Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Joy Williams and Unique Views of America
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Apollo's Arrow
Discussed“his new book is called Apollo's Arrow the profound and enduring impact of Corona virus on the way we live”
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Blueprint
Nicholas A.
Discussed“my prior book was blueprint The evolutionary origins of a good Society and I think that I worked on that for nine years”
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Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu is a satirical and inventive novel that uses the format of a screenplay to explore race, media representation, and the immigrant experience in America.
Discussed“the only controversial thing was that Charles Yu who won for his novel interior of Chinatown he won the fiction award”
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DMZ Colony
Discussed“The Poetry award went to dumy for her collection DMZ colony and she gave a lovely speech”
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King and the Dragonflies
Discussed“and the award for young people's literature went to Case and Calendar's king and the dragonflies”
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Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is a deeply moving and gritty debut novel following a young boy growing up in 1980s Glasgow amidst poverty and his mother's struggles with alcoholism.
Discussed“so the winner this year is Douglas Stewart for his debut novel shooky Bane which I think was probably heavily favored to win”
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They Came Like Swallows
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell is an exquisite autobiographical novel that captures the profound ripple effects of the 1918 influenza epidemic on a Midwestern family through the shifting perspectives of its members.
Discussed“I happened to read they came like swallows which is Maxwell's 1937 novel about the 1918 influenza epidemic”
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So long, see you tomorrow
So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell is a celebrated, poignant novella that explores a childhood memory, isolation, and a tragic murder in a small Midwestern town.
Recommended“so long see you tomorrow another short novel of his is one of my favorite books so I would recommend both of those”
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Homeland Elegies
Homeland Elegies is a novel by Ayad Akhtar that explores identity, belonging, and the complexities of the American experience.
Discussed“he was a guest earlier on the podcast aad Oar whose new novel is Homeland elies”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Nicholas Christa's new book is called Apollo's Arrow the profound and enduring impact of Corona virus on the way we live”
“the other Booker finalists were Brandon Taylor for his novel real life also a debut”
“Diane Cook's novel the new Wilderness and avne doshi's burnt sugar”
“and avne doshi's burnt sugar”
“and established authors on the list were Maza meste for her novel The Shadow King which is set during Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s”
“and CTI dangu for this mournable body which centers on an outof work middle-aged woman in herar and is sort of a sequel in a way to her debut novel”
“Longtime podcast listeners will know that I was on about a year ago on this segment about what I was reading talking about a Sylvia Townson Warner novel called the corner that held them which was a novel I'd never read never heard of”