TBR Lowdown

In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our conversation with literary translator Tina Kover. Kover has translated
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, Blue by Emmelie Prophète, Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre, and The Postcard by Anne Berest, to name a few.

Highlights:

🎙 From wanting to join the foreign service to becoming a literary translator.
🎙 The way translations are pitched and commissioned is quite different than how a conventional author would pitch their work.
🎙 Translators are writers. It’s more than a process.

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Belle Greene by Alexandra Lapierre, translated from the French by Tina Kover. The story of Belle da Costa Greene is nothing short of amazing. Reading about her story felt like a real adventure full of worry, excitement, hope, loss, and pride. It’s a book we highly recommend.

Highlights:

🎙 The things you could do to change your identity back in the day were unreal.
🎙 The real kicker is that it was the whole family!
🎙 Belle Greene was quite the businesswoman.
🎙 The decision to pass comes with so many repercussions and extreme sacrifices.

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Elena Knows by Claudia Piñero, translated from the Spanish by Francis Riddle.

Highlights:

🎙 This book is so much more than a mystery.
🎙 The afterword was such a vital part of understanding the author and her writing.

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Vladimir by Julia May Jonas.

Highlights:

🎙 We open the episode by giving you a little gardening talk! Where are our fellow gardeners?
🎙 The part women play in marriage is a major topic of discussion.
🎙 Open marriage vs. unconventional marriage. What’s the difference?

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth.

Highlights:

🎙 Motherthing looks at motherhood from many angles.
🎙 Can we talk about those mama’s boys???
🎙 There’s nothing like a well-written darkly comedic book that touches on many sensitive themes.

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, our December 2022 Book Club Pick, from Season 2 Episode 71.

Highlights:

🎙 Grief is dripping off these pages.

🎙 Was Leah even there? We have so many questions.

🎙 Who and what does The Center symbolize???

🎙 The body horror was done so well.

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In this episode, we are rebroadcasting our discussion of Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated from the Catalan by Julia Sanches, from season 2 episode 77.

Highlights:

🎙 What does an obsessive relationship look like?

🎙 Sometimes you want the role of an aunt, not a mother.

🎙 We debate whether or not Boulder is punk literature.

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In this episode, we discuss The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore.

Highlights:

🎙 We agree the writing was beautifully written at times, but was that enough?
🎙 In terms of forgotten historical figures, we’re not sure this one had enough meat to his story.
🎙 Will we read from this author in the future?

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In this episode, we discuss A Little Luck by Claudia Piñero, translated from the Spanish by Francis Riddle. We are big fans of Piñero and truly enjoy reading her work. In 2022, we chose her book Elena Knows as our August book club pick and we had a great discussion on that book (episode 55).

Highlights:

🎙 Piñero knows how to write suspense.
🎙There was one character that wasn’t mentioned much, but still held so much space in the story.
🎙 It’s a rather short book, but the story feels so big and it stays with you in so many ways.

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In this episode, we chat with S.T. Gibson, the author of the forthcoming novel Evocation, with special guest Jess Owens.

Highlights:

🎙 Saint and Jess have a fangirl moment and it was EVERYTHING!

🎙We share our favorite characters from Saint’s book Evocation.

🎙 Saint talks about her love for tarot.

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