Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Poetry & Politics
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Milo's hat trick
Discussed“Milo's hattick is a great one and Life on Mars is another one with a that he he likes to have a big surprise at the end which I think is great for small children”
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Life on Mars
Discussed“and Life on Mars is another one with a that he he likes to have a big surprise at the end which I think is great for small children”
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It's only Stanley
Discussed“this actually is even though we both love it's only Stanley which has a great kind of twist at the end”
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Hey, Marfa
Discussed“he does also include at least one major book that we did review this year that's we in the Water by Tracy K Smith a book by a poet named Jeffrey Yang called Hey Marfa”
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Evolution
Discussed“and so is Eileen miles nle who is doing very much traveling that same path right now and has been for 30 years and and still is now kind of evolving the the name of the book under review is evolution that book is reviewed by Natalie Diaz”
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Museum of the Americas
Discussed“um and we reviewed in this issue a book called Museum of the Americas by J Michael Martinez it's again a hybrid book”
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The wall in the middle of the book
The Wall in the Middle of the Book is a whimsical and inventive picture book by Jon Agee that explores themes of boundaries, perspective, and preconceived notions through clever visual storytelling.
Recommended“my favorite overall I would say is a book by John AG who I know you like too it's called the wall in the middle of the book this is a funny picture book that's also kind of weirdly precient and really good”
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Hello lighthouse
Discussed“so your next book is by Sophie blackall who is really star of illustration she's fantastic she won the calicot Medal a few years ago this book is called hello Lighthouse”
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They say blue
Discussed“the next book is by Jillian Tamaki who we love at the book review she's the artist who does the portraits in our by the book series but is also really an incredible children's book author she is she's done graphic novel illustration before you know with her cousin Maro tamak they they collaborated for this one summer um but”
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Night job
Discussed“you have another book on your list of picture books here night job this is kind of a a sleeper book because it it seems like a sort of small and quiet book but I found it extremely powerful and profound the author is Karen Hess and the illustrator is G Brian Carris”
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The Rabbit Listened
Discussed“which is the rabbit listens by Corey derfel oh that's an important book”
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Inkling
Inkling is a delightful middle-grade novel by Kenneth Oppel that tells an imaginative story centered around a young protagonist and a living ink drawing, featuring illustrations by Sydney Smith.
Recommended“well I have to say My overall favorite middle-grade novel is called inkling it's by Kenneth oel and it's illustrated by one of our favorite illustrator Sydney Smith”
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Be Prepared
Discussed“the first one is called be prepared it's by Vera brosgol this is one of those middle-grade novels that also I think skews on the older side”
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Anya's ghost
Discussed“I was a huge fan of bro's debut graphic novel which was ya so for kids older yet probably 14 or 15 and up called Ana's ghost which came out I think about six or seven years ago”
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A year without mom
Discussed“there's actually another great graphic novel by Dasha tsova is that her name called a year without Mom which another great one”
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Mr. Wolf's class
Discussed“it's a new graphic novel series called Mr Wolf's Class by Aaron Nell stanky”
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The Poet X
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a celebrated young adult novel in verse that follows a Dominican-American teenager in Harlem who uses slam poetry to understand her world and find her voice.
Discussed“well of course we have on our list the national book award winner for young people's literature the poet X by Elizabeth asedo”
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Children of Blood and Bone
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is an acclaimed young adult fantasy novel that follows a young girl's quest to restore magic to her oppressed homeland of Orïsha.
Recommended“um and then I would say if you're looking for a fantasy a fantasy the book of the year is Children of Blood and Bone by Tommy adami”
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The Hazel Wood
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert is a dark young adult fantasy novel centered on magic, fairy tales, and storytelling.
Discussed“well regular listeners of the podcast know that I'm a fan of another book that made your ya list which is Melissa Albert's the Hazelwood also a very dark fantasy also about magic and storytelling”
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Homegoing
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is an epic debut novel that traces the multi-generational impacts of slavery and violence across three centuries through the lineage of two sisters from Ghana.
Discussed“and yah Jesse the debut novelist whose novel homegoing I think made a huge impact it traces the impact of slavery across 300 years”
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Those who knew
Those Who Knew is a novel by Idra Novey that examines collective complicity, silence, and the reckoning with abuse in a fictional island nation.
Discussed“I'm reading uh those who knew which is a novel by idra Novi it's actually her second book her earlier book was called ways to disappear”
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Kindred
Kindred by Octavia Butler is a groundbreaking science fiction and time-travel novel that explores the heavy emotional and historical burdens faced by its protagonist.
Discussed“I am reading a book that has been on my list for a while Kindred by Octavia Butler and I'm really enjoying it”
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He Held Radical Light
Discussed“it's a new book by the poet Christian Wyman who these are not poems although he's written several collections of poems this is a memoir SL bookof criticism SL literature itself called he held radical light”
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My bright abyss
Discussed“the other book of his I've read other than some poems here and there in in the various collections is a very intense Memoir called my bright Abyss which was about his relationship to sort of the possibility of his impending death”
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Crowded hours
Discussed“I recently finished reading crowded hours by Alice Roosevelt Longworth”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Ways to disappear
“her earlier book was called ways to disappear and I guess you could call this a political thriller”
Passing Ways to disappear
“is this her second novel it is yeah her earlier one was called Ways to Disappear”
Passing Beloved
“I I think I was thinking about beloved you have some time to go there might be ghosts coming up”
Passing A backward glance
“so I had read earlier this year a backward glance by Edith Wharton and she of course was an incredible powerful literary figure”