Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Echoes of a Fairy Tale in a Devastating Novel
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What Strange Paradise
Discussed“again I you know American war is not how I think a literal second Civil War would go down what strange Paradise is not a literal interpretation of the migrant Journey”
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An Ugly Truth
Discussed“it's on the back of your book actually your book cover these alternating statements from Mark Zuckerberg and from Cheryl Sandberg”
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American War
American War by Omar El Akkad is a dystopian debut novel that imagines a fractured United States caught in the throes of a second civil war in the late twenty-first century.
Discussed“again I you know American war is not how I think a literal second Civil War would go down what strange Paradise is not a literal interpretation of the migrant Journey”
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No One Goes Alone
Discussed“it's coming out in September and it's called no one goes alone”
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How the Word Is Passed
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith III is a critically acclaimed nonfiction exploration of the history and legacy of slavery across America through the lens of historical landmarks and monuments.
Recommended“what have you been reading I have been reading how the word is passed by Clint Smith”
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Red Comet
Red Comet by Heather Clark is an exhaustive, critically acclaimed biography examining the short life and blazing artistic genius of poet Sylvia Plath.
Recommended“yes I've been reading a very different kind of book the book I want to talk about is red comet the short life and blazing art of Sylvia PL by by Heather Clark”
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Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing What Strange Paradise
“well let's talk about that first novel for a moment before we go on to what strange Paradise the American war imagined a future second American Civil War breaking out in the year 2074”
Passing American War
“it's a reinterpretation I suppose of of Peter Pan it's a story of Peter Pan retold as as the story of a contemporary child Refugee and it's a much shorter quieter book than American war”
Passing American War
“recently I was I was rereading a section of American war”
Passing American War
“lad's new novel is called what strange paradise and it's his followup to his debut American war”
Passing What Strange Paradise
“Omar thank you so much for being here thank you Omar lad's new novel is called what strange paradise”
Passing Lean In
“as this feminist icon with her book lean in and her leanin circles and then tragic Widow when her husband suddenly died”
Passing An Ugly Truth
“Sher Frankle and Cecilia Kong are authors of an ugly truth inside Facebook's battle for Domination which just hit the New York Times bestseller list”
Passing The Bell Jar
“she of course she she wrote poetry and she wrote a brilliant autobiographical novel The belar”