TBC: What We Actually Read, 2021!
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Our year-end survey. What the hell did we read in 2021???
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RIP Eve Babitz (Rebroadcast: Bicoastal Season, Episode 3)
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RIP Eve Babitz. Here's her episode from September 2020.
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RIP Anne Rice (Rebroadcast: Season 2, Episode 1)
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Re-releasing this episode in tribute to our vampire queen! RIP, Anne.
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Ayn Rand Pt. 2 (Pseudonym Season, Episode 6)
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In Part 2 of our Rand investigation, we figure out what the deal is with Rand’s magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged.
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Ayn Rand, Pt. 1 (Pseudonym Season, Episode 5)
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Sifting through the life of objectivist Ayn Rand.
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Stephen King/Richard Bachman (Pseudonym Season, Episode 4)
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The man who launched a thousand screams and his alter-ego who launched a thousand "wait, who?"s. It’s Stephen King/Richard Bachman day! Happy scary season, everyone!
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Nancy Drew/The Hardy Boys (Pseudonym Season, Episode 3)
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A dive into the hiveminds behind Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.
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Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree Jr. (Pseudonym Season, Episode 2)
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Sci-fi savant James Tiptree Jr. had accolades, admirers and many, many pen pals. Problem was, he didn't exist.
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Stacey Abrams/Selena Montgomery (Pseudonym Season, Episode 1)
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Our Pseudonym Season kicks off with a look into political miracle-worker Stacey Abrams' other life as romance author Selena Montgomery.
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TBC: The Snarkroom of Damocles (& Season Preview!)
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Michael and Hannah gossip about books + preview their upcoming Pseudonym Season! We’re thrilled to be back in your ears!
info_outlineUpdates on everything everyone’s reading (and NOT reading, side-eye straight to Thrift Books) in lockdown.
- Bookshop.org
- Thriftbooks.com
- Trailer for The Pieces I Am, Toni Morrison documentary.
- Peter Ackroyd's Venice on Audible, narrated by Simon Vance
Books mentioned: The Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling; His Dark Materials Trilogy, Philip Pullman; Ducks, Newburyport, Lucy Ellmann; Slocum’s Inheritance, Jack Logan; Excellent Women, Babara Pym; Accept No Mediocre Life: Living Beyond Labels, Libels, and Limitations, David Foster; Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison; The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky; Washington Square, Henry James; Little, Big, John Crowley; Venice, Peter Ackroyd.
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