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Recorded Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Book talk begins at 28:40 Colorwork KAL info - you'll find it HERE Come join our Virtual Knitting Group - all the info is HERE EVENTS Tracie and Barb will be at: NoCKRs - April 10-13, 2025 in San Juan Bautista, CA. Fiber Frolic - Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Soul Food Farms in Vacaville, CA. Bring a chair and lunch! Presented by Treadles to Threads Spinning Guild 2 Knit Lit Chicks Get Together - September 18-21, 2025 at Zephyr Point Presbyterian Centre on Zephyr Cove, Nevada KNITTING Barb has finished: 2 Knit Knockers Bankhead hat #33 using Lion Brand Mandala Ombre Tracie finished: 4 Knitted Knockers Raise the Woof by Casapinka in Indigodragonfly ROU Sport in Spock Puppet and 5 others Cat Hoodie from Clothing Bundle II by Barbara Prime in Emma's Yarn Super Silky in Oops I Did It Again Izzy Knitted Comfort Doll by Shirley O'Conner Emotional Support Little Chickie by Annette Corsino in Plymouth Encore Barb is still working on: Garter Stitch Scarf using a Sirdar Colourwheel Navelli pullover by Caitlin Hunter, using Cloudborn Fibers Highland Fingering in the Caribbean colorway, and 2 skeins of Greenwood Fiberworks Indulgence, one in the Black colorway and one in the Natural colorway Tracie has cast on: Colorwork Dip by SuviKnits in The Farmer's Daughter Fibers Juicy in Sunday Mimosa and The Sapphire Empress Loose Ends project Textured Sweater in off-white wool Tracie has frogged : Socks in LMFA SHOW Stopper in the Shantay You Stay colorway held double on size 2 BOOKS Tracie has read: The Vanishing at Smokestack Hollow: A Missing Family, a Desperate Plan, and an Unsolved Mystery by Jake Anderson - 4 stars Family Family by Lauren Frankel - 3 1/2 stars Deep South by Nevada Barr - 4 stars Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex True Biz by Sara Nović - 4 1/2 stars Barb has read: Bird Box (Bird Box #1) by Josh Malerman - 4 stars The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue - 3.5 stars The Last Juror by John Grisham - 5 stars Barb talked about the Big Bear Live Eagle Nest Cam
E mais uma vez nos reunimos aqui para apresentar as nossas melhores e piores leituras de 2024, onde houve espaço para livros memoráveis e outros que nos fizeram questionar muita coisa. Partilhem connosco as vossas listas, também! Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Holiday Romance (Romance de Férias), Catherine Walsh (05:31) - Não Fossem as Sílabas do Sábado, Mariana Salomão Carrara (06:33) - A Cicatriz, Maria Francisca Gama (09:02) - Stoner, John Williams (09:21) - Revolução, Hugo Gonçalves (09:45) - Clytemnestra, Costanza Casati (10:01) - Dear Edward (Querido Edward), Ann Napolitano (10:38) - Torto Arado, Itamar Vieira Júnior (10:52) - Corte & Costura: As Maiores Fofocas da Nossa Realeza, Márcia Gil Pedroso (11:06) - Coisas de Loucos, Catarina Gomes (12:21) - Blue Sisters (Irmãs Blue), Coco Mellors (13:22) - In Memoriam, Alice Winn (14:55) - The Dutch House (A Casa Holandesa), Ann Patchett (16:06) - Funny Story (Uma Boa História), Emily Henry (17:40) - True Biz, Sara Nović (18:38) - The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Boston (21:11) - Boys Don't Cry, Fíona Scarlett (22:44) - How to End a Love Story (Como Acabar uma História de Amor), Yulin Kuang (25:12) - For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity, Liz Plank (29:27) - Grief is for People, Sloane Crowley (32:06) - Soldier Sailor, Claire Kilroy (34:44) - The Bee Sting (A Picada de Abelha), Paul Murray (37:22) - Small Worlds (Pequenos Mundos), Caleb Azumah Nelson (39:33) - Just Last Night, Mhairi McFarlane (42:08) - A Malnascida, Beatrice Salvioni (44:22) - Intermezzo, Sally Rooney (46:20) - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Conduz o Teu Arado Sobre os Ossos dos Mortos), Olga Tokarczuk (47:16 & 01:09:11) - There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak (49:08) - Stay True (Lealdade), Hua Hsu (53:55) - The List, Yomi Adegoke (54:52) - White Nights (Noites Brancas), Fyodor Dostoevsky (56:02) - Britt-Marie was Here (Britt-Marie Esteve Aqui), Fredrik Backman (57:48) - The Perfect Find (O Achado Perfeito), Tia Williams(58:36) - Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (59:50) - The End of the Moment We Had, Toshiba Okada (01:00:41) - Mile High, Liz Tomforde (01:02:06) - Savor it (Quando o Verão Terminar), Tarah DeWitt (01:02:48) - Night Shift, Annie Crown (01:03:53) - Argyle, Elly Conway (01:04:31) - I Have Some Questions for You, Rebecca Makkai (01:06:46) - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, Elizabeth Smart (01:08:20) - Must I Go, Yiyun Li (01:09:58) - The Burnout (O Burnout), Sophie Kinsella (01:11:07) - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin (01:11:44) - Western Lane, Chetna Maroo (01:13:48) - Lear Wife, J. R. Thorp (01:15:08) - The Co-Op, Tarah DeWitt (01:16:35) - A Maldição de Rosas, Diana Pinguicha (01:17:11) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.
American Sign Language is the third-most used language in the U.S. ASL has its own culture and art forms, and for many Deaf folks, ASL is about much more than just communication. Anita talks to Deaf author Sara Nović and Deaf ASL Slam poet Douglas Ridloff about how ASL gave them tools for self-understanding and artistic expression. Then she learns from scholars Carolyn McCaskill and Joseph Hill about Black American Sign Language (BASL), an ASL dialect that emerged because of school segregation.Meet the guests:- Sara Nović, author of "True Biz," outlines the history of ASL and how it has influenced her work as a writer- Douglas Ridloff, visual storyteller, ASL master and executive director of ASL Slam, shares how he learned ASL and became an ASL poet- Carolyn McCaskill, recently retired professor and director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, talks about attending a segregated school for the deaf — and how integration raised her awareness of Black ASL (BASL)- Joseph Hill, associate professor in the department of ASL and Interpreting Education at Rochester Institute of Technology, talks about the impact of the research he, Carolyn and two other colleagues have conducted about BASLRead the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platformCheck out the video version of this conversation: part one is here, and part two is here.Follow Embodied on X and Instagram Leave a message for Embodied
In Episode 180, Susie Boutry (@NovelVisits) and Sarah return with the 4th annual Debuts Special! They're sharing their favorite debuts, new and backlist — so far for 2024. Plus, their reading stats for debuts this year and the best sophomore novels of 2024. This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Highlights How debuts from 2024 compare to those from previous years. A full breakdown of Sarah's and Susie's 2024 debut-related stats. Featured debuts, divided into three categories: Favorite Debuts of 2024 (so far) Favorite Backlist Debuts Read in 2024 Best Sophomore Novels of 2024 Favorite Debuts of 2024 (so far) [7:13] Sarah Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner | Amazon | Bookshop.org [8:33] Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:50] Everest, Inc. by Will Cockrell | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:50] How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang | Amazon | Bookshop.org [28:30] Susie Grown Women by Sarai Johnson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:18] How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:32] Perris, California by Rachel Stark | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:58] Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:29] Other Books Mentioned Victim by Andrew Boryga [7:54] Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen [8:04] River East, River West by Aub Rey Lescure [8:15] The Wives by Simone Gorrindo [8:23] The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin [8:43] Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen [14:59] Talking at Night by Claire Daverley [21:25] Groundskeeping by Lee Cole [21:29] People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry [29:38] Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld [31:26] No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister [34:55] The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring [34:58] Favorite Backlist Debuts Read in 2024 [36:02] Sarah The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:09] Welcome to the O.C. by Alan Sepinwall, Josh Schwartz, and Stephanie Savage | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:20] Susie There There by Tommy Orange | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:33] Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:13] Other Books Mentioned Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange [39:06] Girl at War by Sara Nović [45:18] The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway [45:20] Best Sophomore Novels of 2024 [45:33] Sarah Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:39] A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella | Amazon | Bookshop.org [50:43] Susie Bear by Julia Phillips | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:07] Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring | Amazon | Bookshop.org [52:40] Other Books Mentioned Sandwich by Catherine Newman [47:52] The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring [52:54] Additional Books Mentioned I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid [6:08] About Susie Boutry Blog | Facebook | Instagram | X Susie has loved reading for as long as she can remember. Some of her fondest childhood memories involve long afternoons at the library and then reading late into the night. More than ten years ago, she began journaling about the books she read and turned that passion into writing about books. Her first forays were as a guest reviewer on a friend's blog, but she soon realized she wanted to be reviewing and talking about books on a blog of her own. From there, Novel Visits was born. That was in 2016 and, though the learning curve was steep, she loves being a part of the book community. Novel Visits focuses on new novel reviews (print and audio), previews of upcoming releases, and musings on all things bookish. Next Episode In two weeks (October 30), Catherine and I will be back with our Fall 2024 Circle Back episode.
