Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some great literary comics? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by THE LIGHTEST OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE by Kimi Eisele, now in paperback from Algonquin Books; Dark August by Harper Publishing; and Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit.
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BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
Kelly Sue DeConnick on how the comic industry fosters sexual harassment and how to change the system.
Black Writers’ Guild calls for sweeping change in UK publishing
Understanding Comics : The Invisible Art & Making Comics by Scott McCloud
How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy : A Retelling of Little Women by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo
The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, illustrated by Dani
The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds
Freedom Hospital : A Syrian Story by Hamid Sulaiman, trans Francesca Barrie
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin
Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Bites of Terror by Cuddles and Rage
Here by Richard McGuire
One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
Graphic novels for people who like literary fiction
Bunny by Mona Awad
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
The Year Of The Runaways by Sanjeev Sahota
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52:49
Literature in Translation, Part II
Mary Kay and Louise talk about important things like, what’s going on in the literary world right now? What are some newly translated books? And, what are you reading now?
This episode is sponsored by The Secret Women from Amistad Books, TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting!, and the Books and Boba podcast.
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BOOKS AND TEXTS DISCUSSED:
Book workers are striking today in a day of solidarity against racist violence and discrimination.
A list of online Black owned bookstores to support.
The LAMBDA awards are out!
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante which was the winner of the Trans category.
Metonymy Press
Fracture by Andrés Neuman, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia
Magnetized by Carlos Busqued translated by Samuel Rutter
The Cage by Alberts Bels
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Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Hadriana in All My Dreams by Renee Depestre, translated by Kaima L. Glover
Celestial Bodies by Joka Alharthi, translated by Marilyn Booth
Pillars of Salt by Fadia Faqir [edit: this book was not translated from its original Arabic into English, but rather published simultaneously in Arabic and English]
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal el Saadawi
50 Must Read Books by women in translation
The Garden of Monsters by Lorenza Pieri, translated by Liesl Schillinger
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin
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48:57
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:
#FrightGirlSummer
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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Louise @ www.didyoueverstoptothink.com and @chaletfan on Twitter.
Mary Kay @ www.marykaymcbrayer.com, Twitter at @mkmcbrayer, and Instagram at @marykaymcbrayer.
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44:31
Doorstoppers
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?
“Black Box” by Jennifer Egan
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
Must Read Big Books
Long Books That Feel Short
A Little Life by Hanya Yanigihara
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James.
Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson
Night And Day by Virginia Woolf
“In the Orchard” by Virginia Woolf
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47:49
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 Read Harder Challenge
2020 Reading Log
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Holes by Louis Sachar
Guenevere by Rosalind Miles
Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice
Eva Ibbotson
A Little Love Song by Michelle Magorian
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr
Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden
A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
The Madeline Treasury by Ludwig Bemmelmans
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