrative perspective that a wedding planner has on American privilege and inequality, the gentrification of Brooklyn, the rich and wealthy colonizers of Puerto Rico post- la Promesa, Nuyorican culture as the creole of NYC, and so much more. Xochitl Recommends: Cho Nam Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel Lan Samantha Chang, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost ----. The Family Chao Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 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
An interview with Xochitl Gonzalez, author of the debut novel, Olga Dies Dreaming (Flatiron Books, 2022). Xochitl and I discuss the unique narrative perspective that a wedding planner has on American privilege and inequality, the gentrification of Brooklyn, the rich and wealthy colonizers of Puerto Rico post- la Promesa, Nuyorican culture as the creole of NYC, and so much more. Xochitl Recommends: Cho Nam Joo, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel Lan Samantha Chang, All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost ----. The Family Chao Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 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
It's the sixteenth annual iFanboy All Media Year End Roundup! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in this, the weird year that was 2021. Movies, television, music, books, and comics — it's all here! (Disclaimer: Ron Richard's opinions are his own and do not represent Marvel Entertainment or the Walt Disney Corporation.) Note: Timecodes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 02:28:20 Movies: 00:02:32 – Licorice Pizza 00:05:52 – The French Dispatch 00:08:13 – Stillwater 00:10:27 – Dune 00:13:43 – No Time to Die 00:15:27 – Together Together 00:17:52 – The Sparks Brothers 00:21:20 – Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself 00:23:06 – The Mitchells vs. The Machines 00:24:40 – Annette 00:26:48 – tick, tick… BOOM! 00:29:33 – The Harder They Fall 00:32:22 – Zola 00:35:55 – The Fast Saga 00:39:07 – The current state of the movies Television: 00:40:26 – Only Murders in the Building 00:42:47 – Ted Lasso 00:43:39 – Swagger 00:46:25 – Scenes from a Marriage 00:47:52 – Billons 00:49:17 – Mare of Easttown 00:50:46 – Gossip Girl 00:54:27 – Lupin 00:56:15 – Foundation 00:58:27 – The Expanse 01:02:02 – DC's Legends of Tomorrow 01:04:11 – Dopesick 01:10:18 – The Beatles: Get Back 01:17:20 – Yellowstone 01:18:42 – Succession Books: 01:28:13 – “Termination Shock: A Novel” by Neal Stephenson 01:32:04 – “Project Hail Mary: A Novel” by Andy Weir 01:34:11 – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel” by Quentin Tarantino 01:36:14 – “The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles” by Gary Krist 01:37:55 – “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)” by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 01:40:32 – “The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood” by Sam Wasson 01:41:52 – “The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Verse, Violence and the Art of Forgery” by Simon Worrall 01:43:01 – “Truman” by David McCullough 01:45:49 – “Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas” by Glenn Kenny 01:47:29 – “The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel” by Richard Osman 01:48:50 – “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz 01:51:17 – “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” by John le Carré Music: 01:52:48 – “Distant Populations” – Quicksand 01:54:50 – “El Camino 10th Anniversary” – The Black Keys 01:56:14 – “Drives Out East” – Koyo 01:57:20 – Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real at the El Rey in Los Angeles 01:58:59 – The “Distortion” Sets – Bob Mould 02:02:27 – My Bloody Valentine Reissues 02:06:22 – “Hit the Breaks” – PLOSIVS 02:07:10 – “Glow On” – Turnstile Comics: 02:08:30 – The mini-series is back! 02:09:15 – Nightwing 02:10:22 – Fantastic Four 02:11:11 – Beta Ray Bill 02:11:56 – King in Black: Thunderbolts 02:13:28 – Rorschach 02:14:31 – Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 02:15:32 – Haha 02:16:56 – Karmen 02:18:02 – Maestro: War and Pax 02:19:17 – Kang The Conquerer Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got TWELVE designs! For More Ron Richards… • Watch All About Android! • If you're into pinball, check out Scorbit! Music: “It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” Slowey and The Boats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bookworms, do you ever think to yourself, “I'm so glad I get to be alive at the same time as this magical