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July 23, 2012  

Bookrageous Episode 41; Essays and Anthologies

Intro Music; Check -- The Rustic Overtones

What We’re Reading

Jenn

[1:10] Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace

[2:55] Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (recommended by Molly)

[3:45] In Her Shoes, Jennifer Wiener

[4:36] Blasphemy, Sherman Alexie, October 1 2012

Rebecca

[5:00] A Cook’s Tour, Anthony Bourdain

[7:15] Get Jiro!, Anthony Bourdain

[8:00] The Art of Fielding, Chad Harbach

[13:05] The End of Men: And the Rise of Women, Hanna Rosin, September 11 2012

Josh

[18:10] Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn (Dark Places, Sharp Objects)

[19:25] The Twelve, Justin Cronin, October 16 2012

[20:05] Presidential Campaign Posters

[21:16] Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute, Jonathan Howard [UK edition only]

[25:21] Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, Sean Howe, October 1 2012

Intermission; I Don’t Know -- The Sheepdogs

Essays and Anthologies

[27:30] The Longreads Phenomenon, Critical Margins

[30:10] Jenn’s Martha Gellhorn obsession (courtesy of the Picador Tumblr): The Face of War; various pieces on Byliner

[31:15] John Brockman

[31:12] Oliver Sacks

[33:20] The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment, AJ Jacobs (Drop Dead Healthy)

[35:05] Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed

[35:25] The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell

[36:15] Consider the Lobster, David Foster Wallace

[37:50] Manhood for Amateurs, Michael Chabon

[38:55] Distrust That Particular Flavor, William Gibson

[39:30] The Blind Giant, Nick Harkaway (ebook)

[40:45] Some Remarks, Neal Stephenson, August 1 2012

[41:25] Magic Hours, Tom Bissell

[42:00] The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, David Grann (The Lost City of Z)

[43:44] I Just Lately Started Buying Wings, Kim Dana Kupperman (and more about Tiny Beautiful Things)

[46:15] The Boilerplate Rhino, David Quammen

[48:45] Sugar in My Bowl, Erica Jong

[50:50] March Was Made of Yarn: Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Meltdown, edited by Elmer Luke and David Karashima

[51:20] Click: The Moment We Knew We Were Feminists, edited J. Courtney Sullivan and Courtney Martin

[52:39] Otherwise Known as the Human Condition, Geoff Dyer

[56:05] Good series: The Best American; Popular Culture and Philosophy; 33 ⅓ (Let’s Talk About Love, Fear of Music)

[59:40] Griftopia, Matt Taibbi

[1:00:15] Arguably, Christopher Hitchens

[1:00:50] The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem (paperback coming in October)

[1:01:20] Sophisticated Dorkiness’s Essay a Day

[1:01:50] I’m a Stranger Here Myself, Bill Bryson

Outro; Check -- The Rustic Overtones

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