Episode 108 - Convenience Store Woman Readalong and Author Spotlight with Fiona Davis

Episode One Hundred Eight Show Notes
– Currently Reading –
Looking for Lorraine – Imani Perry (CW)(audio)
Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who’s Been There – Tara Schuster (EF)(audio)
The New York Public Library Book – Henry Hope Reed, Francis Morrone, and Anne Day (CW)
Clap When You Land – Elizabeth Acevedo (EF)
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man – Mary Trump, Ph.D. (CW)

– Just Read –
Saving Ruby King – Catherine Adel West (EF)
Mexican Gothic – Silvia Moreno-Garcia (CW)
Impersonation – Heidi Pitlor (EF) release date 8/18/20
The Enchanted Bluff – Willa Cather (CW)
Be a part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project HERE
Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey – Kathleen Rooney (CW) release date 8/11/20

– 14th Readalong discussion–
Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori)
Her next book to be translated into English is Earthlings which will be released in October 2020
She has two short stories that are available online: A Clean Marriage and Lover on the Breeze

– Biblio Adventures –
Chris went on a Couch Biblio Adventure via the New York Chapter of the The Historical Novel Society with Alaya Dawn Johnson about her new book, Trouble the Saints.

Emily watched a Glam Cam debut spotlight via A Might Blaze with Nancy Johnson introducing Catherine Adel West, author of Saving Ruby King. You can watch it HERE.

Chris visited the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in Old Lyme, CT. Read more about the adventure on her blog.

Emily went on a Couch Biblio Adventure via Politics and Prose with Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning, and C. Pam Zhang, author of How Much of These Hills is Gold.

– Upcoming Jaunts –
Tuesday, August 4 the New York Public Library will be hosting Fiona Davis as her new book, The Lions of Fifth Avenue, is launched. You can register here.

Wednesday, August 5 the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will be hosting Isabel Wilkerson, author of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and The Warmth of Other Suns. You can register for the event here.

Wednesday, August 19 Brookline Booksmith will host Heidi Pitlor, author of Impersonation, in conversation with Caroline Leavitt, author of With or Without You.

– Upcoming Reads –
The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner (EF)
Intimations: Six Essays – Zadie Smith (EF)
Persuasion – Jane Austen (CW)
The film The People’s Palace – produced, directed, and written by Graham Judd (CW)

– Author Spotlight with Fiona Davis –
We chat about her new book The Lions of Fifth Avenue. You can follow Fiona and her book tour here

– Also Mentioned –
W.E.B. Dubois
The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo
The Ghostwriter – Alessandra Torre, A.R. Torre
The Shining – Stephen King
Mrs. America with Cate Blanchett
The Frick Collection