Bruno Leão é uma das novas vozes da literatura Young Adult em Portugal e nós não podíamos perder a oportunidade de o ter connosco para falar de um género tão importante para formar novos leitores. E oiçam com atenção, que o Bruno acabou por revelar algumas novidades sobre o seu livro “Por Fim em Silêncio”. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Incidents Around the House, Josh Malerman (1:50) - Just Last Night, Mhairi McFarlane (4:40) - O Segredo das Larvas, Stefano Volp (7:38) - Por Fim em Silêncio, Bruno Leão (9:16) - Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin (12:23) - Legendborn, Tracy Deonn (21:25) - Girl in Pieces, Kathleen Glasgow (24:45) - The Sun is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon (25:03) - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Benjamin Alire Sáenz (25:26) - Breathless, Jeniffer Niven (26:07) - Dark Rise, C.S. Pacat (28:44) - True Biz, Sara Nović (30:17) - Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed (34:13) - Every Day, David Levithan (35:56) - Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell (37:14) - Our Infinite Fates, Laura Steven (38:24) - Saga O Povo do Ar, Holly Black (38:59) - Rivais Divinos, Rebecca Ross (39:08) - Um Namorado para Levar, Please!, Sher Lee (39:32) - Aquorea - Inspira, M. G. Ferrey (42:12) - The Taking Of Jake Livingston, Ryan Douglass (43:27) - Enquanto Eu Não Te Encontro, Pedro Rhuas (45:19) - Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender (45:58) - The Do-Over, Lynn Painter (47:42) Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.
Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. It's that time of year where kids and teachers are back at school or almost back at school so we thought we would offer recommendations for books related to education—novels or memoirs set in schools or colleges; books with teachers, deans, students, or staff as characters; literature in which education or learning plays an important if not essential role. Books mentioned in this episode: 1- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 2- Shanghailanders by Juli Min 3- A Five-Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Dawn Nacker @dawndevoursbooks - How To Read a Book by Monica Wood 4- Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson 5- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 6- The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Matthieu 7- Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by RF Kuang 7- New Kid by Jerry Craft 8- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 9- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due 10- The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe 11- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart 12- True Biz by Sara Nović 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- "All Summer in a Day" (short story) by Ray Bradbury 15- Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 16- The Rom-commers by Katherine Center Bookish events— 1- Poe: A Dream Within a Dream fareharbor.com/embeds/book/belle…ow=1089772&g4=yes 2- Untimely Ripp'd kyshakespeare.com/season/untimely/ 3- Cincy Bookstore Crawl cincybookstorecrawl.my.canva.site/ 4- Books by the Banks booksbythebanks.org/ 5- Cynthiana KY Skeletons wkdq.com/small-kentucky-city-halloween/ 6- Rail Explorers www.railexplorers.net/ 7- Fenrir Viking Festival www.kyrenfaire.com/viking-fest 8- New Kid by Jerry Craft Book Banning https://www.npr.org/2022/12/28/1144458555/banned-books-author-jerry-craft-new-kid Media mentioned— 1- The Whale Rider — 2002 www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 2- Happiness for Beginners (Netflix, 2023)
Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. It's that time of year where kids and teachers are back at school or almost back at school so we thought we would offer recommendations for books related to education—novels or memoirs set in schools or colleges; books with teachers, deans, students, or staff as characters; literature in which education or learning plays an important if not essential role. Books mentioned in this episode: 1- The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 2- Shanghailanders by Juli Min 3- A Five-Star Read Recommended by Fellow Book Lover Dawn Nacker @dawndevoursbooks - How To Read a Book by Monica Wood 4- Truly, Devious by Maureen Johnson 5- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 6- The Faculty Lounge by Jennifer Matthieu 7- Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by RF Kuang 7- New Kid by Jerry Craft 8- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead 9- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due 10- The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe 11- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart 12- True Biz by Sara Nović 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- All Summer in a Day (short story) by Ray Bradbury 15- Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 16- The Rom-commers by Katherine Center Bookish events— 1- Poe: A Dream Within a Dream https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/belleoflouisville/items/431538/calendar/2024/10/?full-items=yes&back=https://www.belleoflouisville.org/%23&flow=1089772&g4=yes 2- Untimely Ripp'd https://kyshakespeare.com/season/untimely/ 3- Cincy Bookstore Crawl https://cincybookstorecrawl.my.canva.site/ 4- Books by the Banks https://booksbythebanks.org/ 5- Cynthiana KY Skeletons https://wkdq.com/small-kentucky-city-halloween/ 6- Rail Explorers https://www.railexplorers.net/ 7- Fenrir Viking Festival https://www.kyrenfaire.com/viking-fest 8- New Kid by Jerry Craft Book Banning https://www.npr.org/2022/12/28/1144458555/banned-books-author-jerry-craft-new-kid Media mentioned— 1- The Whale Rider — 2002 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298228/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk 2- Happiness for Beginners (Netflix, 2023)
É verdade que a família não se escolhe, mas e se as regras não fossem bem assim? Pegámos nas nossas personagens do coração e criámos a nossa própria árvore genealógica, com direito a avós, pais, tios, primos e até aqueles familiares que nunca ninguém sabe muito bem de onde é que vieram. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - The Rachel Incident, Caroline O'Donoghue (1:22) - Our Missing Hearts, Celeste Ng (1:47) - The Switch, Beth O'Leary (4:30 & 5:11) - The Paper Palace, Miranda Cowley Heller (4:52) - A Man Called Ove, Fredrick Backman (5:27) - Autumn, Ali Smith (5:48) - Better than the Movies, Lynn Painter (6:07) - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins-Reid (6:35) - Tom Lake, Ann Patchett (6:41 & 9:20) - Expiration Dates, Rebecca Serle (7:20 & 21:33) - Mayflies, Andrew O'Hagan (7:26) - Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano (7:51 & 8:27 & 9:04 - You, Again, Kate Goldbeck (8:41) - The Dutch House, Ann Patchett (9:51 & 12:17) - Mile High, Liz Tomforde (10:34) - Done and Dusted & Swift and Saddled, Lyla Sage (11:23) - True Biz, Sara Nović (12:40) - Boys Don's Cry, Fiona Scarlett (13:51) - Nora Goes Off Script, Annabel Monaghan (14:42) - Carrie Soto is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid (15:33) - Girl in Pieces, Kathleen Glasgow (16:03) - City of Girls, Elizabeth Gilbert (16:30) - Lizzie & Dante, Mary Bly (17:08) - Panenka, Rónán Hession (17:35) - Quando os Rios se Cruzam, Rita da Nova (18:02) - Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid (18:39) - Blue Sisters, Coco Mellors (19:33) - Revolução, Hugo Gonçalves (19:56) - People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry (20:39) - Red, White and Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston (21:05) - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V. E. Schwab (21:46) - Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt (22:17) - Book Lovers, Emily Henry (22:55) - As Coisas que Faltam, Rita da Nova (23:54) - The Swimmers, Julie Otsuka (24:27) - As Primas, Aurora Venturini (25:05) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.