person?” That was my exact thought after I talked with Adrian Cepeda, owner of the Golden Lab Bookshop in Queens, New York. His infectious love of books and commitment to celebrating diversity and inclusivity in literature is a joy to behold. Adrian uplifts voices that aren't always at the forefront of popular literature, so readers can connect with stories they can relate to. In today's episode, Adrian and I grappled with how we can continue to appreciate classic literature, even if social norms have changed, and how Gabriel García Márquez didn't invent magical realism, but perfected it. Finally, Adrian nearly gave me a heart attack when he showed me the horror book he's currently reading. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Adrian Cepeda Golden Lab Bookshop/Instagram/TikTok Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast. (Note: I'm not doing any of my usual affiliate links this week. All of the links for this episode take you to the Golden Lab Bookshop. Thank you for supporting this indie bookstore, not just for the books we talk about on today's episode, but for any book buying you do! Remember to show our beloved indie bookstores ALL the love this holiday season!) Discussed in this episode: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (If you can read Spanish, Adrian especially recommends this book in its original language.) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha by Rodrigo Garcia Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw Discussed in our Patreon Segment: Get a personalized book recommendation from the Golden Lab Bookshop Liane Moriarty Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Bookworms, do you ever think to yourself, “I'm so glad I get to be alive at the same time as this magical person?” That was my exact thought after I talked with Adrian Cepeda, owner of the Golden Lab Bookshop in Queens, New York. His infectious love of books and commitment to celebrating diversity and inclusivity in literature is a joy to behold. Adrian uplifts voices that aren't always at the forefront of popular literature, so readers can connect with stories they can relate to. In today's episode, Adrian and I grappled with how we can continue to appreciate classic literature, even if social norms have changed, and how Gabriel García Márquez didn't invent magical realism, but perfected it. Finally, Adrian nearly gave me a heart attack when he showed me the horror book he's currently reading. Support the Best Book Ever Podcast on Patreon Follow the Best Book Ever Podcast on Instagram or on the Best Book Ever Website Host: Julie Strauss Website/Instagram Guest: Adrian Cepeda Golden Lab Bookshop/Instagram/TikTok Do you have a book you want to tell me about? Go HERE to apply to be a guest on the Best Book Ever Podcast. (Note: I'm not doing any of my usual affiliate links this week. All of the links for this episode take you to the Golden Lab Bookshop. Thank you for supporting this indie bookstore, not just for the books we talk about on today's episode, but for any book buying you do! Remember to show our beloved indie bookstores ALL the love this holiday season!) Discussed in this episode: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (If you can read Spanish, Adrian especially recommends this book in its original language.) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha by Rodrigo Garcia Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw Discussed in our Patreon Segment: Get a personalized book recommendation from the Golden Lab Bookshop Liane Moriarty Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
The guys kick things off by sharing their weekends. Alex talks about being a good place. Then the guys talk Kyrie Irving and the mandates. They end with their Honorable mentions per usual. (1:15:00). Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!!!!! Honorable Mention: Bub : Tyler Wentworth - The hire PodcastAlex : Kwame TureReem : Dopesick on Hulu David : The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao -book Follow us on all Social Media outlets. @the_pains_pod on Twitter@the_growing_pains_podcast on IG
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere speak with Tony Yazbeck. Reviews include SIX, Beyond Babel @ The Gym at Judson, Laura Benanti @ 54 Below, Repertorio Español’s La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Oscar Wao (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), Cabaret @ Argyle Theatre, and 1-2-3 Manhunt read more The post This Week on Broadway for October 10, 2021: Tony Yazbeck appeared first on BroadwayRadio.
