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  • Bonus Episode #3: In Conversation with David Naimon

    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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  • Episode #26: The Wedding, by Dorothy West

    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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  • Episode #25: La Bête Humaine, by Emile Zola

    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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  • Episode #24: During the Reign of the Queen of Persia, by Joan Chase

    Episode #24: During the Reign of the Queen of Persia, by Joan Chase
    Apr 23 2024

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late May.

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

    Books mentioned:

    • During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
    • The Evening Wolves by Joan Chase
    • Bonneville Blue by Joan Chase
    • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
    • My Antonia by Willa Cather
    • The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
    • Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
    • Alphabetical Diaries by Sheila Heti
    • Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni
    • Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young
    • The Wedding by Dorothy West
    • Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
    • La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola

    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
    • “The Longest, Least-Remembered Great American Novel” by Ryan Ruby - https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-longest-least-remembered-great-american-novel

    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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  • Episode #23: The Wild Iris, by Louise Glück

    Episode #23: The Wild Iris, by Louise Glück
    Mar 25 2024
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Glück, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late April. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: The Wild Iris by Louise Glück Poems 1962-2012 by Louise GlückWinter Recipes from the Collective by Louise GlückProof and Theories: Essays on Poetry by Louise GlückAmerican Originality: Essays on Poetry by Louise GlückCold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü, translated by Maureen FreelyWaiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil, translated by Joshua L. FreemanPhantom Pain Wings by Kim Hyesoon, translated by Don Mee ChoiKairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael HofmannCrooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny LorenzThe Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira JosefssonMater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine BaeNot a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermottCursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton HurA Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John HodgsonUndiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Julia SanchesLost On Me by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah JaneczkoWhat I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer HarveyLives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten BakisLoved and Missed by Susie BoytDuring the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase You might also be interested in: Louise Glück Nobel Lecture - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2020/gluck/lecture/Remembering Louise Glück by Garth Greenwell - https://garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/remembering-louise-gluck-1943-2023 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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  • Episode #22: Harriet Hume, by Rebecca West

    Episode #22: Harriet Hume, by Rebecca West
    Feb 6 2024
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss HARRIET HUME by Rebecca West, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Gluck. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in March. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Harriet Hume by Rebecca WestThe Return of the Soldier by Rebecca WestThe Judge by Rebecca WestOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Palliser Novels by Anthony TrollopeThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry FieldingHowards End by E. M. ForsterLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerVile Bodies by Evelyn WaughThe Fountain Overflows by Rebecca WestBlack Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca WestMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfLote by Shola Von ReinholdRebecca West: A Life by Victoria GlendinningSunflower by Rebecca WestThe Fortune of the Rougons by Emile ZolaHis Excellency Eugene Rougon by Emile ZolaThe Octopus by Frank NorrisMcTeague by Frank NorrisA Green Equinox by Elizabeth MavorThe Tree of Life by Chava RosenfarbIn the Land of the Postscript: The Complete Short Stories of Chava Rosenfarb by Chava RosenfarbConfessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays by Chava RosenfarbWords in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert LowellThis Little Art by Kate BriggsThe Preparation of the Novel: Lecture Courses and Seminars at the College de France by Roland BarthesThe Long Form by Kate BriggsHow to Live Together: Novelistic Simulations of Some Everyday Spaces by Roland BarthesThe Wild Iris by Louise Gluck More links of interest are available on our website. 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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  • Episode #21: In Conversation with John Williams About Our Most Anticipated Books of 2024

    Episode #21: In Conversation with John Williams About Our Most Anticipated Books of 2024
    Dec 19 2023

    Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2024 with John Williams, books editor for the Washington Post.

    For our next episode, we will discuss Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy by Rebecca West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January.

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

    Click here for a full list of books mentioned in this episode. 

    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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  • Episode #20: A Mercy, by Toni Morrison

    Episode #20: A Mercy, by Toni Morrison
    Dec 5 2023

    Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss A MERCY by Toni Morrison and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2024 with the book editor of the Washington Post, John Williams, as our special guest. We hope you all listen in to this conversation and grow your book wish lists accordingly.

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

    • A Mercy by Toni Morrison
    • Beloved by Toni Morrison
    • Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
    • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
    • Home by Toni Morrison
    • Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette
    • Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
    • Tone by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno
    • The Long Form by Kate Briggs
    • The Master Key by Masako Togawa, translated from the Japanese by Simon Grove
    • Harriet Hume by Rebecca West
    • The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
    • The Real Night by Rebecca West
    • Cousin Rosamund by Rebecca West

    You might also be interested in:

    • Toni Morrison Nobel Lecture https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1993/morrison/lecture/
    • Between the Covers Podcast – Kate Zambreno and Sofia Samatar: Tone https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-zambreno-sofia-samatar-tone/
    • Toni Morrison Discusses A Mercy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZvMhQ2LIU
    • Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness, Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/books/toni-morrison-goodness-altruism-literary-imagination.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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