On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books! 

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Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)

No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

Too Good To Be True Carola Lovering

Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley     

Other Books Mentioned:

Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin. 

Monster walter Dean Myers

Sarah Grien like Water for Elephants

The Sympathizer Viet Nguyen Thang

Other Things Menioned:

Click here for the trailer for the movie, Monster, based on Walter Dean Myer’s novel.

Click here for the article on Sara Gruen in Vulture.

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On this episode, I discuss Hummingbird Salamander, Love in Case of Emergency and other great books! 

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Books Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)

Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VenderMeer

Love In Case of Emergency   Daniela Krien

The Good Sister by     Sally Hepworth

A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

You Love Me  by Caroline Kepnes

Stop Asian Hate Reading Lists

Feminist Press

Vox

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On this episode, author Mindy Mejia, author of Strike Me Down, comes to visit and we talk about The Echo Wife, You Will Know Me and other great books! 

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Books Discussed:

Land of Shadows – Rachel Howzell

Every Last Fear Alex Finlay

Bad Habits by Amy Gentry

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

You Will Know Me by Megan Abbot

Other books mentioned:

Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia

The Charmed Wife- Olga Grushin

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L.  Sayers

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Facebook: Mejiawrites 

Twitter:  Mejiawrites

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Mindymejia.com

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On this episode I discuss How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue, Who Is Maude Dixon? And other great books!

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Books Discussed: (click any book to be taken to my Bookshop.org store)

The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Justine by Forsyth Harmon

The Babysitter by Liza Rodman and Jennifer

How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Who is Maude Dixon by Alexandra Andrews

What I’m Reading Next:

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

Strike Me Down by Mindy Mejia

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On this episode, author Heather Bell Adams comes to visit and we talk about The Dearly beloved by Cara Wall, Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz and other great books.  

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Books Discussed:

The All Night Sun Diane Zinna 

Fourteen Talk by Age 14: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have With Your Kids Before They Start High School Michelle Icard 

The Dearly Beloved Cara Wall??

Milk Blood Heat Dantiel W. Moniz 

The Last List of Miss Judith Kraft, Andrea Bombotis? 

What We’re Reading Next

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

Jack by Marilynne Robinson

Other books mentioned:

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munroe 

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory MacGuire

Books by Heather Bell Adams:

Maranatha Road Heather Bell Adams

The Good Luck Stone, Heather Bell Adams

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Twitter @heatherbelladam

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On this episode, I talk about Milkfed by Melissa Broder, Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan and other great books.  

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Books Discussed:

We Run the Tides by  Vendela Vida   

Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan      

The Delivery by Peter Mendelsund     

Milkfed by Melissa Broder

Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi      

Other Things Discussed:

If you are a kindle reader, I’ve been adding book deals to my Instagram stories, so check back often. I’ve been focusing on books that I’ve recommended on the show. 

My friends and I have started an Instagram page called @3friendspaint where we each paint the same subject and post it. 

Alexander Kwame visits a fan in London

Next time, author Heather Bell Adams will visit! 

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On this episode, Jacki Skole, author of Dogland,  and I talk about dog books including
 The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, The Particulars of Peter by Kelly Conaboy and other great books.  

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Books Discussed:
Dogland: A Journey into the Heart of America’s Dog Problem by Jacki Skole

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

On Dogs by E.B. White

How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Breed by Gregory Berns

The Particulars of Peter by Kelly Conaboy

The Dogs Who Found Me: What I Learned From Pets Who Were Left Behind by Ken Foster

Other Books  Mentioned:
We Have Always Lived in the Castel by Shirley Jackson

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pindborough

Other Things Discussed:

Click here to read Shirley Jackson’s newly discovered short story.
Click here to see the trailer for Behind Her Eyes on Netflix.

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On this episode, I talk about The Rib King, My Brilliant Life  and other great books. 

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)

My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim

The Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow

The Rib King Ladee Hubbard

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict

Other Books Mentioned: 

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Milk Blood  Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz 

A Beginning At the End by Mike Chen (listen on episode #18)

The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict (listen on #15)

Other Things Menitioned:

Roxanne Gay’s Book Club

New York Public Libraries Story Line

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On this episode, I talk about The Wife Upstairs, The Fortunate Ones and other great books. And you can enter a book giveaway! 

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)

Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce

Tsarina by who Ellen Alpsten

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Other Things Menitioned:

The End of October by Lawrence Wright 

On Earth We’re Briefly Georgeous

 Lydia Millet, a Chinldren’s Bible 

Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte

Article by Lawrence Wright in the New Yorker

Ed Tarkington The Fortunate Ones Giveaway on my Instagram page open until Saturday January 16th

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On this episode, I go back in time and visit some of my favorites books  from 2017 including White Tears and Forest Dark. 

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Books Discussed: (click books to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)

The Leavers by Lisa Ko

Her Body and other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

White Tears by Hari Kunsru

Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

Strange Heart Beating by Ellie Goldstone

Other Things Menitioned:
Enrollment is open for my online, asynchronous young adult novel writing class. Thee class will last ten weeks and run from January 13th to March 23rd. 

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