Book Society

Rodrigo and I talk about The Displaced, tattoos, gentrification, Los Angeles and gangs.

Buy The Displaced:
https://www.amazon.com/Displaced-Rodrigo-Ribera-Debre/dp/1558859381/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3JRAG6P02HI63&keywords=the+displaced&qid=1666898575&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjU4IiwicXNhIjoiMS4wNiIsInFzcCI6IjEuMTgifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=The+Displaced%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-4

I argue that child rearing isn't a war, stay-at-home dad's aren't heroes, and parenting is not the most important job you can do.  Basically I have issues with some of our culture's central metaphors and I take it out on Shannon Carpenter's book.

Poet and novelist Charles Harper Webb and I discuss his book Ursula Lake.

Buy Ursula Lake:
https://www.amazon.com/Ursula-Lake-Charles-Harper-Webb/dp/1636280218

Listen to this show,
Or don't listen to this show.
If you'll do one thing in life,
You should read Fool's Crow.

Buy Fools Crow:
https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Penguin-Classics-James-Welch/dp/0143106511/ref=asc_df_0143106511/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312809338991&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4884716830605559962&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-493775064861&psc=1

Playwright Kirk Lynn and I discuss Games: Agency as Art by C. Thi Nguyen.  We start out taking about how we don't really like the book and then slowly realize that it's deep and thought provoking and we actually did like it a lot.

Buy Games: Agency as Art:
https://www.amazon.com/Games-Agency-As-Art-Thinking/dp/0190052082/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AEG76IMELJXF&keywords=games+agency+as+art+c.+thi+nguyen&qid=1664425819&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjcwIiwicXNhIjoiMC43MiIsInFzcCI6IjAuODkifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=Games+agency+a%2Caps%2C264&sr=8-1

Buy Rules For Werewolves:
https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Werewolves-Kirk-Lynn/dp/1612194761/ref=sr_1_1?crid=135RFBWFXMZ0N&keywords=rules+for+werewolves&qid=1664425856&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjQwIiwicXNhIjoiMS44NyIsInFzcCI6IjEuMzMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=rules+for+warewolves%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-1

Caridad Moro-Gronlier and I discuss her book of Poems, Tortillera.

Buy Tortillera:
https://www.amazon.com/Tortillera-Poems-Caridad-Moro-Gronlier/dp/1680032445/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YX0HWSKO94BK&keywords=tortillera%2C+book&qid=1663271626&sprefix=tortillera%2C+book%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1

We're Back with Caridad Moro-Gronlier!  This episode we discuss Toni Morrison's amazing classic Song Of Solomon.

Richard Blanco, Inaugural poet and man who derives existential pleasure from civil engineering and I discuss his book How To Love A Country.

Buy How To Love a Country:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Love-Country-Richard-Blanco/dp/0807043079/ref=asc_df_0807043079/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=521104755025&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7846218042038700007&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1013668&hvtargid=pla-906068309946&psc=1

The Amazing Richard Blanco, who wrote and performed the inaugural poem for Barack Obama in 2012, Discusses Blud by Rachel McKibbens.

I discuss how reefs turn sunlight into rocks with Sandy Sheehy.

Buy imperiled Reef:
https://www.amazon.com/Imperiled-Reef-Fascinating-Fragile-Caribbean/dp/1683402499