Bedrosian Bookclub Podcast
This is the last episode of the Bedrosian Bookclub in this incarnation, it's been a blast. We discuss the importance of , the book, the project, and it's impact on our political discourse. Why should we pay attention to history, how does the historical narrative of a country affect the way we face the future? Aubrey Hicks is joined by Yesenia Hunter, LaVonna Lewis, Jen Bravo, and David Sloane in a conversation on the meaning and joy in the The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. Follow Aubrey on Twitter for a new book club announcement soon! Catch up on past episodes in the meantime! Thanks to...
info_outline Eat the Mouth That Feeds YouBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
Three votes for Carribean Fragoza’s Eat the Mouth that Feeds You to be something every high school senior is exposed to. This debut collection of short stories is genius, this is late 20th early 21st century Southern California. This is Chicanx, this is Latinx, this is SoCal, this is women’s literature.
info_outline Covered With NightBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
Today, discourse on restorative justice and public safety lacks imagination. We tend to “do what we’ve always done.”
info_outline House of LeavesBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
Ostensibly, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, is about a young man who finds a manuscript in a dead man’s apartment.
info_outline Not a Nation of ImmigrantsBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
In Not a Nation of Immigrants, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz strives to look at the ever morphing population of the United States, to uncover the why and how of the mythology that pervades political discourse on American history.
info_outline Unconventional Combat (Author Interview)Bedrosian Bookclub Podcast
An interview with author of Unconventional Combat, Michael A. Messner.
info_outline The AtmospheriansBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
A "canceled" influencer. An attention seeker with body issues. Man hoards. Enter The Atmosphere, a new retreat where men can detox from social media & learn to become human again.
info_outline The Brutish MuseumsBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks is a necrography wherein each stolen item from Benin City is an unfinished event: the story of colonial violence told and retold through daily viewings by tourists and school children.
info_outline The Shadow of the WindBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
Carlos Ruiz Zafón's novel The Shadow of the Wind is one of the best selling books of all time. It is a story within a story. Young Daniel finds a novel, The Shadow of the Wind, in the mysterious Cemetery of Forgotten Books. This simple event begins a lifetime of searching for the book's author, Julián Carax.
info_outline The Fact of a BodyBedrosian Bookclub Podcast
*Please note that since recording in 2017, the author has designated a preferred pronoun of they/them/theirs; they are misgendered in the recording.
info_outlineHost Lisa Schweitzer is joined by Aubrey L. Hicks, Susan Lindau, and Joan Miller to discuss Victor LaValle's The Devil in Silver.
Pepper is a big man. He's accused of a crime that he doesn't see himself in. He's dropped suddenly, into a budget-strapped mental institution in Queens, New York called New Hyde. He's not mentally ill, but that doesn't seem to matter - the police don't want to work unpaid overtime to process him and the hospital machine doesn't want to refuse.
72 hours turns into a month and then more. In the darkness of his room, he's visited by a terrifying creature with the body of an old man and the head of a bison who nearly kills him before being hustled away by the hospital staff. It isn't a delusion. The other patients confirm that a hungry devil roams the hallways when the sun goes down. Pepper makes friends with three other inmates and plans to fight back: Dorry, an elderly schizophrenic who's been on the ward for decades; Coffee (Kofi), an African immigrant with severe OCD; and Loochie, a bipolar teenage girl.
What's real? Who is the very real monster and how do we fight it? How do we treat people unwanted by mainstream society? How do we know if we are experiencing reality?
Read along with us! Next month we're reading The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahaay.
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