Robert Jones, Jr. - Author of The Prophets and creator of Son of Baldwin
01/11/21 • 32 min
Ep. #512 - Adam is joined by Robert Jones, Jr., debut author of The Prophets and creator of the popular Son of Baldwin online community and blog. Robert's new book is receiving praise as a potential book of the year for its groundbreaking storytelling, immaculate prose, and shattering the notion of sexuality and love. This conversation was compelling and touched on not just the novel itself, but its connection to the current moment in time in the United States.
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Ep. #512 - Adam is joined by Robert Jones, Jr., debut author of The Prophets and creator of the popular Son of Baldwin online community and blog. Robert's new book is receiving praise as a potential book of the year for its groundbreaking storytelling, immaculate prose, and shattering the notion of sexuality and love. This conversation was compelling and touched on not just the novel itself, but its connection to the current moment in time in the United States.
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Our 2021 reading resolutions and 1990s books for the #PBNread2021 challenge!
Ep. #511- Jill and Adam are back together sharing their most recent reads before getting into their own reading resolutions for 2021 Then, they offer up book recommendations for one of the tasks on the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge- Read a book published in the 1990s. Take a listen!
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Recent Reads:
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
1990s books - #PBNread2021
The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien
A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest J. Gaines
Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton
Sabriel By Garth Nix The Witching Hour By Anne Rice
The Sparrow By Mary Doria Russell
Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Rose Madder by Stephen King
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
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Escapist fiction books ~to forget about life for a while~
Eo. #513 - Everything feels really tough right now so if, like us, you need a distraction consider getting lost in one of these fictional worlds.
Books mentioned in this episode
Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
Oryx and Crake By Margaret Atwood
The Crane Wife By Patrick Ness
Take a Hint, Dani Brown By Talia Hibbert
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
On Stranger Tides By Tim Powers
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