Episode 183 - Author Spotlight with Sara Nisha Adams

Episode One Hundred Eighty Three Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

Patreon Giveaway in June is The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller become a Patreon by June 15th to be entered to win.

– Currently Reading – [1:00]
Tiny Beautiful Things Advice from Sugar – Cheryl Strayed (CW)
Quietly Hostile – Samantha Irby (EF)
Voyager – Diana Gabaldon (CW)
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of New America – Gilbert King (EF) (audio)  
(check out the Buddy Read link on Goodreads)
Ulysses – James Joyce (CW)
(check out the Buddy Read link on Goodreads)

– Just Read – [13:40]
Fieldwork: A Forager’s Memoir – Iliana Regan (EF)
Wilma Rogers – Sophia Belzer Engstrand
My Murder – Katie Williams (EF)
The Reading List – Sara Nisha Adams (CW)(EF)(audio)

– Episode Sponsor – [38:07]
Episode 183 is sponsored by The Marriage Box by Corie Adjmi. Learn more about Corie here.

– Biblio Adventures – [39:04]
Chris went to the Book Barn in Niantic, CT where she found a copy of Travels without Charley by Bill Goralski. She also attended a fall preview event with Simon and Schuster featuring authors in conversation with their editors, books discussed:
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir – Safiya Sinclair release date 10/3/2023
Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba release date 9/5/2023
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education – Stephanie Land release date 11/7/2023
Nothing is Missing: A Memoir of Living Boldy – Nicole Walters release date 10/10/2023
Death Valley – Melissa Broder release date 10/24/2023

Chris suggests the podcast Nations of Writers, Episode 27 on Edith Wharton, from the American Writers Museum. The conversation included Anne Schuler, Director of Visitor Services at The Mount and Emily J. Orlando Professor of English at Fairfield University.

– Upcoming Jaunts – [48:18]
Chris and Emily are planning a joint jaunt to Charter Books in Newport, RI to see Claire Fuller on Thursday, June 8th at 6pm. You can register for the event here. They will also visit the Redwood Library and Athaneum.

Chris is heading to the New Haven Free Public Library on Wednesday, June 7th at 6pm to attend the event Preserving Your History: Getting Started with Your Own Archives. Learn more about the event here.

– Upcoming Reads – [50:18]
Life B: Overcoming Double Depression – Bethanne Patrick (CW)(EF)
Julie Morrow – Sophia Belzer Engstrand (CW)

– Out Now – [54:54]
Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America – Krista Burton

– Author Spotlight with Sara Nisha Adams – [54:54]
Sara is the author of our 2nd quarter readalong: The Reading List
You can follow her on Instagram (@saranishaadams) and Twitter(@saranishaadams).
Her next book, The Twilight Garden, is available from the UK now and will be available for purchase in the United States in April 2024.

– 3rd Quarter Readalong – Scarlet Summer – [54:54]
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne (July)
Hester – Laurie Lico Albanese (August)
The Invisible Hour – Alice Hoffman (September) release date 10/15/2023

– Also Mentioned –
David Sedaris
Moonrise Over New Jessup – Jamila Minnicks
Britta Bohler Booktube channel: The Second Shelf
The Odyssey – Homer
Burn the Place – Iliana Regan
American Library Association Podcast: Call Number
Marian Engel
The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix
The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
Books on The Reading List:
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Beloved – Toni Morrison
A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive – Stephanie Land
The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize
Ruth Ware
Jo Nesbo
Denise Mina
The Red Garden – Alice Hoffman
The Peabody Sisters – Megan Marshall

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