American Sign Language is the third-most used language in the U.S. ASL has its own culture and art forms, and for many Deaf folks, ASL is about much more than just communication. Anita talks to Deaf author Sara Nović and Deaf ASL Slam poet Douglas Ridloff about how ASL gave them tools for self-understanding and artistic expression. Then she learns from scholars Carolyn McCaskill and Joseph Hill about Black American Sign Language (BASL), an ASL dialect that emerged because of school segregation.Meet the guests:- Sara Nović, author of "True Biz," outlines the history of ASL and how it has influenced her work as a writer- Douglas Ridloff, visual storyteller, ASL master and executive director of ASL Slam, shares how he learned ASL and became an ASL poet- Carolyn McCaskill, recently retired professor and director of the Center for Black Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University, talks about attending a segregated school for the deaf — and how integration raised her awareness of Black ASL (BASL)- Joseph Hill, associate professor in the department of ASL and Interpreting Education at Rochester Institute of Technology, talks about the impact of the research he, Carolyn and two other colleagues have conducted about BASLRead the transcript | Review the podcast on your preferred platformCheck out the video version of this conversation: part one is here, and part two is here.Buy tickets for our live event on 4/20/24!Follow Embodied on X and Instagram Leave a message for Embodied
Ainda se pode falar de Óscares, certo? Recebemos esta sugestão de uma ouvinte e não fomos a tempo de coordenar agendas com a cerimónia original, mas aqui estão eles. De Autor Revelação a Melhor Guarda-Roupa, há muitas categorias e ainda mais surpresas. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Sinais de Fumo, Alex Couto (1:57) - A Maldição de Rosas, Diana Pinguicha (3:15) - Book Lovers, Emily Henry (5:58) - Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano (6:01 & 21:20 & 21:58) - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Gabrielle Zevin (6:04) - In Memoriam, Alice Winn (6:17 & 21:39 & 32:35 & 38:08) - The Wolf Den & The House With the Golden Door, Elodie Harper (6:42) - E Se Eu Morrer Amanhã?, Filipa Fonseca Silva (6:56) - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V. E. Schwab (7:08) - The Dutch House, Ann Patchett (7:11) - Business or Pleasure, Rachel Lynn Solomon (8:49) - You and Me on Vacation, Emily Henry (8:52 & 33:42) - The Love Wager, Lynn Painter (8:55) - City of Girls, Elizabeth Gilbert (8:57 & 18:51) - Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams (9:22) - My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite (9:26) - The Switch, Beth O'Leary (9:33) - Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield (9:39) - Ask Again, Yes, Mary Beth Keane (10:30 & 21:11) - Boys Don't Cry, Fíona Scarlett (11:24) - Done and Dusted, Lyla Sage (13:45) - Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter (13:49 & 17:43) - Boy Parts, Eliza Clark (13:51) - Other People's Clothes, Calla Henkel (13:53) - Daisy Jones and The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid (15:37) - Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender (15:50) - Ready Player One, Ernest Cline (16:07) - Anatomy, Dana Schawrz (16:20) - You Again, Kate Goldbeck (17:58) - Love in the Big City, Sang Young Park (18:08) - All the Lovers in the Night, Mieko Kawakami (18:25) - The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller (19:10 & 32:12) - Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens (19:44) - Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid (20:04) - We All Want Impossible Things, Catherine Newman (21:44) - Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt (21:55) - A História de Roma, Joana Bértholo (22:00) - The Dinner List, Rebecca Serle (22:03) - Silver Nitrate, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (23:20) - Songs in Ursa Major, Emma Brodie (23:44) - The Shelf, Helly Acton (24:04) - You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, Akwaeke Emezi (24:53) - Encontro, Natasha Brown (25:13) - She and Her Cat, Makoto Shinkai & Naruki Nagakawa (25:42) - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb (26:52) - Confessions of an Advertising Man, David Ogilvy (27:08) - I Am, I Am, I Am, Maggie O'Farrell (27:22) - What My Mother And I Don't Talk About, Editado por Michele Filgate (27:29) - A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, Nathan Thrall (28:04) - Educated, Tara Westover (29:32) - Invisible Women, Caroline Criado Perez (29:56) - In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado (30:46) - Normal People, Sally Rooney (33:00 & 33:36) -Talking at Night, Claire Daverley (33:04) -Swimming in the Dark, Tomasz Jedrowski (33:54) - This is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (34:00) - Snowflake, Louise Nealon (35:47) - The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai (36:06) - Autumn, Ali Smith (36:21) - As Primas, Aurora Venturini (36:34) - True Biz, Sara Nović (37:25) - All My Rage, Sabaa Tahir (38:26) - Piranesi, Susanna Clarke (39:01) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.
Life latelyAbby is feeling good about their family's summer plans.Sarah's kids are enjoying some winter hobbies.Reading latelyAbby read True Biz by Sara Nović and Sarah read S.K. Ali's young adult novel Saints and Misfits.Looking ahead to turning 40As we enter the last year of our 30s, we look back over the last decade, look ahead to our 40s, and share how we hope to celebrate our milestone birthdays.Eating latelySarah tried two new focaccia recipes but had the most success with this one from Alexandra Cooks.Abby shares about a new Trader Joe's product: garlic asiago cheese dip.If you'd like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at friendlierpodcast@gmail.com, or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
To celebrate our 200th episode, the creative team got together to share their hot takes by doing some tier ranking! Listen to find out what books ruined Elena, Robin's favorite author events this year, Dave's favorite robots, and Tayla's thoughts about how librarians are represented in the media. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Elena - Books That Hurt My Feelings and Made Me Want to Cry Bunny by Mona Awad This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy Pure Colour by Sheila Heti Down the Drain by Julia Fox We Spread by Iain Reid Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Jane by Maggie Nelson The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Ponies by Kij Johnson Toilet-bound Hanako-kun by Aidalro Robin - A Year of Attending Author Events Jennifer Weiner Martha Hall Kelly Sy Montgomery Fiona Davis Warren Zanes A Time to Gather by Kimberly Ragosta Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks Dale Arnold Jean Kwok Kristen Harmel Nicola Harrison Lisa See Marie Benedict Victoria Christopher Murray Ibram X. Kendi Joel Christian Gill Dave - My Favorite Thing is Robots The Brave Little Toaster (1987) Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) A Psalm For the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) All Systems Red by Martha Wells Short Circuit (1986) The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz Tayla - Librarian Representation In Media Desk Set (1957) The Librarian - SNL (YouTube) Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008) The Librarians (2014-2018) Batgirl of Burnside by Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher and Babs Tarr SECRET TIER - Down TIme Episodes Ranked Episode 189 - Blood and Watershed Episode 178 - Star Wars From a Certain Point of View Episode 168 - Find Your Voice with Mark Binder Episode 153 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Sara Nović, author of TRUE BIZ (YouTube) Episode 145 - Alex Graudins, Author of IMPROVE Episode 188 - CPL's Teen Volunteers Episode 175 - F*cked Up Fairy Tales with Liz
112, qual é a sua emergência? Por aqui são várias e todas da estirpe literária. Do mais ligeiro pico de febre até ao mais profundo ataque de narcolepsia, falamos das muitas leituras que nos levariam de ambulância directamente para o hospital mais próximo. Livros mencionados neste episódio - Stoner, John Williams (1:25) - True Biz, Sara Nović (2:20) - To Hate Adam Connor, Ella Maise (13:25) - Once More with Feeling, Elisa Sussman (13:28) - I Am, I Am, I Am, Maggie O'Farrell (14:08) - Book Lovers, Emily Henry (16:38) - The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (16:40) - A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara (17:00) - Better than the Movies, Lynn Painter (19:53) - Xoxo, Axie Oh (19:56) - Pequena Coreografia do Adeus, Aline Bei (20:55) - Second First Impressions, Sally Thorne (23:35) - Panenka, Rónán Hession (24:25) - Verity, Colleen Hoover (25:40) - A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Mass (26:45) - Other People's Clothes, Calla Henkel (28:15) - Boy Parts, Eliza Clark (28:19) - A Cicatriz, Maria Francisca Gama (29:44) - The Dinner List, Rebecca Serle (32:28) - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V. E. Schwab (32:30) - As Primas, Aurora Venturini (34:35) - This is Going to Hurt, Adam Kay (36:01) - Homem-Objeto e outras coisas sobre ser mulher, Tati Bernardi (36:04) - Songs in Ursa Major, Emma Brodie (37:05) - Business or Pleasure, Rachel Lynn Solomon (39:26) - You, Again, Kate Goldbeck (39:29) - Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt (40:49) - Maybe in Another Life, Taylor Jenkins Reid (41:30) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/ritadanova Identidade visual do podcast: da autoria da talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com. Genérico do podcast: criado pelo incrível Vitor Carraca Teixeira, que podem encontrar em www.instagram.com/oputovitor.
