In BFL's first episode since going solo, she delivers a personal message. Then, she and the guest Joe, a wonderful writer and journalist, delve into In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, discussing perspective and narrative voice. Joe then shares his experience organising grassroots arts initiative like the live music and poetry hub Debaser Events. BFL dreams about being a historian.

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Books Mentioned

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Ulysses by James Joyce

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Qian Zhongshu

Chapters

00:00 Music

00:24 Personal Msg from BFL

03:11 Joe’s bio

03:53 In the Dream House

17:25 Huge reading announcement 

23:21 Grassroots arts initiatives 

34:06 Student journals in university

37:17 Writing about memory and nostalgia 

40:25 Creative writing VS academic study

47:34 Writing for journalism