Chicago-based scriptwriter Daniel Joshua Rubin is the author of 27 Essential Principles of Story.This book stands out because Daniel uses modern examples like South Park and Breaking Bad to describe how storytelling principles work. Then, he explains how writers can apply the principles to writing screenplays, novels, etc.Daniel describes what it means to live a writing life and how sometimes you need to separate your identity from being a successful writer.Towards the end of our conversation, we went off-topic and talked about how investing, and the stock market has something in common with a good plot. In this episode we discuss:Deciding on the number of principlesUsing popular media to convey the principlesShould you outline a story firstDaniel's writing processHow long it takes to write a scriptResources:story27.comDay One The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot DíazThe War of Art - Steven Pressfield Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/becomeawritertoday)
Obviously, the length of time it takes to write and launch a book varies from writer to writer; Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange while Junot Diaz took a decade to write The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. And I know people who have written massively successful books in a weekend. But the rough statistic I've heard quoted is that if you're going to write it yourself, expect to spend about 300 hours on the first draft. This episode breaks down how long not just the writing but also the publishing takes. WANT TO LAUNCH A BESTSELLING BOOK? GO TO WWW.LAUNCHABESTSELLINGBOOK.COM
A bildungsroman is "a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education". Often, it is recognized as Coming of Age. And it's a genre that August and Kendra both love! In this episode, the hosts list their five favorite coming or age texts of all time. This episode is spoiler-free, so feel free to enjoy whether you have read any of the texts or not. Books mentioned in the episode: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956) Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (2016) Dare Me by Megan Abbott (2012) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (2007) White Teeth by Zadie Smith (2000) Clash by Ellen Wilkinson (1929) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007) The Female of the Species by Lionel Shriver (1987) Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (1985) History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund (2017) A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962) Maurice by E.M. Forster (1971) Good Omens by Novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (1990) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000) North & South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1854) A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (2015) The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (1890)
Since many of you are getting your college decisions and trying to figure out where you are going to spend the next four years of your life, we decided to take a little trip down memory lane! For the game, each of us (Jamila, Madison, Nyah, Zimra, and I) chose snippets from our college essays (personal statement or supplementals) and put them all into a hat. Then, we drew them one by one, all of us trying to guess who wrote each snippet. This game was pretty fun and I think it’s funny to listen to as well. Thank you for being here!! P.S. I am sorry for the screams. Interesting things mentioned: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao Chrstine’s Apple Pie (Masterchef clip): https://youtu.be/WIGXboHpge0 Feed My Starving Children organization: https://www.fmsc.org/ 2+2 is 4, minus 1 that’s 3 quick maths (and the ting goes pop): https://youtu.be/M3ujv8xdK2w?t=97 Untitled Self Portrait by Beauford Delaney at the Art Institute of Chicago: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/111629/self-portrait Follow the girls: Jamila: https://www.instagram.com/jamila.spears/ Madison: https://www.instagram.com/heymadisonlee/ Nyah: https://www.instagram.com/itsnyahb/ Zimra: https://www.instagram.com/zimras_photos/ Send me voice messages!: https://anchor.fm/jane-chakraborty/message Music Credit: "Shades of Spring" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
David Bowie is…Full List: https://electricliterature.com/david-bowies-100-favorite-books/Exhibit link: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/david-bowie#articlesMadame Bovary, Berlin Alexanderplatz, On the Road, Lolita, The Iliad, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Flaubert's Parrot, In Between the Sheets, Camille Paglia's Sexual Personae, and George Orwell's Inside the Whale and Other EssaysVictoria & Albert MuseumBowie's Bookshelf/Bowie's BooksVanity FairSennheiserTony ViscontiUshttp://www.thebibliophiledailypodcast.carrd.cohttps://twitter.com/thebibliodailythebibliophiledailypodcast@gmail.comRoxiehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAfdi8Qagiiu8uYaop7Qvwhttp://www.chaoticbibliophile.comhttp://instagram.com/chaoticbibliophilehttps://twitter.com/NewAllegroBeat
