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55 Memoirs with Jamie and Rob Stone


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This week we welcome back two of our favorite people, Rob and Jamie Stone. They are extraordinary teachers and passionate readers. Rob and Jamie first joined us in March of 2020 for Episode 11 where we talked all things baseball - click here for that home run episode! They joined us again for Episode 43 in October 2020 for an amazing deep dive discussion into Stephen King novels - click here for that episode!

New Episodes every Friday that we're calling The Friday Four From the Circulation Desk. These will be short episodes talking about 4 books that have captured our attention

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Why are we so drawn to reading Memoirs?

Why do people decide to write one - or what makes it marketable?

Here's an interesting article by Avery Rogers from The Stanford Daily about this very topic: Why Read Memoir?

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2018/02/21/why-read-memoir/#:~:text=It%20is%20the%20closest%20we,same%20world%20we%20all%20inhabit.

Jamie and Rob's Combined List of Memoir's from 2020

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg

Heavy by Kiese Laymon

Is Everybody Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling

On Writing by Stephen King

Me by Elton John

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg

Amie read Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Tami read Picnic in Provence by Elizabeth Bard

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