Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss THE STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in April.
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Books mentioned:
- Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks
- Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- The Waves by Virginia Woolf
- Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
- The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier
- Affinities: On Art and Fascination by Brian Dillon, translated from the French by Daniel Levin Becker
- The Story of a Life by Konstantin Paustovsky, translated from the Russian by Douglas Smith
- The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
And you might be interested in:
Gwendolyn Brooks, Maud Martha, and Other Immortal Mortals https://lithub.com/gwendolyn-brooks-maud-martha-and-other-immortal-mortals/
Nobody Knows My Name: Manuel Muñoz on Gwendolyn Brooks’s Maud Martha https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/891-nobody-knows-my-name-manuel-munoz-on-gwendolyn-brookss-maud-martha
“We Real Cool” – https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/28112/we-real-cool
On Eileen Myles’ Inferno, and the “Poets Novel” – https://lithub.com/on-eileen-myles-inferno-and-the-poets-novel/
Inferno (a poet’s novel) by Eileen Myles – https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/inferno-a-poets-novel/
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