Doorstoppers
05/19/20 • 47 min
Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some of the best and worst doorstopper books? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by Lit Stitch: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers, made by Book Riot and Abrams, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes, and The Reading Women podcast.
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BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
The books that could flourish in this pandemic era from the BBC
Where next for VIRTUAL LITERATURE?
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
On the Road: The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
A Little Life by Hanya Yanigihara
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marl...
Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some of the best and worst doorstopper books? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by Lit Stitch: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers, made by Book Riot and Abrams, TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes, and The Reading Women podcast.
Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
The books that could flourish in this pandemic era from the BBC
Where next for VIRTUAL LITERATURE?
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
On the Road: The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
A Little Life by Hanya Yanigihara
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marl...
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Crossover Hits
Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some of the best crossover hits? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of The Paris Hours by Alex George, Libro.FM, and The Reading Women podcast.
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BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
“Majority of authors ‘hear’ their characters speak, finds study” by Alison Flood
The Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020 Longlist
The Comedy Women in Print Twitter page
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide: A graphic guide to lesbian and queer history 1950-2020 by Kate Charlesworth
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
Margot & Me by Juno Dawson
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Holes by Louis Sachar
Guenevere by Rosalind Miles
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice
A Little Love Song by Michelle Magorian
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
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Interview with Screenwriter Sarah Gubbins about SHIRLEY
Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What was it like to adapt Shirley Jackson to film? And, what are you reading now?
This episode contains a really special interview with Sarah Gubbins, screenwriter of the new release film adaptation, Shirley.
This episode is sponsored by On LightHouses, The Yield, and Shelf Addiction.
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BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
We Are All Fluxus Artists Now: Natilee Harren on Making the Most of Mundane Tasks
“The First Lines of Emails I’ve Received While Quarantining” by Jessica Salfia
Trailer of Shirley, adapted from Shirley: A Novel by Sarah Scarf Merrell
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
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