Episode 103 - Author Spotlight with Emma Viskic

Episode One Hundred Three Show Notes KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine

– Currently Reading –
Chris dnf’d The Keep – Jennifer Egan (CW)
Resurrection Bay (Caleb Zelic #1) – Emma Viskic (EF)
Friends and Strangers – J. Courtney Sullivan (EF) release date June 30, 2020The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York – Matthew Goodman (CW)
A Biography of Loneliness: The History of an Emotion – Fay Bound Alberti (CW) (audio)

– Just Read –
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen – Lucy Knisley (EF)
Redhead by the Side of the Road – Anne Tyler (EF)
Three-Fifths – John Vercher (EF)

– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE.James Wood’s review can be read here.
Jenny Erpenbeck and Claire Messud in conversation.

– (Couch) Biblio Adventures –
We hosted our own biblio adventure, a virtual readalong discussion of Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck. If you would like to join us for future discussions please subscribe to our newsletter.

Emily attended a Zoom event via RJ Julia Bookseller’s talking with Anna Solomon about her new novel The Book of V.

Chris attended two virtual events: A Q&A with Jennifer Egan and Johnny Temple about her novel The Keep, you can watch it here. A conversation with Tim Gunn and Stacy Schiff about her book Cleopatra.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Emily will be attending a virtual event via the Center for Fiction: Roxane Gay in conversation with Nicole Dennis-Benn about the paperback release of her novel Patsy.
Roxane Gay is offering a free digital care package – check it out here.

Chris will be attending the 65th Annual Willa Cather spring conference: Untethered Cather on the Cusp of the 1920’s on June 4-6, 2020. The focus is on Cather’s book of short stories Youth and the Bright Medusa.

– Upcoming Reads –
Chris is joining in The Sandy Point Correspondence Club and will be reading O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir – Natasha Trethewey (EF) release date 7/28/20
Dear Emmie Blue – Lia Louis (EF) release date 7/14/20Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close – Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman (EF) release date 7/14/20

– Author Spotlight with Emma Viskic –
Emma is the author of the Caleb Zelic series: Resurrection Bay, And Fire Came Down, and Darkness for Light
You can learn more about Emma Viskic HERE.

Emma toured the United States with fellow Aussie writers: Jock Serong, Sulari Gentill, Robert Gott

– Also Mentioned –
Also by Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad and Manhattan Beach
Also by J. Courtney Sullivan: Maine, Saints for All Occasions, The Engagements, Commencement
Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Claire Messud
The Trial – Kafka Franz
Call Your Girlfriend Podcast
American Writers Museum
Australian Women Writers Challenge

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