In this bonus episode, Shruti and Neha invite some special guests to talk about books: Chelsey and Sara of Novel Pairings! We talk all about reading carefully and deeply, public scholarship, and tools to help sharpen your analytic lens. Along the way, we talk about some of our childhood favorites, trends in literature, high school English classes, and more!

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Selected Books and Other Works Mentioned:

Witch Please Podcast

Dolls of Our Lives Podcast

Culture Study by Anne Helen Peterson: Newsletter and Podcast

Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses

A Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

Wilder Podcast

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Passing by Nella Larsen

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

The Guide by R.K. Narayan

Selected Poems by Rabindranath Tagore

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