Episode 15: Space Crone

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss SPACE CRONE by Ursula K. Le Guin and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss AN I-NOVEL by Minae Mizumura, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you soon.

Episode #15

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David Naimon has a series of interviews called Crafting with Ursula that we highly encourage you to listen to. Click on the link below to access the podcast episodes.

https://tinhouse.com/th_podcast_cat/crafting-with-ursula/

Episode 14: The Stone Angel

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THE STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss SPACE CRONE by Ursula K. Le Guin. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you soon.

Episode #14

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You might want to look for Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman edited by John Lennox and Ruth Panofsky if you are interested in the correspondence referenced in the podcast.

Check out Joseph Schreiber’s excellent thoughts on the novel here:

And this beautiful review from Radhika Pandit:

Episode 13: Maud Martha

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.

Episode #13: Maud Martha

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Books mentioned:

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/

Episode 12: Lote

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss LOTE by Shola von Reinhold and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you at the end of March.

Episode #12: Lote

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Books mentioned:

Notable dialogue in this month’s episode includes references to “the upsides of hedonism” and “it gets a bit Scooby Doo.”

Links of possible interest:

Interview with Shola von Reinhold: ‘It felt like Hermia Fabulated herself out of the archive’

The Romance of Recovery: Ben Bateman Talks to Shola von Reinhold

Shola von Reinhold x Eley Willliams: Republic of Consciousness 2021 Shortlist Conversations

Episode 11: Most Anticipated in 2023

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss the books they are most looking forward to in 2023.

For our next episode, we will discuss LOTE by Shola von Reinhold. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you at the end of January.

Episode #11

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Episode 10: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS written by Kate Beaton and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2023 and look back at some of the books we loved in 2022. Listen in, and please comment here on your most anticipated books for the coming year. We would love to hear what you are looking forward to reading!

Episode #10

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Best quote from the episode: “I’m so basic.” – Dorian Stuber

The name of Rebecca’s band revealed: Flailing on the Inside

Episode 9: To Write As If Already Dead

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD written by Kate Zambreno and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss DUCKS by Kate Beaton. Read along with us if you like!

Episode #9

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Episode 8: The Phantom Tollbooth

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD by Kate Zambreno. Read along with us if you like!

Episode #8

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Books mentioned:

Books Read in Childhood That We Are Sure We Misunderstood:

  • P.G. Wodehouse books
  • Gerald Durrell books
  • Agatha Christie books
  • Sherlock Holmes stories
  • Charles Dickens books
  • Louisa May Alcott books
  • Isaac Asimov books
  • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Episode 7: The House of Mirth

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Read along with us if you like!

Episode #7

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Episode 6: Ill Feelings

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss ILL FEELINGS by Alice Hattrick and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton. Read along with us if you like!

Episode #6

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