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We've got a spoiler free discussion and review of Tayari Jones's An American Marriage for our newest episode. It's a beautiful novel that changes every time we think about it. We picked this before Oprah announced it, so we'll be owning knowing that it was really good before anyone else, ok?

Our next discussion is going to be The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani, so pick it up locally and read along with us.

We've got a spoiler free discussion and review of Tayari Jones's An American Marriage for our newest episode. It's a beautiful novel that changes every time we think about it. We picked this before Oprah announced it, so we'll be owning knowing that it was really good before anyone else, ok?

Our next discussion is going to be The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani, so pick it up locally and read along with us.

Related Reading from the episode:

The Root, In American Marriage, Tayari Jones Gets to the Heart of Our Matter

Bitch Media, Personal Political "An American Marriage" Shows How Black Love Survives Injustice

Corinne and Becca discuss two short stories by the late Ursula K. Le Guin and fall in love.

The stories read for this episode: She Unnamed Them and Those Who Walk Away From Omelas

Our next discussion will be about An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, get it from Oprah and read it with us!

Corinne and Becca discuss two short stories by the late Ursula K. Le Guin and fall in love.

The stories read for this episode: She Unnamed Them and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Our next discussion will be about An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, get it from Oprah and read it with us!

Becca and Corinne make good on their promise from Episode 8.5 to read a romance novel. This week they discuss how the literature world at large has often maligned romance and they talk about the book they chose, A Week To Be Wicked by Tessa Dare. Becca pitches her perfect romance novel and the ladies pick out their pen names. Does this podcast have an HEA? You'll have to listen to find out.

Our next discussion is going to be An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.

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Referenced Articles:

Roundup of the Season's Romance Novels by Robert Gottlieb for the NYT Book Review September 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/books/review/macomber-steel-james-romance.html

Here's How Not to Critique Romance Novels - Kelly Faircloth for Jezebel https://jezebel.com/heres-how-not-to-critique-romance-novels-1819188174

For the Love of Independence: Romance Authors are Literature's Unsung Heroes by S.E. Smith for Bitch Media https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/the-case-for-romance-authors

Becca and Corinne make good on their promise from Episode 8.5 to read a romance novel. This week they discuss how the literature world at large has often maligned romance and they talk about the book they chose, A Week To Be Wicked by Tessa Dare. Becca pitches her perfect romance novel and the ladies pick out their pen names. Does this podcast have an HEA? You'll have to listen to find out.

Our next discussion is going to be An American Marriage by Tayari Jones.

This week we're celebrating gal pals in real life and in book life with the help of Kayleen Schaefer's Text Me When You Get Home. You'll find a review, some great suggestions for books about friends, and some friends from books.

Our next discussion is going to be about A Week To Be Wicked by Tessa Dare. You can get it at the library or your local bookstore and read along with us.

This week we're celebrating gal pals in real life and in book life with the help of Kayleen Schaefer's Text Me When You Get Home. You'll find a review, some great suggestions for books about friends, and some friends from books.

Books mentioned: The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, Ghost World by Daniel Clowes, The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie, Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Our next discussion is going to be about A Week To Be Wicked by Tessa Dare. You can get it at the library or your local bookstore and read along with us.

This week Becca and Corinne talk about graphic memoirs and specifically about Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do. Corinne also remembers the name for the pages of the book that are immediately after the cover. It felt like a big deal at the time. More importantly, they make some great points about how literature makes us human. Which is harder to make jokes about.

Next discussion: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare, you know what to do with that information. ;)

This week Becca and Corinne talk about graphic memoirs and specifically about Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do. Corinne also remembers the name for the pages of the book that are immediately after the cover. It felt like a big deal at the time. More importantly, they make some great points about how literature makes us human. Which is harder to make jokes about.

Next discussion: A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare, you know what to do with that information. ;)