Discussion Notes: Girls, at Play This week’s story: Girls, At Play by Celeste Ng Next week’s story: Mr Salary by Sally Rooney Rated: Explicit This week we welcomed short story author Beth Mayer onto the show to discuss one of her favorite short stories, “Girls, at Play” by Celeste Ng. Beth Mayer’s short story collection...

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Discussion Notes: Javi This week’s story: Javi by Han Ong Next week’s story: Girls, At Play by Celeste Ng Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Javi” by Han Ong, which was featured in The New Yorker on June 3rd, 2019. The meditative story follows a 14 year old migrant boy, Javi, who works for...

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Discussion Notes: Granma’s Porch by Alexia Tolas This week’s story: Granma’s Porch by Alexia Tolas Next week’s story: Javi by Han Ong Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize “Granma’s Porch” by Alexia Tolas. It’s the story of Helena, a Bahamanian teenager on the island of Long Island who...

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Discussion Notes: The Red Tower by Thomas Ligotti This week’s story: The Red Tower by Thomas Ligotti Next week’s story: Granma’s Porch by Alexia Tolas Rated: Clean At the request of a listener, Andy, Gerald, and Anais discuss “The Red Tower” by Thomas Ligotti. Andy, who was looking forward to reading a Ligotti short story,...

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Discussion Notes: The Escape This week’s story: The Escape by John L’Heureux Next week’s story: The Red Tower by Thomas Ligotti Rated: Clean Andy, Gerald, and Anais discuss “The Escape” by John L’Heureux. “The Escape” is the brilliantly told story of Eddie Prior, a pragmatic family man who faces Parkinson’s in late life and grapples...

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Discussion Notes: Black Leopard Red Wolf For this discussion we read Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James. In two weeks we will read The Bridegroom Was a Dog by Yoko Tawada. Rated: Exlicit. SUPER Explicit! We were supposed to release this book discussion in April. However, this book really did a number of Gerald,...

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Discussion Notes: Ross Perot and China This week’s story: Ross Perot and China by Ben Lerner Next week’s story: The Escape by John L’Heureux Rated: Clean Andy, Gerald, and Anais discuss “Ross Perot and China” by Ben Lerner. Gerald and Andy did not care for the story which Anais loved. In particular she loved the...

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Discussion Notes: Three Friends in a Hammock This week’s story: Three Friends in a Hammock by April Ayers Lawson Next week’s story: Ross Perot and China by Ben Lerner Rated: Clean Andy, Gerald, and Anais discuss “Three Friends in a Hammock” by April Ayers Lawson and dig into themes centered on friendship and whether or...

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Discussion Notes: The Palm Tree Bandit This week’s story: The Palm Tree Bandit by Nnedi Okorafor Next week’s story: Three Friends in a Hammock by April Ayers Lawson Rated: Clean Andy, Gerald, and Anais discuss “The Palm Tree Bandit” by Nnedi Okorafor. This African fairytale enchants all three hosts alike. Anais appreciated the story’s feminist...

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Discussion Notes: The Demon Lover This week’s story: The Demon Lover by Elizabeth Bowen Next week’s story: The Palm Tree Bandit by Nnedi Okorafor Rated: Clean Andy, Gerald, and Anais discuss “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen. “The Demon Lover” is Bowen’s most anthologized story. Published in 1945, this frightful tale is set in World...

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