To celebrate our 200th episode, the creative team got together to share their hot takes by doing some tier ranking! Listen to find out what books ruined Elena, Robin's favorite author events this year, Dave's favorite robots, and Tayla's thoughts about how librarians are represented in the media. If you missed the livestream and would like to watch this episode with video, you can find the video version here. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Elena - Books That Hurt My Feelings and Made Me Want to Cry Bunny by Mona Awad This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno Bolero by Wyatt Kennedy Pure Colour by Sheila Heti Down the Drain by Julia Fox We Spread by Iain Reid Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Jane by Maggie Nelson The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Ponies by Kij Johnson Toilet-bound Hanako-kun by Aidalro Robin - A Year of Attending Author Events Jennifer Weiner Martha Hall Kelly Sy Montgomery Fiona Davis Warren Zanes A Time to Gather by Kimberly Ragosta Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks Dale Arnold Jean Kwok Kristen Harmel Nicola Harrison Lisa See Marie Benedict Victoria Christopher Murray Ibram X. Kendi Joel Christian Gill Dave - My Favorite Thing is Robots The Brave Little Toaster (1987) Battlestar Galactica (2004-2009) A Psalm For the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) All Systems Red by Martha Wells Short Circuit (1986) The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz Tayla - Librarian Representation In Media Desk Set (1957) The Librarian - SNL (YouTube) Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008) The Librarians (2014-2018) Batgirl of Burnside by Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher and Babs Tarr SECRET TIER - Down TIme Episodes Ranked Episode 189 - Blood and Watershed Episode 178 - Star Wars From a Certain Point of View Episode 168 - Find Your Voice with Mark Binder Episode 153 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Sara Nović, author of TRUE BIZ (YouTube) Episode 145 - Alex Graudins, Author of IMPROVE Episode 188 - CPL's Teen Volunteers Episode 175 - F*cked Up Fairy Tales with Liz
In Episode 160, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and I share the best backlist books we read in 2023. We each discuss our top 5 backlist books from last year, highlight some underrated backlist gems, and review our backlist reading statistics. Devoting an entire episode to backlist reading is something we love doing and we've heard from you that you love it too! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog. Announcement Available Now! To get the backlist reading guide, The Best of the Backlist, you can sign up to be a Superstars patron here. You'll also get access to a monthly bonus podcast series called Double Booked (where Catherine or Susie and I share our own book recommendations in the same format as the big show) and my Rock Your Reading Tracker. Highlights Catherine had a small uptick in her backlist reading — her most successful segment of books in 2023! Sarah's backlist reading was slightly less successful than last year — maybe marking an unfortunate trend. How Sarah's decreased DNFs for last year impacted her Backlist stats. While Catherine has already read many of Sarah's picks, Sarah has already purchased (but not yet read) many of Catherine's choices! Our Top 5 Backlist Books We Read in 2023 [7:37] Catherine Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen | Amazon | Bookshop.org [7:44] True Biz by Sara Nović | Amazon | Bookshop.org [13:12] All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:52] The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:58] Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:31] Sarah Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:24] What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo | Amazon | Bookshop.org [15:36] Search by Michelle Huneven | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:41] Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer | Amazon | Bookshop.org [29:04] The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka | Amazon | Bookshop.org [36:55] Other Books Mentioned Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent [10:38] Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent [11:10] The Ensemble by Aja Gabel [23:19] Untamed by Glennon Doyle [31:14] An American Marriage by Tayari Jones [33:22] Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones [36:31] Underrated Backlist Gems [39:54] Catherine Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See by Juliann Garey | Amazon | Bookshop.org[40:07] A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella | Amazon | Bookshop.org [48:06] Sarah Something Wild by Hanna Halperin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:12] The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:01] Other Books Mentioned I Could Live Here Forever by Hanna Halperin [45:21] Red Widow by Alma Katsu [54:02] Red London by Alma Katsu [54:03] Other Links Vogue | In Finishing My Book… by Lauren McBrayer
Special guest Shawn Mooney of Shawn the Book Maniac joins Anna for Book Club! We discuss TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović and Y/N by Esther Yi. These books have taken us down rabbit holes of deaf culture (True Biz) and super fandom (Y/N). Two interesting and thought-provoking reads! Shawn recommends the interview with Esther Yi on Jaylen's The Bar and the Bookcase podcast. We're currently reading: GIBBONS OR ONE BLOODY THING AFTER ANOTHER by James Morrison (and see the book launch on Shawn's channel) SMALL WORLDS by Caleb Azumah Nelson LEOPOLDSTADT by Tom Stoppard Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @shawnthebookmaniac YouTube: Shawn the Book Maniac Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz
O Livra-te Airlines passou por Londres por um fim-de-semana e trouxe um episódio curto, mas recheado. Traz review sem spoilers da adaptação para peça do A Little Life, um pequeno book haul de livrarias londrinas e um blind date caseiro. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - Happy Place (Lugar Feliz), Emily Henry (2:33) - Desire, Haruki Murakami (3:30) - Our Wives Under the Sea, Julia Armfield (3:54 & 16:58) - A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara (6:25) - Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel (17:26) - Last Summer in the City, Gianfranco Calligarich (18:10) - Girl Meets Boy, Ali Smith (19:50) - The School for Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan (20:48) - The Pachinko Parlor, Elisa Shua Dusapin (21:18) - Pod, Laline Paull (21:45) - All the Lovers in the Night, Mieko Kawakami (22:46) - Atalanta, Jennifer Saint (23:33) - Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld (24:35) - Foster, Claire Keegan (26:18) - French Braid, Anne Tyler (26:59) - True Biz, Sara Nović (28:32) - Girl Friends, Holly Bourne (30:25) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova/ twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/RitaDaNova [a imagem do podcast é da autoria da maravilhosa, incrível e talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com]
THE WAVES by Virginia Woolf / TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović This week our hosts surf a stream of consciousness with Virginia Woolf's classic, THE WAVES. Will the author's return to the podcast hang 10? Bailey also reviews a newcomer (and new favorite?) in Sara Nović's new novel, TRUE BIZ. Will Bailey fall for this novel and, just maybe, learn something? There's also plenty of shame, plenty of silliness, and plenty of, frankly, nonsense. A lot of nonsense.
