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People I (Mostly) Admire

Podcast: People I (Mostly) Admire

Episode: Reading Dostoevsky Behind Bars (Update) | People I (Mostly) Admire

Published on March 10, 2025

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Black Boy [Seventy-fifth Anniversary Edition]

by Richard Wright

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So we got black boy and that's a 300 page book that's fit to a 45 minute solo show

Speaker mentions this book as one that was adapted into a solo show to make it accessible.

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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

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and Hamlet and we were holding up Hamlet when he said blah blah

Speaker discusses a line from this play by Shakespeare during a conversation with incarcerated women.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J.K. Rowling

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so I'm going to maybe embarrass myself but I love the Harry Potter series

Speaker mentions loving the Harry Potter series when asked about a favorite fiction book.

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The Black Poets

by Dudley Randall

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yo somebody sent me a book and I end up getting this book called the black poet and it changed my life

Speaker recounts receiving this book while in solitary confinement and how it changed his life.

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The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien

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yesterday actually I was having lunch with somebody and he said the things they carry and I was like of course we have Tim O'Brien in the collection

Speaker mentions someone recommending this book and confirming it's in the collection, mentioning the author.

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