Episode 145 - International Biblio Adventure and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Episode One Hundred Forty Five Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

Emily read the poem “The Health-Food Diner” by Maya Angelou

– Currently Reading – [2:43]
Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in WWII Europe – Kathy Peiss (CW)
These Silent Woods – Kimi Cunningham Grant (EF)

– Just Read – [7:08]
Small World – Jonathan Evison (EF) release date 1/11/22
Garlic and the Vampire – Bree Paulsen (CW)
Our 19th readalong: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (CW)(EF)

– Biblio Adventures – [36:18]
Chris went to see the play Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberly written by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon at Playhouse on Park in West Hartford.

Emily went to Atticus Bookstore Cafe in New Haven and picked up a copy of Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown.

Chris attended an event via the New York Public Library with Andrew Pettegree and Arthur Der Weduwen in conversation about their book The Library: A Fragile History. You can watch a video recording of the event here.

Emily is obsessed with Debbie Milman’s podcast, Design Matters, and recently listened to an interview with Anita Hill discussing her new book Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.   

– Upcoming Jaunts – [50:50]
Chris and Emily are planning a joint jaunt to Kent, CT to visit House of Books.

– Upcoming Reads – [51:55]
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois – Honoree Fanonne Jeffers (EF)

– Colleen Olsen International Biblio Adventure to Quebec City –
Inspired by Louise Penny’s book Bury Your Dead, Colleen recaps following in Inspector Gamache’s footsteps.

– Also Mentioned –
Jess Montgomery: The Kinship Series (The Widows, The Hallows, and The Stills)
Jonathan Evison – Lawn Boy
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Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
The Well of Loneliness – Radclyffe Hall
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
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