What Are You Reading?

Marco left his home on Buford Highway to study political science. Now he's back in the neighborhood cultivating community as president of Los Vecinos de Buford Highway. We talk with him about the books that brought him home and what they showed him about the place.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Discipline and Punishment by Michel Foucault
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa by Cesar Chavez
Urban Sprawl and Public Health by Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, and Richard Jackson
Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
Gentrifier by Jason Patch, John Joe Schlichtman, and Marc Lamont Hill
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
 

WHERE TO FIND MARCO:
Los Vecinos De Buford Highway

 

Chapter 14: "Now We Know What's Going On" - Marco Palma

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GA State House candidate Bee Nguyen is a lifetime reader. She talks with us about immigrant fiction, riding the train, how her refugee parents perceive her activism, and empathy in politics.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
The Broken Country: On Trauma, a Crime, and the Continuing Legacy of Vietnam by Paisley Rekdal
The Firm by John Grisham
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Free Food For Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Fresh Off the Boat by Eddie Huang
Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human by Elizabeth Hess

HOW TO FIND BEE:
Bee For Georgia
@BeeForGeorgia
Bee's Facebook Page

 

Chapter 13: "It's That Human Connection" - Bee Nguyen

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Our friend Judy reads, works, and writes at points of racial tension. We talk with her about building bridges, Christianity, generational trauma, immigration, books, and why people need to stop being such buttholes sometimes.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times by Soong-Chan Rah

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Chapter 12: "Practice Incarnation" - Judy Dominick

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We talk with Tim's middle school English teacher about literature, teaching, politics, and the role of reading in rural America. Tim also gushes a few times about her impact on his young, malleable mind.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
Liberal Redneck Manifesto by Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan, Corey Ryan Forrester
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

AUTHORS/BLOGGERS DISCUSSED:
Louise Penny
Jen Hatmaker
Ann Lamott
Rachel Held Evans
Carson McCullers
Wendell Berry
Dan Rather

Chapter 11: "If They're Asleep to Wake Them Up" - Willene Keel

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We talk with Tim's middle school English teacher about literature, teaching, politics, and the role of reading in rural America. Tim also gushes a few times about her impact on his young, malleable mind.

Founder of Refuge Coffee Company Kitti Murray talks with us about poetry, diversity, and where her Christian faith meets her desire for justice. We also go on and on about running.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
What is the What? by Dave Eggers
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John
They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng

AUTHORS DISCUSSED:
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sylvia Plath
Robert Frost

MORE INFORMATION:
Refuge Coffee Company
Kitti's Website
City of Clarkston

Chapter 10: "I Just Wanted to Introduce Them" - Kitti Murray

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It's a special on-site edition of the podcast! Tim and guest host Aline Mello take to the streets at Atlanta's very own Decatur Book Festival and talk with fellow attendees, authors, and publishing companies - and they just may run into a few friends along the way.

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Live From the 2017 Decatur Book Festival

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Brett Trapp, a pastor's kid from small-town Alabama, told his story of coming out in the Christian community on his blog "Blue Babies Pink." He talks to us about the author's who inspired him, the ideas he's exploring, and how he honors the people he writes for and about.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marías
The Man of Feeling by Javier Marías
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Unclean: Mediations on Puristy, Hospitality, and Mortality by Richard Beck
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller

AUTHORS DISCUSSED:
Brené Brown
Anne Lamott

MORE INFORMATION:
Blue Babies Pink
Brett's Twitter
Brett's Instagram

Chapter 9: "Walk You to the Fence" - Brett Trapp

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We talk cultivation and books with farmer, anthropologist, and reader Keisha Cameron. She tells us how she creates space for diversity, creativity, and meaningful change through farming, hospitality, and food.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The War of the End of the World - Mario Vargas Llosa
The Assistant by Robert Walser
Eichmann and the Holocaust by Hannah Arendt
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Harvesting Justice by Jeri Crouch
Anywhere Farm by Phyllis Root
The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience, and Farming by Natasha Bowens

AUTHORS DISCUSSED:
Joel Saliton
Wendell Berry
Barry Lopez
Ellen Davis


MORE INFORMATION:
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Chapter 8: "That Fierce, Tender, Loving Care" - Keisha Cameron

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Brian Bollinger takes a break from his work as Executive Director of Friends of Refugees to talk books with us. He walks us through his wide-ranging list of current and upcoming reads. Along the way, we talk about nonprofit work, Christian spirituality, and Spanish language learning.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John de Graf, David Wann, and Thomas H. Naylor
Love is Like Fire by Peter Riedeman
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution by Wayne Grudem
Coruscant Nights by Michael Reaves
Tales of the Bounty Hunters by Daniel Keys Moran, Dave Wolverton, Kathy Tyers, Kevin J. Anderson, and M. Shayne Bell
Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis by Issam Smeir, Matthew Soerens, and Stephan Bauman
Refugee by Alan Gratz
El Mago de Oz by L. Frank Baum
El jardin do lo senderos que se bifurcan by Jorge Louis Borges

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Chapter 7: "That Requires Life Together" - Brian Bollinger

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