On today's episode we sit down with author Sara Nović. We talk not only about her writing, but also the importance of ASL representation—including in audiobooks. Sara is the author of the instant NYT Bestseller True Biz, as well as the books Girl at War and America is Immigrants. For this episode we also released the full video of the interview which can be watched here: https://youtu.be/G3J3uhYPCnM READ FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Photo credit © Zach Stone Use promo code: LIBROPODCAST when signing up for a Libro.fm membership to get an extra free credit to use on any audiobook. Listen to Sara Nović's books: True Biz Girl At War America is Immigrants Books we discussed on today's episode: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane Big Swiss by Jen Beagin In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
Can't view the video? Check it out on YouTube! Click here to read a transcript of this episode. This week Tayla is joined by Sara Nović, author of True Biz, the Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2023 and Nancy Maguire-Heath, director of the RI School for the Deaf. Sara discusses the inspiration behind True Biz and the need for authentic stories written by and for the Deaf community. Nancy also discusses the wonderful reaction from the students at RISD to True Biz. During The Last Chapter they discuss who they would cast in a movie or TV adaptation of True Biz. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books True Biz by Sara Nović The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil El Deafo by Cece Bell AV The Last of Us (2023- ) The Resident (2018- ) The Good Doctor (2017- ) Bullet Train (2022) Other Sara Novic (website) Rhode Island School for the Deaf Reading Across Rhode Island --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rhodyradio/message
Check out the video edition of this episode on YouTube! Click here to read a transcript of this episode. This week Tayla is joined by Sara Nović, author of True Biz, the Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2023 and Nancy Maguire-Heath, director of the RI School for the Deaf. Sara discusses the inspiration behind True Biz and the need for authentic stories written by and for the Deaf community. Nancy also discusses the wonderful reaction from the students at RISD to True Biz. During The Last Chapter they discuss who they would cast in a movie or TV adaptation of True Biz. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books True Biz by Sara Nović The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil El Deafo by Cece Bell AV The Last of Us (2023- ) The Resident (2018- ) The Good Doctor (2017- ) Bullet Train (2022) Other Sara Novic (website) Rhode Island School for the DeafReading Across Rhode Island --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rhodyradio/message
Can't view the video? Check it out on YouTube! Click here to read a transcript of this episode. This week Tayla is joined by Sara Nović, author of True Biz, the Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2023 and Nancy Maguire-Heath, director of the RI School for the Deaf. Sara discusses the inspiration behind True Biz and the need for authentic stories written by and for the Deaf community. Nancy also discusses the wonderful reaction from the students at RISD to True Biz. During The Last Chapter they discuss who they would cast in a movie or TV adaptation of True Biz. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books True Biz by Sara Nović The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil El Deafo by Cece Bell AV The Last of Us (2023- ) The Resident (2018- ) The Good Doctor (2017- ) Bullet Train (2022) Other Sara Novic (website) Rhode Island School for the Deaf Reading Across Rhode Island
Check out a video edition of this episode on YouTube! Click here to read a transcript of this episode. This week Tayla is joined by Sara Nović, author of True Biz, the Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2023 and Nancy Maguire-Heath, director of the RI School for the Deaf. Sara discusses the inspiration behind True Biz and the need for authentic stories written by and for the Deaf community. Nancy also discusses the wonderful reaction from the students at RISD to True Biz. During The Last Chapter they discuss who they would cast in a movie or TV adaptation of True Biz. Podcast disclaimer Like what you hear? Rate and review Down Time on Apple Podcasts or your podcast player of choice! If you'd like to submit a topic for The Last Chapter you can send your suggestions to downtime@cranstonlibrary.org. Our theme music is Day Trips by Ketsa and our ad music is Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes. Thanks for listening! Books True Biz by Sara Nović The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie Invisible Child by Andrea Elliott Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil El Deafo by Cece Bell AV The Last of Us (2023- ) The Resident (2018- ) The Good Doctor (2017- ) Bullet Train (2022) Other Sara Novic (website) Rhode Island School for the Deaf Reading Across Rhode Island
welcome back to the best i've ever read podcast! this week, we dive into the wonderful, the talented, the brilliant, sally rooney, and lucky for you, there's so much to talk about it that we have it in two parts! in these episodes, we cover conversations with friends, normal people, and beautiful world, where are you. in this episode, we chat about astrology, old art and museums, reese's recent book club picks, and moving to a "rainy" city after living in calgary our whole lives. we start talking about the books around 27:30, and we begin talking about conversations with friends at 49:30. loose spoilers are sprinkled throughout books mentioned in this episode: The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy True Biz by Sara Nović other media mentioned: Cunk on Earth with Philomena Cunk (Netflix) Women Talking (also a book written by Miriam Teows) we start talking about the books around 27:30, we begin talking about conversations with friends at 49:30, loose spoilers are sprinkled throughout as always, follow us on instagram: @bestreadpodcast email us your thoughts or suggestions at bestreadpodcast@gmail.com support us on patreon patreon.com/bestreadpodcast and give us a 5 star rating!
We got together on the first day of 2023 to review our top books of 2022 and we're already busy reading books to discuss this year. Time was too short to talk about all of our favorite books but you can see a full list of our 5 star reads from 2022 as well as a list of all the books we mention in this episode on our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com. Our year in review episode is always fun because we ask our guests from the past 12 months to tell us about their favorite book. It brings back great memories to hear all their voices again. Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Babel by RF Kuang 2- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 3- The Stone Loves the World by Brian Hall 4- I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company by Brian Hall 5- Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman 6- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone 7- The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple by Ben Aitken 8- The Broken Earth series by N. K. Jemisin 9- Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia 10- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms 11- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 12- Odin's Child by Siri Pettersen 13- The Monsters of Rookhaven by Padraig Kenny 14- The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborthy 15- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab 16- Gallant by VE Schwab 17- The Nightmare Man by JH Markert 18- Devolution by Max Brooks 19- Leech by Hiron Ennes 20- Finna by Nino Cipri 21- Defekt by Nino Cipri 22- Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek) by CM Nascosta 22- Sweet Berries (Cambric Creek) by CM Nascosta 23- How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith 24- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 25- Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class by Dan Canon 26- Ban This Book by Alan Gratz 27- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 28- Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 29- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo 30- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 31- When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller 32- The Storyteller - Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 33- What's So Funny? A Cartoonist's Memoir by David Sipress 35- Girl at War by Sara Nović 36- Haven by Emma Donoghue 37- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 38- Champagne Widows (Veuve Clicquot) by Rebecca Rosenberg 39- The Guncle by Steven Rowley 40 - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka 41- Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby 42- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 43- How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder 44- The Dance of Time: The Origins of the Calendar by Michael Judge 45- Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet 46- Thistlefoot by Jenna Rose Nethercott 47- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty 48- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Movie - Nightmare Alley ( 2022) App - Storygraph
We got together on the first day of 2023 to review our top books of 2022 and we're already busy reading books to discuss this year. Time was too short to talk about all of our favorite books but you can see a full list of our 5 star reads from 2022 as well as a list of all the books we mention in this episode on our website at perksofbeingabooklover.com. Our year in review episode is always fun because we ask our guests from the past 12 months to tell us about their favorite book. It brings back great memories to hear all their voices again. Books mentioned in this episode: 1- Babel by RF Kuang 2- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune 3- The Stone Loves the World by Brian Hall 4- I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company by Brian Hall 5- Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman 6- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone 7- The Marmalade Diaries by Ben Aitken 8- The Broken Earth series by N. K. Jemisin 9- Another Appalachia by Neema Avashia 10- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms 11- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch 12- Odin's Child by Siri Pettersen 13- The Monsters of Rookhaven by Padraig Kenny 14- The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborthy 15- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab 16- Gallant by VE Schwab 17- The Nightmare Man by JH Markert 18- Devolution by Max Brooks 19- Leech by Hiron Ennes 20- Finna by Nino Cipri 21- Defect by Nino Cipri 22- Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek) by CM Nascosta 22- Sweet Berries (Cambric Creek) by CM Nascosta 23- How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith 24- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 25- Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class by Dan Canon 26- Ban This Book by Alan Gratz 27- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 28- Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 29- The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo 30- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 31- When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller 32- The Storyteller - Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 33- The Marmalade Diaries: The True Story of an Odd Couple by Ben Aitken 34- What's So Funny? A Cartoonist's Memoir by David Sipress 35- Girl at War by Sara Nović 36- Haven by Emma Donoghue 37- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 38- Champagne Widows (Veuve Clicquot) by Rebecca Rosenberg 39- The Guncle by Steven Rowley 40 - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka 41- Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby 42- Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham 43- How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder 44- The Dance of Time: The Origins of the Calendar by Michael Judge 45- Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet 46- Thistlefoot by Jenna Rose Nethercott 47- Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty 48- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Movie - Nightmare Alley ( 2022) App - Storygraph