“Los libros son un escape y un rescate”, dice Dani Kammoun en este episodio del podcast Podemos vivir esta historia. Porque hablar de libros para nosotras es hablar de la creatividad, de la vida y de la amistad pues los libros nos han acompañado individualmente y juntas a lo largo de nuestra existencia. Acompáñanos a vivir esta historia llena de páginas leídas, autores muy queridos, enseñanzas y memorias entrañables donde tú también te puedes encontrar como lectora, porque quien tiene un libro nunca está realmente solo. Libros Serie infantil de Teo, Violeta Denou. “La oruga muy hambrienta”, Eric Carle “Matilda”, Roald Dahl. “El principito”, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. “El diario de Ana Frank”. “Cien años de soledad”, Gabriel García Márquez. “Momo”, Michael Ende. “Flores en ático”, V.C. Andrews. “Caleidoscopio”, Danielle Steel. “Pregúntale a Alicia”, Anónimo. “Una educación”, Tara Westover “Sobre héroes y tumbas”, Ernesto Sábato. “Delirio”, Laura Restrepo. “Madres. Un ensayo sobre la crueldad y el amor”, Jacqueline Rose. “Don Quijote de La Mancha”, Miguel de Cervantes. “Madame Bovary”, Gustave Flaubert. “Santa Evita”, Tomás Eloy Martínez. “La maravillosa breve vida de Oscar Wao”, Junot Díaz. “Siembra un beso”, Amy Krouse. “Manual para mujeres de la limpieza”, Lucía Berlín. “Los detectives salvajes”, Roberto Bolaño. “Rayuela”, Julio Cortázar. “Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela” Elena Poniatowska. “Las indómitas”, Elena Poniatowska. “La insoportable levedad del ser”, Milan Kundera. “El poder del ahora”, Eckhart Tolle. “Travesuras de la niña mala”, Mario Vargas Llosa. “La Fiesta del Chivo”, Mario Vargas Llosa. “Conversación en la Catedral”, Mario Vargas Llosa. “Medio sol amarillo”, Chimamandi Ngozi Adichie. “Americanah”, Chimamandi Ngozi Adichie. “La Perra”, Pilar Quintana. “Canción dulce”, Leïla Slimani. “Las madres no”, Katixa Agirre. Saga “Dos amigas”, Elena Ferrante. “Nada se opone a la noche”, Delphine de Vigan. “También esto pasará”, Milena Busquets. “Apegos feroces”, Vivian Gornik. Otras referencias Los distintos tipos de lectores de Julio Ramón Ribeyro. Series de Televisión “Gilmore Girls” (2000). Grupo de Telegram Nuestro grupo de Telegram, para construir comunidad al rededor de este podcast completamente gratis. Para unirte haz clic en el link: https://t.me/joinchat/M1BzCR3IAqy81OkjKXqYdA Se trata de un espacio de valor y de crecimiento en comunidad. Será nuestra pequeña tribu de apoyo, un espacio de coraje colectivo. Todas las que se unan podrán acceder a: • Audios exclusivos: respondiendo preguntas, • Reseñando libros, películas, series y todo el contenido que consumimos y creemos puede ser de valor para ustedes. • Zoom exclusivos solo para integrantes de esta comunidad • Conversación o discusión de un tema en específico de interés para todas Si quieres sugerirnos un tema , contarnos tus historias o simplemente saludarnos puedes hacerlo en podemosvivirestahistoria@gmail.com Suscríbete, déjanos un comentario y comparte con tus amigas ¿Dónde nos puedes encontrar? En nuestra redes sociales: • Carla Candia Casado es @agobiosdemadre • Daniela Kammoun es @danikammoun y @projectglamm
Our first remote episode! This week Louisa and The Fantastic Fo speak with Loye Oyedotun, a corporate solicitor who spent six months in Hong Kong as the final seat of his training contract.Most of our guests so far have been living in Hong Kong for a year or more, but with Loye we bring a different perspective. A lot of expats' initial experience of Hong Kong is through a work assignment or secondment and Loye talks to us about exactly that. Coming to Hong Kong with a set end date means taking the city by the horns...or by the balls if you prefer!And as a special treat, we answer the quickfire round as requested during our recap/Q&A episode. Subscribe and rate us wherever you listen to your podcasts. And we'd love to hear from you, send us your questions and comments: Twitter | Instagram | EmailNotes and links from this episode:Guest Instagram: @kingloye Book recommendations: The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore OgunbiyiThe Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazPhantoms in the Brain by V. S. RamachandranThe Power by Naomi AldermanThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
The National Book Award winner talks about Julia Alvarez, Oscar Wao, and the wonder of reading.
