Author Spotlight with Marcia Clark and Our Mystery Man John Valeri

Episode One Hundred Sixty Nine Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Announcing our 23rd Readalong –
Murder on the Red River – Marcie R. Rendon
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– Currently Reading – [1:40]
Take What You Need – Idra Novey (EF) release date 3/14/2023
Outlander – Diana Gabaldon (CW)

– Just Read – [4:19]
Constance Fenimore Woolson: Collected Stories – Constance Fenimore Woolson (CW)
The Seas – Samantha Hunt (EF)
Chris dnf’d The Archivist – Rex Pickett (CW)
On Writing: A Memoir Of the Craft – Stephen King (EF)(CW)(audio)
Check out the essay: Reading Audiobooks for my Dad, Stephen King by Owen King.
Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row #2) – John Steinbeck (CW)
Shame – Annie Ernaux (EF)

– Biblio Adventures – [27:30]
Chris and Emily visited the Lenox Library in Lenox, MA when they went north to visit The Mount.

Emily attended a virtual Biblio Adventure via the San Francisco Public Library in celebration of their One City One Book selection, This is Ear Hustle: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life; with Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, moderated by Piper Kerman author of Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison. A video of the event is available here.

Chris went on a walkabout in New Haven visiting The Institute Library, Grey Matter Books where she found a copy of A Backward Glance by Edith Wharton, and Barnes and Noble-The Yale Bookstore.

Emily visited The Bookworm of Edward’s Colorado.

– Upcoming Jaunts – [1:02:52]
Chris and Emily have a joint jaunt planned to Amherst, MA on November 30th to go to a screening of the pop opera Emily & Sue at Amherst College hosted by the newly renovated Emily Dickinson Museum. They plan to take a tour of the museum earlier in the day.

– Upcoming Reads – [40:21]
Deliverance – James Dickey (CW)
Inciting Joy – Ross Gay (EF)

– Out Now – []
A Ghost of Caribou – Alice Henderson
Dark Rivers to Cross – Lynne Reeves (EF)
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family – Rabia Chadry

– Author Spotlight with Marcia Clark and Our Mystery Man John Valeri – [45:30]
We talk with Marcia about her new novel The Fall Girl. Learn more about Marcia here.

– Also Mentioned –
The Lottery – Shirley Jackson
The Book of Delights – Ross Gay
Central Booking with John Valeri

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