For our final book club pick of 2022, Greta Johnsen is back to discuss True Biz by Sara Nović, a novel about the teachers and students of a boarding school for the Deaf. We ask who the audience is for this book, and whether the Deaf community should have to teach hearing people about themselves. We also get into the topic of consent with children and parents, especially when it comes to medical decisions.Be sure to listen to then end of today's episode to find out what our book club pick will be in January 2023.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/12/28/ep-247-true-bizEpisode TranscriptConnect with Greta: Instagram | Twitter | NerdetteConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonTo support The Stacks and find out more from this week's sponsors, click here.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week's guest, Angela Jackson-Brown, is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. She is also a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana who completed her MFA at Spalding University in Louisville where she is also a member of the creative writing graduate faculty. Her most recent novel, When Stars Rain Down, was published in 2021 and is a historical fiction story set in 1930s Georgia, and has been nominated for several awards. Angela also has a new novel coming out in July called The Light Always Breaks set in post WW 2 Washington DC that features political and romantic intrigue between a high powered interacial couple. These are stand alone novels but what is cool is that these books' characters are in the same fictional universe so readers get a chance to reconnect with characters they may have met before. Angela talks to us about how she uses fiction to write about experiences in her life she wished she'd had, why she started writing plays, and the first book she read as a child that made a big impression on her (and this will surprise you). You can find Angela on Instagram at @angelajacksonbrownauthor and at her author website angelajacksonbrown.com Follow us on Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover Instagram - @perksofbeingabookoverpod Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown 2- The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown 3- The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 4- Drinking From a Bitter Cup by Angela Jackson-Brown 5- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 6- Roots by Alex Haley 7- The Color Purple by Alice Walter 8- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. 9- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood 11- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 12- We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- True Biz by Sara Nović Movies mentioned 1- Child's Play (1988) 2- The Conjuring (2013)
This week's guest, Angela Jackson-Brown, is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. She is also a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana who completed her MFA at Spalding University in Louisville where she is also a member of the creative writing graduate faculty. Her most recent novel, When Stars Rain Down, was published in 2021 and is a historical fiction story set in 1930s Georgia, and has been nominated for several awards. Angela also has a new novel coming out in July called The Light Always Breaks set in post WW 2 Washington DC that features political and romantic intrigue between a high powered interacial couple. These are stand alone novels but what is cool is that these books' characters are in the same fictional universe so readers get a chance to reconnect with characters they may have met before. Angela talks to us about how she uses fiction to write about experiences in her life she wished she'd had, why she started writing plays, and the first book she read as a child that made a big impression on her (and this will surprise you). You can find Angela on Instagram at @angelajacksonbrownauthor and at her author website angelajacksonbrown.com Follow us on Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover Instagram - @perksofbeingabookoverpod Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown 2- The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown 3- The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 4- Drinking From a Bitter Cup by Angela Jackson-Brown 5- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 6- Roots by Alex Haley 7- The Color Purple by Alice Walter 8- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. 9- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood 11- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 12- We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- True Biz by Sara Nović Movies mentioned 1- Child's Play (1988) 2- The Conjuring (2013)
The new novel True Biz tells the story of Deaf teenagers enrolled at the River Valley School for the Deaf, and their headmistress, a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA) facing the possible closure of the school. Along with vivid storytelling, the book features mini ASL lessons and facts about the history of Deaf culture. Author Sara Nović, herself a Deaf educator and advocate, joins us to discuss. A video is embedded in the segment page for those who wish to engage with this interview in ASL. Our interpreter was Genaere Lowery.
A big welcome back to JESS MONTGOMERY! We have a lovely chat about the new entry in her Kinship Series, THE ECHOES: A Novel. Emily and Chris are both currently reading DEATH ON THE NILE by Agatha Christie for a buddy read with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri. Stayed tuned for our conversation with John about the novel and the new movie adaptation coming up on episode 155. The big news in our lives is that we FINALLY got to head back to Manhattan for some BIBLIO-ADVENTURING with Aunt Ellen! It was so good to be back in the city that we love after a two-year pandemic-induced separation. We got our library cards renewed at the NYPL, walked to the Morgan Library & Museum to see their GWENDOLYN BROOKS exhibit, walked through Central Park for lunch, and then on to the NY Historical Society Museum & Library to see their exhibit, PICTURE THE DREAM: THE STORY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THROUGH CHILDREN'S BOOKS. A bonus surprise was walking through the ROBERT CARO exhibit showcasing his writing process. After that, we walked some more to check out a new-to-us bookstore, WESTSIDER RARE & USED BOOKS. What a day! In our Just Read segment, Emily talks about HUNGRY HEART: ADVENTURES IN LIFE, LOVE, AND WRITING by Jennifer Weiner, PEARL by Tabitha King, and TRUE BIZ by Sara Nović. Chris read THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon, and three picture books: I AM AN AMERICAN: THE WONG KIM ARK STORY by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, and Julia Kuo; OSNAT AND HER DOVE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD'S FIRST FEMALE RABBI by Sigal Samuel and Vali Mintzi; WE ARE STILL HERE: NATIVE AMERICAN TRUTHS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW by Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac. We also buddy read MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks, a novel we both highly recommend if you can find it! It is out of print but there is a new edition coming out in the UK in early May.
In this episode, we get excited about two new book releases: 'True Biz' by Sara Nović and 'Hotel Magnifique' by Emily J. Taylor. Then we discuss the fantastic artists devoted to preserving and enhancing the 150-year-old tradition of handpainted signs. BOOKS True Biz by Sara Nović - https://bookshop.org/a/1240/9780593241509 Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor - https://bookshop.org/a/1240/9780593404515 DISTRACTION OF THE WEEK Watch the documentary 'Sign Painters' online at Vimeo for free - http://www.signpaintersfilm.com Follow Sign Painters on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sign_painters Get your hands on the book 'Sign Painters' by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon - https://bookshop.org/a/1240/9781616890834 More photos and stories about sign painters around the world: The UK - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/jan/14/revival-handpainted-sign-high-streets-in-pictures Mexico City - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-11/the-art-of-painting-signs-in-mexico-city New Orleans - https://gonola.com/features/local-lens/the-city-spoke-through-hand-painted-signs The Library of Lost Time is a Strong Sense of Place Production! https://strongsenseofplace.com Do you enjoy our show? Want access to fun bonus content? Please support our work on Patreon. Every little bit helps us keep the show going and makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside - https://www.patreon.com/strongsenseofplace As always, you can follow us at: Our web site at Strong Sense of Place Patreon Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube
“True Biz is an ASL idiom. It doesn't have one direct translation into English, but a few of the things that it could mean: seriously, literally. Real talk is one that I think gets used a lot. No kidding. Like, if someone says like, No, you made that up, no true biz, you know, and I thought that it was a good title for the book, because it doesn't quite translate directly into English.” We've been fans of Sara Nović since her page-turning, coming-of-age debut, Girl at War. Sara's back with a new novel, True Biz, which she calls both a “coming-of-age and a coming-of-middle-age” story set at a school for the Deaf. She joins us on the show to talk about CODA's Oscars, Deaf culture and degrees of Deaf experience, punk rock, the fluidity of ASL and how best to represent it on the printed page, giving her Deaf characters agency and the space to be real teenagers, writing joy into her story and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with a TBR Topoff segment featuring Margie and Marc. Featured Books: True Biz by Sara Nović Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Poured Over is produced and hosted by Miwa Messer. This episode was mixed by Chris Gillespie. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays). A full transcript of this episode is available here.
