Thanks for joining us as we continue our constant conversation about books. Today, we’re catching up on some presidential, sports, and literary nonfiction, middle grades literature, food memoir, and good novels. We go deep on Brian Doyle’s One Long River of Song, an essay collection that was a fast favorite.

All the books we discussed are listed below. Feel free to email us with book recommendations at [email protected].

Gunslinger by Jeff Pearlman

42 Today ed. by Michael Long

Roberto and Me by Dan Gutman

Miss Daisy is Crazy by Dan Gutman

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham

The Past Is Never Dead: The Life of William Faulkner by Carl Rollyson

Finley Donovan is Killing It by Ellie Cosimano

Comfort Me With Apples by Ruth Reichl

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton

One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle