We Used to Have Fun
06/19/23 • 67 min
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Jeff and Kelly Jensen note the passing of two literary legends, ponder a strange pulling of a major novel, go deep on book banning legislation, and note the difficulty of paying bookstore workers a living wage, and more.
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First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.
Liz Gilbert Pulls The Snow Forest
New Library Legislation in Texas and Illinois
Changes at The New York Times Book Review
Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan
Conspirituality by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker
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Jeff and Kelly Jensen note the passing of two literary legends, ponder a strange pulling of a major novel, go deep on book banning legislation, and note the difficulty of paying bookstore workers a living wage, and more.
Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.
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Discussed in this episode:
First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.
Liz Gilbert Pulls The Snow Forest
New Library Legislation in Texas and Illinois
Changes at The New York Times Book Review
Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan
Conspirituality by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker
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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a school in Utah banning the Bible, a book-banning organization officially being labeled an extremist group by the SPLC, a new federal position addressing book banning, B&N's Books of the Year (so far), and report in on recent reading.
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Discussed in this episode:
First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.
Barnes & Noble’s best books of the year so far
Utah school district removes the Bible from elementary & middle schools
SPLC labels Moms for Liberty extremist, anti-government
Biden to name Dept of Ed coordinator to address book bans
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
The Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
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Unsocial Situations
Danika Ellis joins Jeff to talk about the last decade in LGBTQ+ books, Amazon's best books of the year so far, a recent essay about black women in publishing, and more.
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Discussed in this episode:
First Edition on Twitter. First Edition on Instagram. The First Edition (free) Substack.
Despite Book Bans, LGBTQ+ Fiction Sales Soar
Amazon’s Best Books of the Year (So Far)
Black Women Are Being Erased in Book Publishing
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