Sara Nović webcams into the Damn Library Zoom Zone to talk her new novel, True Biz. We discuss the limitations of prose in comparison to ASL, how she tried to mimic ASL on the page, some fantasies of Eyeth, and the propulsive nature of short chapters. Also a lot of other stuff. Plus, Sara brought along The Days of Afrekete by Asali Solomon, a book that both agree is "a feat of engineering" just like the NYT said. contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week's guest, Angela Jackson-Brown, is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. She is also a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana who completed her MFA at Spalding University in Louisville where she is also a member of the creative writing graduate faculty. Her most recent novel, When Stars Rain Down, was published in 2021 and is a historical fiction story set in 1930s Georgia, and has been nominated for several awards. Angela also has a new novel coming out in July called The Light Always Breaks set in post WW 2 Washington DC that features political and romantic intrigue between a high powered interacial couple. These are stand alone novels but what is cool is that these books' characters are in the same fictional universe so readers get a chance to reconnect with characters they may have met before. Angela talks to us about how she uses fiction to write about experiences in her life she wished she'd had, why she started writing plays, and the first book she read as a child that made a big impression on her (and this will surprise you). You can find Angela on Instagram at @angelajacksonbrownauthor and at her author website angelajacksonbrown.com Follow us on Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover Instagram - @perksofbeingabookoverpod Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown 2- The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown 3- The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 4- Drinking From a Bitter Cup by Angela Jackson-Brown 5- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 6- Roots by Alex Haley 7- The Color Purple by Alice Walter 8- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. 9- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood 11- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 12- We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- True Biz by Sara Nović Movies mentioned 1- Child's Play (1988) 2- The Conjuring (2013)
This week's guest, Angela Jackson-Brown, is an award-winning novelist, poet, and playwright. She is also a professor at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana who completed her MFA at Spalding University in Louisville where she is also a member of the creative writing graduate faculty. Her most recent novel, When Stars Rain Down, was published in 2021 and is a historical fiction story set in 1930s Georgia, and has been nominated for several awards. Angela also has a new novel coming out in July called The Light Always Breaks set in post WW 2 Washington DC that features political and romantic intrigue between a high powered interacial couple. These are stand alone novels but what is cool is that these books' characters are in the same fictional universe so readers get a chance to reconnect with characters they may have met before. Angela talks to us about how she uses fiction to write about experiences in her life she wished she'd had, why she started writing plays, and the first book she read as a child that made a big impression on her (and this will surprise you). You can find Angela on Instagram at @angelajacksonbrownauthor and at her author website angelajacksonbrown.com Follow us on Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover Instagram - @perksofbeingabookoverpod Website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- When Stars Rain Down by Angela Jackson-Brown 2- The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown 3- The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 4- Drinking From a Bitter Cup by Angela Jackson-Brown 5- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 6- Roots by Alex Haley 7- The Color Purple by Alice Walter 8- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. 9- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 10- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood 11- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 12- We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza 13- Girl at War by Sara Nović 14- True Biz by Sara Nović Movies mentioned 1- Child's Play (1988) 2- The Conjuring (2013)
For me some of the most satisfying episodes we do are when we talk to book lovers from other countries. What is it like to be a book lover from far-reaching places around the world? In the past we have talked to readers and writers from Ireland, Somalia, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. This week, we are headed to Croatia to speak with Ivana Murk who gives us a window into her life as a child growing up, learning to read both the Cyrillic alphabet which Slavic languages are based on and the Latin alphabet. She learned English in school starting in 3rd grade and now she now reads books in both Croatian and English. We talk with her about Croatian authors who you might want to find translations for if possible, why the skill of a book translator is so important, and what authors you have probably heard of who are particularly popular in her country. We feel it would be helpful to give you just a brief little summary of Croatian history in the last 50 years that is most relevant to this episode. Croatia was a part of the former Yugoslavia, which also included Serbia, Bosnia, Hercegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. In 1991, Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia. This did not happen peacefully. This was followed by the Bosnia War from 1992-1995 which pitted Croatians, Bosnians, and Serbians against each other and has been called the bloodiest event in Europe since World War II. Geographically, Croatia is very close to Italy to the West by way of the Adriatric Sea, Austria and Hungary to the north, and Bosnia to the West. You can find Ivana on instagram at @books.with.tutus_and_sons and at her blogsite books.with.tutusandsons.com - Follow us on Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover - Instagram at @perksofbeingabookloverpod - For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Girl at War by Sara Nović 2- Chasing a Croatian Girl by Cody McClain Brown 3- The Famous Five by Enid Blyton 4- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis 5- Grimm's Fairy Tales 6- Croatian Tales of Long Ago by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić 7- Various poetry by Dobriša Cesarić 8- Various poetry by Vesna Parun 9- Gordana by Marija Jurić (pen name: Zagorka) and other series 10- Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 11- Various works by Elif Shafak 12- Beartown by Fredrik Backman 13- Anxious People Fredrik Backman 14- Various works by Colleen Hoover 15- Dark Mother Earth by Kristian Novak 16- The Gypsy, But The Most Beautiful by Kristian Novak 17- Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 18- This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel 19- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 20- A Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon 21- Shantaram by Gregory Davis Roberts 22- Odin's Child by Siri Pettersen 23- Love Stories by Trent Dalton 24- The Guncle by Steven Rowley 25- Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms 26- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms
For me some of the most satisfying episodes we do are when we talk to book lovers from other countries. What is it like to be a book lover from far-reaching places around the world? In the past we have talked to readers and writers from Ireland, Somalia, Germany, and Saudi Arabia. This week, we are headed to Croatia to speak with Ivana Murk who gives us a window into her life as a child growing up, learning to read both the Cyrillic alphabet which Slavic languages are based on and the Latin alphabet. She learned English in school starting in 3rd grade and now she now reads books in both Croatian and English. We talk with her about Croatian authors who you might want to find translations for if possible, why the skill of a book translator is so important, and what authors you have probably heard of who are particularly popular in her country. We feel it would be helpful to give you just a brief little summary of Croatian history in the last 50 years that is most relevant to this episode. Croatia was a part of the former Yugoslavia, which also included Serbia, Bosnia, Hercegovina, Slovenia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. In 1991, Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia. This did not happen peacefully. This was followed by the Bosnia War from 1992-1995 which pitted Croatians, Bosnians, and Serbians against each other and has been called the bloodiest event in Europe since World War II. Geographically, Croatia is very close to Italy to the West by way of the Adriatric Sea, Austria and Hungary to the north, and Bosnia to the West. You can find Ivana on instagram at @books.with.tutus_and_sons and at her blogsite books.with.tutusandsons.com - Follow us on Facebook at The Perks of Being a Book Lover - Instagram at @perksof beingabookoverpod - For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Books Mentioned in this Episode: 1- Girl at War by Sara Nović 2- Chasing a Croatian Girl by Cody McClain Brown 3- The Famous Five by Enid Blyton 4- The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis 5- Grimm's Fairy Tales 6- Croatian Tales of Long Ago by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić 7- Various poetry by Dobriša Cesarić 8- Various poetry by Vesna Parun 9- Gordana by Marija Jurić (pen name: Zagorka) and other series 10- Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 11- Various works by Elif Shafak 12- Beartown by Fredrik Backman 13- Anxious People Fredrik Backman 14- Various works by Colleen Hoover 15- Dark Mother Earth by Kristian Novak 16- The Gypsy, But The Most Beautiful by Kristian Novak 17- Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 18- This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel 19- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 20- A Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon 21- Shantaram by Gregory Davis Roberts 22- Odin's Child by Siri Pettersen 23- Love Stories by Trent Dalton 24- The Guncle by Steven Rowley 25- Every Bone a Prayer by Ashley Blooms 26- Where I Can't Follow by Ashley Blooms
