The Book Case

We have been broadcasting long enough to have what we think of as “authors we always love to talk to” and Anna is one of those.  She is a stunning talent and has thoughts about writing that always knock us out.  So sit down with us to discuss Anna’s latest, More Than Enough, and stay tuned for a great interview with Prologue Books in Ohio. Happy Spring!

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

More Than Enough By Anna Quindlen

After Annie by Anna Quindlen

Write for Your Life by Anna Quindlen

Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen

Miller’s Valley by Anna Quindlen

Alternate Side by Anna Quindlen

Every Last One by Anna Quindlen

Blessings by Anna Quindlen

Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting by Anna Quindlen

A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen

Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen

Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen

One True Thing by Anna Quindlen

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Tayari Jones is one of the country’s most gifted writers, and her newest, Kin, is sure to get everyone talking. Beautiful, wrenching and compelling, this is a period piece that takes place in the South around the 1950’s and 60’s. This is a book that will move you, and almost every sentence is a work of art. Finely crafted, Kin is one of our favorites this year and we were so pleased Tayari agreed to sit with us. We talk to her all about how she pulls off this book, and why it took her so long to get it done.  Join us!

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

Kin by Tayari JonesAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesSilver Sparrow by Tayari JonesThe Untelling by Tayari JonesLeaving Atlanta by Tayari JonesBeloved by Toni MorrisonSong of Solomon by Tony Morrison

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Allegra Goodman’s latest, This is Not About Us is a treasure.  Centered around the Rubenstein family, each chapter examines the Rubensteins from a different lens, a different perspective.  The stories are funny, messy, heartbreaking, captivating; all adjectives that describe complex families.  You will laugh, you will be moved, and you will be left with some brilliant tableaus of an American family as they struggle through life.  We also have a terrific bookstore owner, Sarah Lacey (The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs and The Best Bookstore in Union Square, and yes, those are the names of the stores, brilliant right?). Come join us!

 

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

 

This is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman

Isola by Allegra Goodman

Sam by Allegra Goodman

Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman

The Cookbook Collection by Allegra Goodman

The Family Markowitz by Allegra Goodman

The Chalk Artist by Allegra Goodman

The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman

Intuition by Allegra Goodman

Total Immersion: Stories by Allegra Goodman

Paradise Park by Allegra Goodman

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

The Resistors by Gish Jen

Moby Dick by Herman Mellville

Middlemarch by George Eliot

The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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Belle Burden’s Strangers is not your everyday memoir about divorce.  After three kids, two decades and two homes, her husband was caught having an affair.  When confronted, he walked out, saying that marriage and family were not “for him”. It was not about the other woman nor was it about a long bout with depression, it seemed as if he just woke up and
decided to begin anew.  Belle is left to search for answers as she questions her reality-did he ever love us?  Did I make him unhappy?  How can I move on with such a mysterious and traumatic narrative?  Written with humor,
care and love, this book really is a memoir of marriage and the mysteries often associated with a broken home.  Trust us.  Read it.  Then tune into to our conversation with this amazing author and amazing woman.

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden

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This week we dedicate our show to a documentary that we think is important.  We have promised our listeners to keep the podcast non-political (no shouting talking heads, no books with a political agenda).  But there are some issues that are vitally important that we also believe are non-political.  Book banning is first and foremost among these.  Next week on February 9th, The Librarians documentary starts streaming on PBS stations across the country as part of their beloved Independent Lens series.  Join us as we talk to two brave and brilliant librarians fighting book bans with all their might.  We also talk to Kim A. Snyder, the director of the film about why the stories presented in this documentary are so important.  Book banning is wrong.  And we are talking about it this week.

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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

The Library at Night by Alberto MaguelThe Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

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