Elizabeth is fresh a teaching seminar on plays so we talk about that for a bit before delving into books we have read and enjoyed recently. We have some books traversing the wild parts, books for pride, and more. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 160: Reading Plays with Elizabeth Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: In the Distance by Hernan Díaz Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli The Line Tender by Kate Allen Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Leslea Newman On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Other mentions: Common Ground - University of Houston Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks Ruined by Lynn Nottage Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes Manahatta by Mary Kathryn Nagle Sun Sisters by Vasanti Saxena In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl Cost of Living by Martyna Majok The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli Books on the Go podcast - Lost Children Archive Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang Camp ToB The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell Swamplandia by Karen Russell Devotions by Mary Oliver Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong Sounds like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman Lot by Brian Washington Bangkok Walks to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddney Ratner Related Episodes: Episode 033 - An Undulating Thrum with guests Ruth and Elizabeth Episode 061 - Never Do That to a Book with Elizabeth Episode 136 - Six Pack with Elizabeth Stalk us online: Elizabeth at Goodreads    Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy