Episode 117 - Our Conversation with Patrick Sweeney about EveryLibrary
Episode One Hundred Seventeen Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– 16th Readalong discussion –
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault
The discussion will drop on February 16th via Episode 123, please get questions/comments to us by February 11th.
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, Feb 7th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join us please send an email to save a spot.
– Currently Reading –
The Best American Food Writing 2020 – J. Kenji López Alt (EF)
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World – Patrik Svensson (CW)
Let Him Go – Larry Watson (EF)
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America – Ijeoma Oluo (CW) release date 12/1/2020
– Just Read –
The Photographer of Mauthhausen – Salva Rubio, Pedro J. Colombo, and Aintzane Landa (CW)
The Cold Millions – Jess Walter (EF)
The Pull of the Stars – Emma Donoghue (EF)(CW)
– (Couch) Biblio Adventures –
Chris attended an event via Northshire Bookstore with Thomas Frank author of The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism.
Emily attended the book launch for Ron Nyren’s The Book of Lost Light via Booksmith in conversation with his writing group including authors: Ann Packer, Angela Pneuman, Ann Cummins, Lisa Michaels, Cornelia Nixon, Sarah Stone, Rafael Yglesias, and Vendela Vida.
Chris attended the virtual mystery event, CrimeCONN Express, sponsored by Mystery Writers of America New York and Connecticut Chapters and Ferguson Library. Session Four included John Valeri and Charles Salzberg in conversation with Lauren Bright Pacheco and Barbara Peters. You can watch it HERE. Session Five included Walter Mosley in conversation with S.A. Cosby. You can watch it HERE.
Emily watched The National Book Foundation Awards hosted by Jason Reynolds you can watch the recorded ceremony here. Here are the winners:
Interior Chinatown – Charles Yu
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X – Les Payne and Tamara Payne
DMZ Colony – Don Mee Choi
Tokyo Ueno Station – Yu Miri (translated by Morgan Giles)
King and the Dragonflies – Kacen Callender
Chris attended an event via the Texas Book Festival with Nazanine Hozar, author of Aria, and P. Djèlí Clark, author of Ring Shout. You can watch the event HERE.
Chris saw her favorite gardener, Monty Don, via the Charleston to Charleston literary festival. He was discussing his newest book, Down to Earth: Gardening Wisdom, with Sue Stewart Smith author of The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature.
Chris tuned into The National Willa Cather Center book talk with Daryl W. Palmer author of Becoming Willa Cather: Creation and Career.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Dec 3rd – Emily is signed up to hear Katherine May discuss her book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times via Skylark Bookshop.
Dec 8th – Chris is signed up to attend an event via Northshire Bookstore with Jane Smiley discussing her new book Perestroika in Paris. You can sign up for the event here.
– Upcoming Reads –
What We Lose – Zinzi Clemmons (EF)
The Butcher’s Blessing – Ruth Gilligan (CW)
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop – Fannie Flagg (CW)
A Promised Land – Barack Obama (CW)(EF)(audio)
– Interview with Patrick Sweeney –
Patrick Sweeney is the Political Director, of everylibrary and Every Library Institute
His books: Patrick’s Books:
Winning Elections and Influencing Politicians for Library Funding
Before the Ballot Building Political Support for Library Funding
One Book One Library campaign information here
Walter the Farting Dog – William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, and Audrey Colman
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– Also Mentioned –
Peter Geye
What’s The Matter with Kansas? – Thomas Frank
The Dive from Clausen’s Pier – Ann Packer
Roxane Gay
Terry Tempest Williams
Dr. Zhivago movie
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
A Thousand Acres – Jane Smiley
My Life – Bill Clinton
An American Life – Ronald Reagan
A World Transformed – George H.W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft
Decision Points – George W. Bush
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety – Jimmy Carter
American Library Association
The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
Blacktop Wasteland – S.A. Cosby
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