Passing by Nella Larsen

02/08/16 • 60 min

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In episode 6 of the Backlisted Podcast we're joined by Sarah Churchwell, professorial fellow in American literature and chair of public understanding of the humanities at the School of Advanced Study, the University of London (phew) to discuss 'Passing' by Nella Larsen. Also, John and Andy discuss the book they've both been reading this week, Breakdown by John Bratby.

Timings: (may differ due to adverts)

7'29 - Breakdown by John Bratby

20'16 - Passing by Nella Larsen

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Timings: (may differ due to adverts)

7'29 - Breakdown by John Bratby

20'16 - Passing by Nella Larsen

To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.

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Emmy award winning writer and broadcaster David Quantick (Veep, The Thick of It, TV Burp) joins John and Andy in the Unbound offices to discuss his favourite novel, Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson. Plus how to pronounce Velasquez, Silbury Hill, the death of the possessive apostrophe in retail, and Mathew Clayton's tenuous link.

Timings: (may differ due to adverts)

4'23 - On Silbery Hill by Adam Thorpe

9'29 The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velazquez by Laura Cumming

15'21 - Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson

To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.

For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm

*If you'd like to support the show and join in with the book chat, listen without adverts, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a patron at www.patreon.com/backlisted

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Timings:

3'04 - Puckoon by Spike Milligan

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17:53 - The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard

To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops.

For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm

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