Californian Claire Easton, who writes a magazine column called βThe Anglophileβs Notebook,β travels to England to do research for a π about Charlotte BrontΓ«. Tune in as @GottliebGp talks to Sunday Taylor about THE ANGLOPHILE's NOTEBOOK (Spuyten Duyvil)π
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Opening up the fantasies and desires of a young woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities, YOU EXIST TOO MUCH (@CatapultStory) is a captivating story charting our longing for love, and a place to call home. π@ZainaArafat joins us βοΈ
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Weaving an analysis of theatrical craft with a deeply personal coming of age story, THERE MUST BE HAPPY ENDINGS (@3rdthingpress) makes a powerful case for βmilitant optimismβ in an age of chaos. ποΈGive @MeganS_Z's conversation with Andy Boyd a listenπ
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Growing up paralyzed in the 90s and early 2000s, none of the prevailing pop culture depictions of disability felt right to @rebekahtaussig. On this episode Taussig joins @ChristinaGessl2 to fill us in on her new memoir-in-essays from @HarperOneBooks.ππ
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Neuroscientist Rachel Genn's new novel exposes a failed psychologist who tries to use his world-famous girlfriend as a drug experiment. newbooksnetwork.com/what-youβ¦
After Henry Sinclairβs adviser steals his research, he turns his girlfriend into a drug experiment. @RachelGenn discusses WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON, a non-linear story about resilience and self-discovery in the face of control, with your host @GottliebGp π
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βMy last name, Israel, means one who wrestles with God. And wrestling is all I know.β
ποΈ@look4thered joins @eclemay to talk about SECOND & INCHES (@JadedIbisPress), her memoir that wrestles not only with her own life but also with the past she inherited.
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Loosely based on the lynching of 18 Chinese men on October 24, 1871, DEATH of the CHINESE FIELD HANDS reminds us that small-minded bigotry and xenophobia is a shameful part of US history we have yet to overcome. ποΈAnne Louise Bannon joins @GottliebGpπ
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With gripping portrayals of fathers & sons, mothers & siblings, passion & pain, A SONG from FARAWAY (@milkweed_books) is a moving, nonlinear novel about the relationships to family & society upon which all humanity rests. @denibechard joins @GottliebGpπ
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Scholar, playwright, and NUP author @DrLisaBThompson spoke with Andy Boyd about her new book UNDERGROUND, MONROE, and THE MAMALOGUES. Check it out! Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/lisa-b-tβ¦
On this episode African American Studies scholar and playwright @DrLisaBThompson joins Andy Boyd to talk about UNDERGROUND, MONROE, and THE MAMALOGUES (@NorthwesternUP), her latest book that collects plays from the last two decades. πtheir conversationβοΈ
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I had a lovely chat with Andy Boyd of the @NewBooksNetwork. Check out the podcast!
Lisa B. Thompson, "Underground, Monroe, and the Mamalogues: Three Plays" (Northwestern UP, 2020) newbooksnetwork.com/lisa-b-tβ¦