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THE BEST IN BOOK WORLD PODCASTS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 19, 2021
Kaitlyn Greenidge on Stories of Black Love Kaitlyn Greenidge joins Mychal Denzel Smith to talk about the 1982 film Cane River and how stories of Black love have been around for decades—and undervalued for just as long.
Myriam Gurba Reads Her Story “Writing Ourselves Into Bed” On our radio theater program, Myriam Gurba performs her short story, backed by an original remix with Zola Jesus. Deesha Philyaw on Leaving a Marriage While Writing a Book The author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies talks to Jordan Kisner about learning to embrace life again.
Meredith Westgate on the Risks of Knowing Your Partner Too Well The author of The Shimmering State talks about the fabric of memory and the joy of writing unreliable narrators, and more. Joshua Henkin on the Writer’s Ongoing Learning Process Joshua Henkin joins Mitzi Rapkin to discuss his latest novel, Morningside Heights, and how teaching shapes his writing practice.
How to Read Any Book as a Sacred Text, from Jane Eyre to Twilight Vanessa Zoltan explains what drew her to divinity school despite being a devout atheist, and how her education led her to find sacred engagement in her favorite secular books.
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Megan Abbott on the Dark Underworld of Ballet (and Fairy Tales) The author of The Turnout talks to Maris Kreizman about what ballet costs the body, living in a house of mirrors, and more. The Problem with Writing Biographies of Imaginative Figures Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan discuss their landmark biography of Francis Bacon.
Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature Italian curator Mariella Guzzoni unpacks her year’s long research into the books that Vincent Van Gogh read throughout his life and how they influenced his artwork, letters, and life’s purpose.
Also This Week on Lit Hub Radio On Otherppl, Sam Cohen talks about creating a conceit of Sarahs · On NewberyTart, Marcy and Jennie discuss Robin McKinley and other favorite children’s book authors · On New Books Network, Gautam Bhatia on the innate human desire to know more · On The Common, Emma Sloley on exploring fear and violence in intimate relationships · On The History of Literature, the story of Constance Fenimore Woolson’s rediscovered tale “Miss Grief” · On Reading Women, a conversation about climate grief and Indigenous land and water stewardship · On The Literary Salon, Defne Suman reads from her novel The Silence of Scheherazade · Beyond the Mic explores the audiobooks of World Travel by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, Battle Royal by Lucy Parker, The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He, and Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia
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