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Every book Kathryn Schulz recommended on podcasts
Kathryn Schulz establishes herself through her podcast appearances as a thoughtful observer of human fallibility, emotional vulnerability, and literature. During her discussions, she frequently explores the heavy terrain of grief and loss, recommending and analyzing works that reckon with these profound human experiences. Notably, she expressed deep admiration for Helen Macdonald's 'H Is for Hawk,' describing it as a truly beautiful and unusual book regarding grief over the loss of a father. She similarly praised Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 'Notes on Grief' for addressing the death of a parent. Furthermore, she mentioned 'Fun Home' while discussing books about loss and connected her own writing to C.S. Lewis's 'A Grief Observed,' which she characterized as a profoundly Christian reckoning with the death of a partner. Beyond works on mourning, Schulz also engaged with her own previous writings, discussing the evergreen nature and themes of her 2010 book 'Being Wrong' and noting how it relates to her ongoing creative wrestling with abstract categories. In other appearances, she conversed about Cormac McCarthy's fiction, expressing immense admiration for his literary gifts upon being asked about 'The Road' and mentioning her recent reading of 'Blood Meridian.' Through these various literary touchstones, Schulz articulates a keen appreciation for works that candidly examine human sorrow, fallibility, and artistic depth.
Books recommended by Kathryn Schulz
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Fun
Fun Home is a critically acclaimed graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel that explores the author's complex relationship with her closeted father, her own coming out, and the literary allusions that shaped her upbringing.
Recommended“I was devastated by wave by Fun home”
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H Is for Hawk
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald is a critically acclaimed memoir that chronicles the author's harrowing journey through grief following the sudden death of her father, which she processes by training a notoriously aggressive goshawk.
Recommended“what an enormous admirer I am of Helen McDonald's HS for Hawk a truly beautiful and unusual book about her grief over her father's death”
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Notes on Grief
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a deeply personal and reflective book documenting the author's experience following the death of her father.
Recommended“I really admired Chim manda's book notes on Grief about the death of her father”
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A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed by C.S.
Discussed“but but I think if there's one book that this book is sort of obliquely in conversation with it's probably CS Lewis's a grief observed which is about the death of a partner not the death of a parent and which is a profoundly Christian Reckoning with grief”
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Being Wrong
Discussed“you're right that it's an evergreen book that book came out in 2010”
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Blood Meridian
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is a harrowing, violent epic novel depicting the brutal realities of the American West through the journey of a runaway teenager known as the kid.
Discussed“But no, I most recently read Blood Meridian and then I'm only like two and a half years into my 10-year stint, which I'm slightly exaggerating about, but somehow I'm the last person in America not to have read The Road even though I understand exactly why I should.”
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The Jungle
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a classic muckraking novel exposing the brutal working conditions, exploitation of laborers, and unsanitary practices within the early twentieth-century American meatpacking industry.
Discussed“I wrote about this in my first book which is what I'd read your book for um and and and actually as it happens Upton Sinclair wrote this expose of journalism in the 1900s right like right after he wrote The Jungle.”
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The Road
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a bleak, post-apocalyptic masterpiece that follows a father and his young son walking through a burned, ash-covered America trying to survive against starvation and roaming bands of cannibals while holding onto their humanity.
Discussed“Have you read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road'? As much as I can take, I’m a huge admirer; I think he's incredibly gifted.”
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Books Kathryn Schulz wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chinese Language Revolution | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 6 |
| Kathryn Schulz on Gaslighting, Misinformation, and Coping with Grief | The Daily Stoic | 2022-12-22 | 4 |
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“The book is called Lost and Found and the whole first part uh Lost uh is very explicitly about grief and and to be honest it then kind of runs continuously as a as a theme through the rest of it in various ways”
“The book is called Lost and Found and the whole first part uh Lost uh is very explicitly about grief and and to be honest it then kind of runs continuously as a as a theme through the rest of it in various ways”
“I um it's incredible uh what we discover uh sometimes without even knowing it was missing from our lives.”
“I um it's incredible uh what we discover uh sometimes without even knowing it was missing from our lives.”
“There's a reason I titled my new book 'Lost and Found' —sometimes we discover what was missing from our lives.”