Join Eva and Élaina as they cocoon in the warm disabled academic embrace of Molly McCully Brown's "Places I've Taken My Body" essay collection. A poet and a scholar, McCully Brown prompts us to reflect on disability culture and disabled communities, past and present and we get pretty mushy about it. What! It feels so good to be seen. Listen if you too are craving darkly beautiful reflections on living through the cycle of fighting your bodymind, becoming the supercrip, and then forgetting your pain only to start again.

CW: Eugenics, forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation

We are back with more Emezi coverage! The magic in "You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty" is all about stringing that grief up like a canopy of wedding rings... If you know, you know. And if you don't know, go read this book immediately! Our fawning knows no spoiler bounds.

CN for discussions of: death, grief, biphobia, aggression

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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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Are your ready for a psychoanalytic and gushing recap of a queer YA magical realism novel? Well, it doesn't matter because we are gifting you our review of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore. Come for the Latinx non-binary teen representation, stay for the crip mutual aid.

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In this episode, Élaina and Eva wade into the crocodile-infested waters of “Jawbone”, the horror novel by Mónica Ojeda, translated from Spanish by Sarah Booker. Set in Ecuador, this gothic coming of age tale is as mesmerising as it is disturbing. And, of course, as former teenage girls who now teach the youth, your hosts have THOUGHTS. This was a fun one (and a dark one), y’all.

As always, this podcast is spoiler-FULL.

CW: Body horror, blood, kidnapping, torture

Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission):

Tender is the Flesh by Agostina Bazterrica

Sisters by Daisy Johnson

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez

Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

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We invite you to enter the wholesome and delightful world of “A Snake Falls to Earth”, the YA fantasy novel by Darcie Little Badger. Witness Élaina as she revises her analysis live on air and bask in Eva’s joy at the excellent snake and ace representation.

Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission):

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Loveless by Alice Oseman

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In this episode, Élaina and Eva discuss the gothic novel “The Piano Room” by Clio Velentza. We go into detail on this Faust retelling set in 1970s-1990s Hungary and Eva shines with her psychoanalytic insights on umlichkeit, or the Freudian “uncanny”. Listen and learn (in the most fun way, obviously).

As always, this is a spoiler-FULL podcast

Thank you to Fairlight Books for Élaina’s advance paperback copy.

CW: murder, abuse and neglect

Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission):

“The Piano Room” by Clio Velentza

“We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson

When Things Get Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow

The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffman

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe

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*Season 3 of Bookshelf Remix enters the scene to the sound of fanfare and golden trumpets*: We’re back with a brand new season, brand new lineup, and brand new co-host, Eva Sprecher! Join Eva and Élaina to discuss “Gold Diggers” by Sanjena Sathian as they live their best, gold-laden, literary life. We didn’t plan it this way, but it turns out this discussion is the anchor for the whole season, so don’t skip it!

As always, this podcast is spoiler-FULL.

CW: Discussions of suicide, substance abuse, and mental health crisis

Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission):

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Brick Lane by Monica Ali

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

The Inheritance of Orchidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

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Eva is @EAsprecher on Twitter and @windup_book_chronicles; find her academic work on ResearchGate

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We we are thrilled to announce that season 3 of Bookshelf Remix is coming on the 20th of March!

We have read debut novels, romance, YA fantasy, horror, and magical realism galore and you get to hear about it.

So subscribe to Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts and you won’t miss our season 3 premiere on March 20!

Follow us @bookshelfremix on Instagram to get the full book list so you can read along.

Cause it’s time to give your bookshelf a good remix.

Visiting from the land of @bookedsolidpod and @woqmpod, Sariah has joined Élaina to read "The Perishing", a historical speculative fiction novel by Natashia Déon. As season 2 of Bookshelf Remix wraps up, Élaina is very tired and may or may not have completely misread a significant portion of the book. But, fear not, Sariah (and Google) is there to keep her on track and much fun is had.

You should also listen to the original Booked Remix cross-over ep when we discussed Calvin Kasulke's "Several People Are Typing": https://open.spotify.com/episode/3J9JK5NWMI24KdrXMzPGsE?si=fb5f0c1b6613491e

As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

Ok, we are going with back-to-back loved reads! In this episode, Élaina discusses The Street by Ann Petry with fellow podcaster Jack Davidson. The Street is a realist drama written and set in 1940s Harlem, NYC. But really, it is a masterful and bejeweled offering of complicated characters and systemic stakes. It’s a must read and belongs on every high school syllabus. Warning: The Street reads like a thriller with a twist ending, so you may want to read it first before listening to the episode. However, it is so rich that being “spoiled” is not necessarily a deal-breaker.

Because Harlem is on Lenape land, we would like to encourage you to donate to the Lenape Center: https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=L3600

CW: Discussions of systemic racism, misogyny, violence against Black people, attempted sexual assault, and murder.

You can follow Jack on Instagram @goodeveningjack and you can find his The Vampire Diaries fan recap podcast TVD JK @tvdjk_pod.

As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.