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February 03, 2015Episode Five: Should Adults Read YA Literature?
Last year, Ruth Graham published an article in Slate arguing that adults should feel embarrassed to read young-adult fiction. This episode, Emily and Kyle weigh in on the debate and talk about how to balance reading what you like with finding material that challenges you.
Plus, they talk about what books they've been reading and Kyle gets much too excited about Robert Jackson Bennett's fantasy novel City of Stairs.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – 8:00: What We're Reading
8:00 – 45:00: The Adults-Reading-YA Debate
What Emily's Reading:
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
What Kyle's Reading:
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
"Pocosin" by Ursula Vernon. Click here to read the short story.
Other Works that We Discuss:
Zone One by Coulson Whitehead
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Submergence by J.M. Ledgard
Instructions by Neil Gaiman
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
Buying books at Powell's by using these affiliate links helps support the show!
Do you have thoughts on the adults-reading-YA debate? Email the show at [email protected] or tweet us @PortableMagicPC!
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January 20, 2015Episode Four: The Works of Neil Gaiman
This episode, Emily and Kyle dive deep into the bibliography of Neil Gaiman, including his novels (especially American Gods, Neverwhere, and Anansi Boys), his children's books, and his two episodes of Doctor Who.
Plus, they talk about what books they've been reading, including a quick follow-up from their discussion Episode Three about Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – 15:00: What We're Reading
15:00 – 1:00:00: Neil Gaiman
What Emily's Reading:
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
What Kyle's Reading:
Authority / Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America by Jon Mooallem
Neil Gaiman Works that We Discuss:
American Gods
Anansi Boys
Neverwhere
Stardust
Odd and the Frost Giants
Coraline
The Graveyard Book
The Ocean At The End of the Lane
Instructions
Gaiman has a new short story collection, Trigger Warning, coming out soon. Plus, click here to check out "How to Talk To Girls About Parties", a short story of Gaiman's that Emily loves.
Buying books at Powell's by using these affiliate links helps support the show!
Are you a huge Neil Gaiman fan? Did we say anything that totally made your blood boil? Email the show at [email protected] or tweet us @PortableMagicPC!
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59min
January 07, 2015Episode Three: The Veneer of Silliness
This week, Emily and Kyle talk about forgotten novels – books they've stumbled across, picked up at the used bookstore, or been recommended that it seems like nobody's ever heard of.
Plus, they follow up on the books they gave as gifts this year and talk about what they're reading.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – 16:00: What We're Reading
16:00 – 23:00: Follow-Up: Gifts We Gave
23:00 – 1:00:00: Forgotten Novels
What Emily's Reading:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Troop by Nick Cutter
What Kyle's Reading:
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Our Forgotten Novels:
City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
The Switch by Elmore Leonard
Swallows and the Amazons by Arthur Ransome
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren
The Daughter of Time by Jaqueline Tay
A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin
Buying books at Powell's by using these affiliate links helps support the show!
Do you have any favorite forgotten novels? Got a literature topic you want Emily and Kyle to explore? Email the show at [email protected] or tweet us @PortableMagicPC!
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December 19, 2014Episode Two: Look At This Treasure I Found For You
It’s the Holiday Season, and Portable Magic has you covered! Listen to Emily and Kyle talk about the tricky act of giving books as gifts, what makes a book a great gift, and give some book recommendations for the people in your life.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – 10:00: What We're Reading
10:00 – 35:00: Discussion: Books as Gifts
35:00 – 50:00: Specific recommendations for the people in your life
What Emily's Reading:

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link and The World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter.
What Kyle's Reading:
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss.
Other books mentioned:
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbauch
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
In the Woods by Tana French
The Great Night by Chris Adrian
Kraken by China Mieville
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Cloud Atlas, Ghostwritten, and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
McTeague by Frank Norris
Broken Monsters by Lauren Beaukes
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beaukes
Macanudo by Liniers
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W.E. Bowman
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life by Twyla Tharp
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët
Buying books at Powell's by using these affiliate links helps support the show!
Want to share the best books you've ever been given as gifts? Got a literature topic you want Emily and Kyle to explore? Email the show at [email protected] or tweet us @PortableMagicPC!
We're now on iTunes! You can find us by searching in iTunes, the Podcasts app, or by clicking here.
Or, just enter this URL in your favorite podcast player: http://mixaudio.space/hosting/usr/241/index.xml
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December 05, 2014Episode One: Always Bring a Paperback
In this inaugural episode of Portable Magic, Emily and Kyle talk about reading on the road, their best and worst travel reading experiences, and ponder the mystery of the airport bookstore.
They also discuss their vision for the Portable Magic podcast and talk about what they're currently reading.
Episode Breakdown:
0:00 – 10:00: What We're Reading
10:00 – 17:00: Our Vision for the Podcast
17:00 – 50:00: Reading while traveling
Books Mentioned
What Emily's Reading:
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
What Kyle's Reading:
Kalpa Imperial by Angelica Gorodischer, Translated by Ursula LeGuin. Click here to check out one of my favorite stories from the collection, "The End of a Dynasty or The Natural History of Ferrets".
Other books:
Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Terror by Dan Simmons
Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War by Stephen Platt
The Martian by Andy Weir
People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In The End by Atul Gawande
Want to share your strategy for packing books for a long trip? Got a literature topic you want Emily and Kyle to explore? Email the show at [email protected] or tweet us @PortableMagicPC!
We will be in the iTunes Podcast directory soon!
In the meantime, if you want to subscribe to our podcast, please enter this URL in your favorite podcast player: http://mixaudio.space/hosting/usr/241/index.xml
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53min

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