Jeff and Rebecca try to determine what the It Book of May 2025 will be.
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48:27
Ranking the Stories of EXIT ZERO by Marie-Helene Bertino by How Marie-Helene Bertino They Are [Teaser]
This is a preview of the Patreon-only episode in which Jeff and Rebecca talk about Bertino's new short story collection by ranking the stories in Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino. This is for the real ones out there.
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5:57
Celebrity Book Clubs GO IRL, Literary Grudges, and more book news
Jeff and Rebecca talk about still being pissed off about the 2012 non-pulitzer, Gaiman seemingly throwing in the image rehab towel, legal challenges and defenses, and more before talking about their recent reading.
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Books of Marie-Helene Bertino...with Marie-Helene Bertino on First Edition
Jane Friedman on The Business of Being a Writer on First Edition
The Long History of The Simplified Spelling Movement with Gabe Henry on First Edition.
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Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino
Enough is Enuf by Gabe Henry
Pronoun Trouble by John McWhorter
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54:22
The 10 Best Winners of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction of the Century So Far
Jeff and Rebecca continue to get mileage out of the "Of the Century so Far" framing, this time by ranking the fiction winners of the Pulitzer prize. Tough.
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54:22
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro, the book and the movie [Teaser]
It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, Never Let Me Go. Jeff and Rebecca recorded this episode diving into the book and movie in 2022.
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