This week, Liberty discusses The Music Lesson, An Artist of the Floating World, The Last Nude, and more great older books.

This week’s episode is sponsored by The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak.

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Books discussed on the show:

Alive in Shape and Color: 17 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired edited by Lawrence Block

The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber

The Bird Artist by Howard Norman

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

How To Be Both by Ali Smith

Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

The Painter by Peter Heller

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Great Man by Kate Christensen

The Last Nude by Ellis Avery

The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro

SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

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