Episode 129 - Author Spotlight with Chris Tebbetts
Episode One Hundred Twenty Nine Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
Chris read a poem by Lucille Clifton titled “why some people be mad at me sometimes.”
– Currently Reading –
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry – edited by Joy Harjo, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and Leanne Howe (CW)
A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver (CW)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(EF)(audio)
Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead (EF)
– Just Read –
The Cask of Amontillado – Edgar Allan Poe (CW)
That Summer – Jennifer Weiner (EF)
Ghosts of Harvard – Francesca Serritella (CW)
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones – James Clear (CW)(audio)
– Biblio Adventures –
Via the Writers League of Texas, Chris attended an event with Heather Harper Ellett, author of Ain’t Nobody Nobody, about Channeling Anxiety and Depression into Creativity. You can watch a recording of the event here. You can also watch our chat with Heather on the Book Cougars YouTube page here.
Emily moderated an event via the Newburyport Literary Festival with Deirdre Mask author of The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power. You can watch the event here.
Chris attended an event via the London Library Lit Fest with Sarah Waters in conversation with Hallie Rubenhold. You can watch a recording of the event here.
Emily attended an event with Maggie Shipstead, author of Great Circle, in conversation with Bethanne Patrick via Politics and Prose Bookstore. You can watch a recording of the event here.
Chris watched the movie Who Will Write Our History based on the book by Samuel D. Kassow, Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelbaum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily will be attending a joint event with Chris Bohjalian, author of Hour of the Witch, in conversation with Wally Lamb on May 11 at 6pm via Savory Bookshop and Café / Bank Square Books.
Chris plans to attend the Lambda Literary Awards on June 1. You can register for the event here.
Emily is registered for an event through McNally Jackson with Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground, in conversation with Lucy Tan. The event is free, you can register here.
– Upcoming Reads –
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë (CW)
I Thought You Said This Would Work – Ann Garvin (EF)
Middletown – Sarah Moon (EF) You can see Sarah describe her book here.
– Author Spotlight with Chris Tebbetts –
We had the chance to chat with Chris about his book Me Myself & Him.
You can learn more about Chris and his books here.
– 17th Readalong discussion –
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The discussion will drop on June 8th via Episode 131, please get questions/comments to us by June 2nd.
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.
The Zoom discussion will take place on Sunday, May 30th at 7:00 p.m. (EST). If you would like to join in please send an email to save a spot.
You can find the beautifully bound anniversary edition of the book here. Note: this is in celebration of Milkweed Editions 40th anniversary, not the anniversary of the book which was originally published in 2013.
With Jenny / Reading Envy Podcast – we will be reading When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry – edited by Joy Harjo, Jennifer Elise Foerster, and Leanne Howe
More details about the readalong can be found on the Reading Envy Goodreads discussion thread.
Extra Credit: A Poetry Handbook by Mary Oliver
– Also Mentioned –
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Ann Patchett
Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities – Craig Steven Wilder
Lisa Scottoline
Downton Abbey
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet – Sarah Waters
Women’s Prize for Fiction
Patience & Sarah – Isabel Miller
Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys
Amy Bloom
Virginia Hamilton
Arnold Adoff
Suzanne Clauser
Struwwelpeter
Tanya Lee Stone
James Patterson
1st Case – James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts
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