This Is How You Lose Her (Riverhead Books) Join us tonight for a very special reading from one of our generation's most celebrated writers, Junot Diaz! Junot is visiting Los Angeles for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles' 22nd Anniversary Celebration, during which he will receive the Los Angeles Public Library's 2014 Literary Award. To learn more about the work of the Library Foundation, visit lfla.org. Junot Díaz's first book, Drown, established him as a major new writer with “the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet” (Newsweek). His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, was a literary sensation, topping best-of-the-year lists and winning a host of major awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. Now Díaz turns his remarkable talent to the haunting, impossible power of love—obsessive love, illicit love, fading love, maternal love. This Is How You Lose Her (Riverhead) is one of the most celebrated books of last year. In prose that is endlessly energetic, inventive, tender, and funny, Díaz's stories lay bare the infinite longing and inevitable weakness of the human heart. They remind us that passion always triumphs over experience, and that “the half-life of love is forever.” At the heart of these stories is the irrepressible, irresistible Yunior, a young hardhead whose longing for love is equaled only by his recklessness—and by the extraordinary women he loves and loses: artistic Alma; the aging Miss Lora; Magdalena, who thinks all Dominican men are cheaters; and the love of his life, whose heartbreak ultimately becomes his own. Praise for This Is How You Lose Her "Junot Diaz writes in an idiom so electrifying and distinct it's practically an act of aggression, at once enthralling, even erotic in its assertion of sudden intimacy... [It is] a syncopated swagger-step between opacity and transparency, exclusion and inclusion, defiance and desire... His prose style is so irresistible, so sheerly entertaining, it risks blinding readers to its larger offerings. Yet he weds form so ideally to content that instead of blinding us, it becomes the very lens through which we can see the joy and suffering of the signature Diaz subject: what it means to belong to a diaspora, to live out the possibilities and ambiguities of perpetual insider/outsider status." -"The New York Times Book Review " "Nobody does scrappy, sassy, twice-the-speed of sound dialogue better than Junot Diaz. His exuberant short story collection, called This Is How You Lose Her, charts the lives of Dominican immigrants for whom the promise of America comes down to a minimum-wage paycheck, an occasional walk to a movie in a mall and the momentary escape of a grappling in bed." -Maureen Corrigan, NPR "Exhibits the potent blend of literary eloquence and street cred that earned him a Pulitzer Prize... Diaz's prose is vulgar, brave, and poetic." -"O Magazine" "Searing, irresistible new stories... It's a harsh world Diaz conjures but one filled also with beauty and humor and buoyed by the stubborn resilience of the human spirit." -"People " Junot Diaz was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Drown; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and This Is How You Lose Her, a New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist. He is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship, PEN/Malamud Award, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, and PEN/O. Henry Award. A graduate of Rutgers College, Diaz is currently the fiction editor at Boston Review and the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bookrageous Episode 74; International Literature Intro Music; In The Summertime - Rural Alberta Advantage What We're Reading Jenn [1:15] Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens [3:15] The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell [4:45] The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare Preeti [5:30] The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Genevieve Valentine [5:45] Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, Sean Howe [9:05] Night of the Living Deadpool, Cullen Bunn Dustin [11:15] The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle [11:50] Moscow in the Plague