In conversation with Sara Nović In Ariel Delgado Dixon's debut novel Don't Say We Didn't Warn You, two sisters endure a childhood of deprivation in a decaying warehouse and in a wilderness camp where troubled teenage girls are sent as a last resort. Referred to by author Joy Williams as ''eventful, complex, admirably structured, relentless, and spooky'', this novel tells a story of trauma and the struggles of family relationships. A 2017 nominee for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Award for Emerging Writers and shortlisted for the Masters Review Anthology Prize, Delgado Dixon has published writing in Kenyon Review, O: The Oprah Magazine, The Mississippi Review, and The Greensboro Review, among other periodicals. Sara Nović teaches in the Popular Fiction MFA program at Emerson College, and is an instructor of Deaf studies at Stockton University. Her first novel, Girl at War, won the American Library Association's Alex Award, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Nović has an MFA in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University, and lives with her family in Philadelphia. (recorded 2/22/2022)
This week is a Bizarro Fest featuring Karen Han, Slate staff writer; June Thomas, senior managing producer of Slate podcasts; and Marissa Martinelli, Slate associate editor. First, the panel is joined by writer Sara Nović to discuss the Sundance hit film CODA. Next, they talk about the dating simulation game Boyfriend Dungeon. Finally, Josh Levin, host of the Slate podcast One Year, comes on to talk about the premiere season of his show. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about which writer (living or dead) they would choose to pen their biographies, and then which actor they would want to play them in their biopics. You can read Sara Nović's interview with CODA star Marlee Matlin in Bustle: “Marlee Matlin Knows How to Make Change.” Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Cleo Levin. Outro music is "Zero Gravity" by ELFL Endorsements June: The podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill from Christianity Today Marissa: The video game Stardew Valley Karen: The TV show Wellington Paranormal Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week is a Bizarro Fest featuring Karen Han, Slate staff writer; June Thomas, senior managing producer of Slate podcasts; and Marissa Martinelli, Slate associate editor. First, the panel is joined by writer Sara Nović to discuss the Sundance hit film CODA. Next, they talk about the dating simulation game Boyfriend Dungeon. Finally, Josh Levin, host of the Slate podcast One Year, comes on to talk about the premiere season of his show. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about which writer (living or dead) they would choose to pen their biographies, and then which actor they would want to play them in their biopics. You can read Sara Nović's interview with CODA star Marlee Matlin in Bustle: “Marlee Matlin Knows How to Make Change.” Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Cleo Levin. Outro music is "Zero Gravity" by ELFL Endorsements June: The podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill from Christianity Today Marissa: The video game Stardew Valley Karen: The TV show Wellington Paranormal Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week is a Bizarro Fest featuring Karen Han, Slate staff writer; June Thomas, senior managing producer of Slate podcasts; and Marissa Martinelli, Slate associate editor. First, the panel is joined by writer Sara Nović to discuss the Sundance hit film CODA. Next, they talk about the dating simulation game Boyfriend Dungeon. Finally, Josh Levin, host of the Slate podcast One Year, comes on to talk about the premiere season of his show. In Slate Plus, the panel talks about which writer (living or dead) they would choose to pen their biographies, and then which actor they would want to play them in their biopics. You can read Sara Nović's interview with CODA star Marlee Matlin in Bustle: “Marlee Matlin Knows How to Make Change.” Email us at culturefest@slate.com. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Cleo Levin. Outro music is "Zero Gravity" by ELFL Endorsements June: The podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill from Christianity Today Marissa: The video game Stardew Valley Karen: The TV show Wellington Paranormal Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now at slate.com/cultureplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In conversation with Sara Nović, author of Girl at War and America is Immigrants The Tiger's Wife, Téa Obreht's bestselling debut novel, won the 2011 Orange Prize and was a National Book Award finalist. A ''graceful commingling of contemporary realism and village legend'' (Washington Post), it follows a young doctor's investigation into her grandfather's death in a Balkan country healing from war. One of the New Yorker's 20 best American fiction writers under 40, Obreht has published work in the Guardian, Harper's, and the Atlantic, and her short stories have been widely anthologized. In her second novel, a frontierswoman awaiting her family's return crosses paths with a world-weary former outlaw in the drought-baked barrens of 1890s Arizona. (recorded 9/18/2019)
If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon page for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!! On this episode, Roqayah and Kumars interviewed DC-based DSA organizers and accessibility advocates Conor Arpwel and Matthew Sampson. Conor is autistic and is a writer and law student doing internal accessibility advocacy for Metro DC DSA, and is a member of the steering committee for DSA’s Disability Working Group. Matthew is a deaf graduate student at the Urban and Regional Planning program at Georgetown University and also the founder of a group called Deaf Urbanists, which aims to educate the Deaf community about modern urban planning, and encourage the community to be involved with the city’s planning and growth. He is active in local government in DC, and is involved with the Transportation and Public Infrastructure committee for his neighborhood. Matthew was also joined by Claire who assisted with interpreting the conversation. We learn how Conor and Matthew found themselves organizing with DSA, and what accessibility means to them in the context of left organizing spaces. We discuss the challenges associated with surviving in a world that is hostile to disabled people, as well as serious impediments toward reaching universal accessibility under capitalism, even in the most well-meaning of leftist spaces. Conor and Matthew explain that accessibility isn't a thing that can be given all at once, but instead a gradual process of doing better, with the responsibility being collectivized to the greatest extent possible. We explore how some of the ways the framing of socialist organizing as a project of appealing to "normal people" often implicitly, sometimes deliberately, marginalizes the concerns of disabled people and and other minority groups on the left. We also talk about an essay Conor wrote about passing in the context of disability, and an essay by Sara Nović about the desire of many deaf people to resist assimilation into mainstream culture. Finally, Matthew talks about how the lives of deaf people in Russia were radically transformed by the 1917 revolution, with deaf people living and working together, controlling their own communities, factories, culture and destiny in a way that is hard to imagine under modern capitalism. Follow Matthew on Twitter at @riotpedestrian and follow Conor on Twitter at @Arpwel. A transcript for this episode will be provided upon request. Please send an email to deleteuracct @ gmail to get a copy sent to you when it is completed.
Sara Nović's Girl at War has all the confidence and impact of a firsthand account, despite the fact that it was written almost entirely from secondhand accounts. Detailing one girl's experience in the early 90s Croatian War of Independence and her life in America afterward, it's a compelling account of internal and external conflict from a character who has two homes and doesn't quite belong in either.
Sara Nović's Girl at War has all the confidence and impact of a firsthand account, despite the fact that it was written almost entirely from secondhand accounts. Detailing one girl's experience in the early 90s Croatian War of Independence and her life in America afterward, it's a compelling account of internal and external conflict from a character who has two homes and doesn't quite belong in either.
A Spare Life (Two Lines Press) It is 1984, and 12-year- old twins Zlata and Srebra live in communist Yugoslavia. In many ways their lives are like that of young girls anywhere, except for one immense difference: Zlata’s and Srebra’s bodies are conjoined at their heads. A Spare Life tells the story of their emergence from girls to young adults, from their desperately poor, provincial childhoods to their determination to become successful, independent women. After years of discovery and friendship, their lives are thrown into crisis when an incident threatens to destroy their bond as sisters. They fly to London, determined to be surgically separated—but will this dangerous procedure free them, or only more tightly ensnare them? In A Spare Life master poet and award-winning novelist Lidija Dimkovska lovingly tells the lives of two astonishing girls caught up in Eastern Europe’s transition from communism to democracy. A saga about families, sisterhood, and being outcasts, A Spare Life reveals an existence where even the simplest of actions is unlike any we’ve ever experienced. Praise for A Spare Life “A Spare Life uses the boldest of metaphors – the life of conjoined twins – to embody the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia. This strange and wonderful novel brings to mind Elena Ferrante and Magda Szabó.”— Katie Kitamura, author of The Longshot and A Separation “Dimkovska has an eye for detail befitting of a poet and the stark, unrelenting prose of a master storyteller. A Spare Life is a weird and wonderful book.”— Sara Nović, author of Girl at War, finalist for the LA Times Book Prize Lidija Dimkovska is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature for A Spare Life. She is also the author of the poetry collection pH Neutral History (Copper Canyon Press, 2012), which was a finalist for the 2013 Best Translated Book Award, and Do Not Awaken Them With Hammers (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006). She lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Christina E. Kramer is a professor of Slavic and Balkan languages and linguistics at the University of Toronto. She is the author of numerous books on the Macedonian language and the Balkans and is the translator of Freud's Sister, The Time of the Goats, and My Father';s Books. She lives in Toronto.
Sara Nović is an impressive writer with a unique perspective on language and writing. She recently graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in Creative Writing and Translation Studies. Her debut novel, Girl… Continue reading →