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Well-Read Episode #91 - Memoirs part 2

03.27.2021 - By Ann Cox and Halle EisenmanPlay

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Our memories may be terrible but these memoirs aren’t. We’re revisiting memoirs this week, and end with what we’re currently reading.

 

 

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Ann’s picks:

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty (buy from Bookshop)– Afroculinaria (blog)– BTS (band)

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris (buy from Bookshop)– The New Yorker (magazine)– Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen by Mary Norris (buy from Bookshop)– Ann Patchett books

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark (buy from Bookshop)– My Favorite Murder (podcast)– Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV)– Georgia Hardstark on Cooking Channel

Halle’s picks:

Open Book by Jessica Simpson (buy from Bookshop)– Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (TV)– Nick Lachey (singer)– John Mayer (singer)– Dukes of Hazard (film)– Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (buy from Bookshop)

Becoming by Michelle Obama (buy from Bookshop)– A Promised Land by Barack Obama (buy from Bookshop)

Here For It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas (buy from Bookshop)– Elle (magazine)– Bossypants by Tina Fey (buy from Bookshop)– Talking As Fast As I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham (buy from Bookshop)– Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (TV)

What We’re Reading This Week:

Ann: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (buy from Bookshop)

Halle: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson (buy from Bookshop)– The Women (film)

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