Year: Poems, Marina Tsvetaeva, Christopher Whyte [12:50] This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein [14:30] Songs of the Dying Earth, eds. George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois [16:30] Collected Poems, W.H. Auden, Edward Mendelson --- Intermission; Intermission (West Side Story) --- International Literature [17:40] Jenn's sad pie-chart [22:45] Russian sci-fi: Victor Pelevin, Boris & Arkady Strugatsky, Sergei Lukyanenko [25:10] My Struggle: Book 1, Karl Ove Knausgaard [26:50] A Time for Everything, Karl Ove Knausgaard, James Anderson [27:45] In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust [29:45] Publishers of literature in translation: Archipelago Books (Knausgaard in hardcover), Dalkey Archive Press, Melville House, FSG, Open Letter Books, Deep Vellum Publishing, And Other Stories Publishing, New Vessel Press, Europa Editions [31:45] The Krishnavatara, K.M. Munshi [32:20] Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga [33:25] Alina Bronsky, Elena Ferrante [34:10] Illuminations: Essays and Reflections, Walter Benjamin [37:15] Lauren Beukes [38:20] Night Watch, Sergei Lukyanenko [39:30] One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez [40:15] Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Edith Grossman [41:20] The Bone Clocks, David Mitchell (character chart via Vulture) [42:50] Salman Rushdie [44:35] The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz [46:55] Kenzaburo Oe [47:30] Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto [49:50] Stolen Air: Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam, Christian Wiman, Osip Mandelstam [51:30] Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Roadside Picnic; The Snail on the Slope); Sergei Lukyanenko [52:25] Gabriel Garcia Marquez & Juan Jose Saer: The Autumn of the Patriarch, La Grande, Scars [52:20] Mohsin Hamid (How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia; The Reluctant Fundamentalist) [53:45] War & War, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, George Szirtes [55:15] The Krishnavatara, K.M. Munshi [56:10] Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto [56:50] Pluto, Naoki Urasawa [57:30] The Infatuations, Javier Marias; Your Face Tomorrow [59:10] The Pearl Series, New Directions: Bad Nature or With Elvis in Mexico, Javier Marias [59:35] The Hall of the Singing Caryatids, Victor Pelevin [1:00:10] The Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, Xiaolu Guo [1:01:15] Translators on translation: Edith Grossman, Why Translation Matters; Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, David Bellos; The Man Between, Michael Henry Heim --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Next book club pick: What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund. Put BOOKRAGEOUS in the comments of your order to get 10% off from WORD Bookstores! Find Us Online: Dustin, Jenn, Preeti Order Josh's book! Maine Beer: Brewing in Vacationland Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress Note: Our show book links direct you to WORD, an independent bookstore. If you click through and buy the book, we will get a small affiliate payment. We won't be making any money off any book sales -- any payments go into hosting fees for the Bookrageous podcast, or other Bookrageous projects. We promise.
On the Junot Diaz Episode of the FanBrosShow Podcast we are joined by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao & This Is How You Lose Her. In addition to that Junot Diaz is also a FanBro to the Nth degree and this conversation went from comics we copped to corruption with cops. We spoke on Star Wars Vs Star Trek as well as why movies with visions of the future have been so bleak and dark as of late. You may know the FanBrosShow from being the premier podcast of geek culture, but we're going to another level with the Junot Diaz Episode. If you haven't already subscribe to us on Itunes & Soundcloud, and make sure you vote in our Midroll Survey. Thanks for the love it only gets better from here. FILL OUT THE MIDROLL SURVEY HERE http://www.themidroll.com/survey/bros
This wide-ranging yet intimate conversation with Junot Díaz explores many difficult subjects...
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