One Bright Book

By: Frances Dorian and Rebecca
  • Summary

  • A podcast where three friends read *all* the books, one book at a time. Join Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss one book in depth and chat about their reading. Visit our website at onebrightbook.com Support us by buying books from our shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/OneBrightBook Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
    2022
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Episodes
  • Bonus Episode #3: In Conversation with David Naimon
    Jul 11 2024

    This third bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and podcaster, David Naimon, while Dorian recharges his depleted battery in the wilds of Canada. We are devoted listeners to David's fine work on Between the Covers, and as you listen in here, we feel confident that you will appreciate the intelligence, the generosity, and the empathy that makes his work irresistible to us.

    You might also be interested in:

    David's Crafting With Ursula series: https://tinhouse.com/th_podcast_cat/crafting-with-ursula/

    These five recent episodes of Between the Covers that are favorites of Frances and Rebecca:

    • Naomi Klein - Part 1 https://tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-klein-doppelganger/ and Part 2 https://tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-klein-doppelganger-part-two/
    • Kate Zambreno and Sofia Samatar - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-zambreno-sofia-samatar-tone/
    • Anne de Marcken - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/anne-de-marcken-it-lasts-forever-and-then-its-over/
    • Mathias Énard - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/mathias-enard-the-annual-banquet-of-the-gravediggers-guild/
    • Kate Briggs - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-briggs-the-long-form/

    We mention this new podcast Hey, It’s Me, hosted by Rachel Zucker and Mike Sakasegawa: https://www.heyitsmepodcast.com/about

    We mention the newsletter Involutions of the Seashell, an epistolary exchange between Lori Feathers and Anthony Garrett on Marguerite Young's novel MISS MACINTOSH, MY DARLING. https://missmacintosh.substack.com/

    And finally, we think you also might enjoy reading David's book, Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/conversations-on-writing

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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    1 hr
  • Episode #26: The Wedding, by Dorothy West
    Jul 1 2024
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West and chat about their current reading. Summer is upon us, so we are setting ourselves free just a little bit. July and August will feature some bonus content as well as a wrap-up conversation about our summer reading. Look out for details about these conversations on our social media accounts. Our next regularly scheduled episode will be in September when we will discuss A HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you as the first signs of fall arrive. We are holding a contest! We’ve each picked six books we’re excited to read this summer. You can check out all the books at our store. But who chose what? Which books have caught Rebecca’s eye? What’s Dorian checking out? Which titles are calling to Frances? Match titles with reader, and send your responses via DM to the One Bright Book twitter account or email at onebrightmail@gmail.com. Entries due at noon on July 4th, central time. Open world-wide. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: The Wedding by Dorothy West The Living Is Easy by Dorothy WestColored People: A Memoir by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays by Elisa GabbertEmergency by Daisy HildyardThe Second Body by Daisy HildyardReading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale by Paul YamazakiThe Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-First Century by Josh CookAll Fours by Miranda JulyKala by Colin WalshThe House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen You might also be interested in: Notes From a Small Press, Anne Trubek - https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com/“Shades of Difference” by Susan Kenney (NYT review in year of publication) - https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/12/books/shades-of-difference.html Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode #25: La Bête Humaine, by Emile Zola
    May 27 2024

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late June.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola, translated with introduction and notes by Roger Pearson
    • L’Assommoir by Émile Zola, translated by Brian Nelson and edited by Robert Lethbridge
    • Germinal by Émile Zola, translated by Peter Collier and With an Introduction by Robert Lethbridge
    • The Masterpiece by Émile Zola, translated by Thomas Walton and translation revised and introduced by Roger Pearson
    • Nana by Émile Zola, translated by Helen Constantine and Edited by Brian Nelson
    • Pot Luck by Émile Zola, Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Brian Nelson
    • Doctor Pascal by Émile Zola, translated by Julie Rose, edited by Brian Nelson
    • The Octopus by Frank Norris
    • Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Wool, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rosamond Lehmann by Harriet Baker
    • Henry, Henry by Allen Bratton
    • The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
    • The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard
    • It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
    • The Wedding by Dorothy West

    You might also be interested in:

    • “Is It Even Good? Brandon Taylor Reads Zola” - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n07/brandon-taylor/is-it-even-good
    • Further pursuing your knowledge of literary zombie novels

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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    1 hr and 11 mins

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