Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Ralph Ellison’s Life in Letters
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Sacrament
Discussed“Olaf olafson joins us now his new novel is called the sacrament”
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya V.
Discussed“she is a professor of African-American literature and cultural history at Columbia University and her most recent book is called Wayward lives beautiful experiments intimate histories of troublesome women rius black girls and queer radicals”
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The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison
The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison, edited by John F.
Discussed“she's here now to talk about another book the selected letters of Ralph Ellison which is a new collection edited by John Callahan and Mark Connor with an introduction by John Callahan”
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison is a powerful, enduring classic of American literature that examines the complex and often alienating experiences of a young Black man coming of age in the 1950s.
Discussed“you mentioned Invisible Man and I think that's what most people who have read Ellison are familiar with”
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Black Boy
Black Boy by Richard Wright is a powerful autobiographical memoir detailing the author's harrowing upbringing in the Jim Crow South and his eventual escape to Chicago, marked by systemic racism, poverty, and intellectual awakening.
Discussed“criticism of people like WB Deo who said black boy he said in it was a lie”
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Late Migrations
Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl is a collection of essays reflecting on nature, family, loss, and the passage of time through observations of the natural world.
Recommended“but I am really rereading late migrations it is really that good”
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Buddenbrooks
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann is a sweeping historical novel that chronicles the decline of a prosperous merchant family across four generations in northern Germany.
Discussed“I reread buen Brooks because by Thomas man because he wrote that book hauntingly at the age of 25”
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Dominicana
Dominicana by Angie Cruz is a historical novel that tells the harrowing yet triumphant story of a young Dominican girl who is married off to an older man and moves to New York City in the 1960s.
Recommended“I am reading for the first time Dominicana by Angie Cruz”
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The Chestnut Man
The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup, translated by Caroline Waight, is a chilling Nordic noir thriller centered on a macabre serial killer who leaves a small figure made of chestnuts at each crime scene.
Recommended“it's called The chestnut man is by saurin SRP”
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Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“certainly in the 80s when Song of Solomon and beloved were published”
“certainly in the 80s when Song of Solomon and beloved were published”
“Sadia Hartman is the author of wayward lives beautiful experiments intimate histories of troublesome women rius black girls and queer radicals”
“and she reviews in the cover of the book review this week the selected letters of Ralph Ellison edited by John Callahan and Mark Connor”
“the only book I've ever reread is Harry Potter all of the Harry Potter books”
“you know maybe man read it and thought I'm going to call one of my books Death in Venice”