The Guests:

The Books: “Childhood’s End” by Arthur C. Clarke, “Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction” by Orson Scott Card, Margaret Atwood, “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, “All the Pretty Horses,” by Cormac McCarthy, “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin, “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, “The Flaneur” by Edmund White, “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, “Infinite Jest” David Forster Wallace, “No le Temas a la Montana” by Dicxon Valderruten, “Left Hand of Darkness” by Ursula K. Le Guin, “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad, “One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey, “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt, “Modern Romance” by Aziz Ansari, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Alex Haley and Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “The Godfather” by Mario Puzo, “Buffalo Lockjaw” by Greg Ames

The Music: Star Wars Main Title performed by London Symphony Orchestra and “The Facebook Song,” by Locust Crew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ9HVLSCIW0

Writing: (from Laurence) Get the first draft out,put it down, knowing you will change a lot. Just get it done. Also build your “sounding board” community.

Undiscovered Countries https://www.facebook.com/undiscoveredcountries/?fref=ts

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The Guests:

The Books: Hummingbird (Elli Epsi-Release in December), This Changes Everything (Naomi Klein), Harry Potter (J.K. Rowling), The Black Inked Pearl (Ruth Finnegan), Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery), Winnie the Pooh (A A Milne), Exorcising Your Ex (Elizabeth Kuster), A Hero Ain’t Nothin but a Sandwhich (Alice Childress), (P L Thomas), (Haruki Murakami), and (Burnadette Escobido**not sure on spelling)

The Music: “Lako” and “Starting Line” by Elli Espi

Writing: Write about what matters to you, what are the core issues that you care about and write about it; Find some small things you can do to inspire change.

NOTES: The 3-minute brainstorm came from Jill McDonough during #brlive 2015

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The Guests:

The Books:

Kimball Studio: http://kimballstudio.com/

The Music:“Micheal” by HOMESHAKE, “Lavender Blimp” by Megapuss

Writing: Write and describe eyes. Get past the cliches and into REALLY painting a picture of someone’s eyes.

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The Guests:

The Books: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States (Sarah Vowell), Relish in My Life (Lucy Knisley), God in Ruins (Kate Atkinson), Life After Life (Kate Atkinson), Emotionally Weird (Kate Atkinson), Human Croquet (Kate Atkinson), The Blind Assasin (Margaret Atwood), The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood), Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert), Henry and June (Anais Nin), The Art of Learning (Josh Waitzkin) The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking (Edward B Burger and Michael P Starbird), Hark a Vagrant (Kate Beaton), War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy), Sex at Dawn (Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha), and Moby Dick (Herman Melville)

Ellia Reading: http://bushwickbookclub.bandcamp.com/track/ellia-bisker-reading-from-blind-assassin-by-margaret-atwood

The Music:http://bushwickbookclub.bandcamp.com/track/sail-ho, https://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/never-look-back-words-ep

Writing: Give yourself permission to write the worst song ever (or short story, novel, screenplay…)

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