The Bookstore

Let me warn you up top that we cry in this episode. We read Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, a memoir about the murder of the author's mother by her step-father. Content warnings for some mild language and discussions of domestic violence.

Next time we will be discussing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Other books mentioned in this episode:

Know My Name by Chanel Miller No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder

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We relive our childhoods by reading the first book in The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin, Kristy's Great Idea. Other mentions include the Netflix series, obsession with clubs as kids, and figuring out which babysitter we would be.

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Next week we'll be discussing Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey!

Hello Daaahhhlings. This week we read the splendiferously kaleidoscopic Modelland by Tyra Banks. It's out of print, so if you couldn't get your pretty little hands on a copy, we've got an exhaustive 2 hour breakdown of exactly, or precisely (?) what we think we might have read. It really cannot be missed so get your Smizes ready.

Next time we will be reading Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey. You can find this one at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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We talk about one of our favorite subjects, literary scandals, specifically the ones involving Jonah Lehrer and Cristiane Serruya.

Sources: Jonah Lehrer, Cristiane Serruya 1, Cristiane Serruya 2, Cristiane Serruya 3

Books mentioned: So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

Next week we're discussing Modelland by Tyra Banks! It's out of print so look for it at your local library.

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This week we read Luster by Raven Leilani. Like Ottessa Moshfegh's writing it really captures the mood of a generation. We discuss older men, being bad at parties, and getting caught on very unimportant details.

Next time we will be reading Modelland by Tyra Banks and you might be able to find it at your library or used, because it's out of print. But there is this video.

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Today on the podcast we discuss fact-checking or the lack thereof, and recommend some longform journalism. We will have a list of recommended articles on our website The Bookstore Podcast.

Next week we will be reading Raven Leilani's debut novel Luster!

Chosen by our Patreon Patrons, we read Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth this week. It is part heist, part animal rights political satire (??). Anyway, here's our thoughts. Please don't be mad at us.

Next time we will be reading Luster by Raven Leilani. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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Hey CATS-heads - this week we are releasing a Patreon exclusive episode because we ran out of ideas. Hope you're ready for 53 minutes of us talking about CATS, Old Possum's Book of them, stage productions, insane CGI monstrosities, which CATS is horniest, Becca's better theory about Deuteronomy. All of it.

We will be back next week with our discussion of Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth. You can get it from a local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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An article by Jia Tolentino.

We're a bit late this week, but we have reigned victorious over midterms and work functions and an election to bring you a discussion of Namwali Serpell's magically realistic, somewhat science fictional, family history of Zambia, The Old Drift.

Next time we will be discussing Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth. And after that, Luster by Raven Leilani.

Mentioned in this episode: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Zambian "Afronaut" Who Wanted to Join the Space Race by Namwali Serpell for the New Yorker

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Today we have some fun discussing an article about how libraries are the real enemy. And we also talk about the shadowy world of bestseller lists.

Overdue: Throwing the book at libraries

Author loses spot in Top 10 after buying 400 copies of his own book

Next week we're reading The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell.