Episode 101 - Author Spotlight with Will Schwalbe
Episode One Hundred One Show Notes
KEY: CW = Chris Wolak and EF = Emily Fine
– Currently Reading –
Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count – Phil Buchanan (EF)
The Late Bloomer’s Club – Louise Miller (EF)
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life – Joan D. Hedrick (CW)
The Country of the Pointed Firs – Sarah Orne Jewett (CW)
Modern Scholars Series: The Art of Writing Fiction – Jenna Blum (CW)(audio)
– Just Read –
Night Theater – Vikram Paralkar (EF)
Kill Creek – Scott Thomas (CW)
Valentine – Elizabeth Whetmore (EF)
You Let Me In – Camilla Bruce (CW)
you can read Chris’s review on Criminal Element here
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Religious Roots – Deborah Feldman (EF)(audio)
The Snow Collectors – Tina May Hall (CW)
The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age – David Callahan (EF)
The Old Beauty – Willa Cather (CW)
Xingu – Edith Wharton (CW)
– (Couch) Biblio Adventures –
Emily watched Unorthordox on Netflix and Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu.
Both Chris and Emily attended the virtual Newburyport Literary Festival
Emily sat in on two multi-author sessions: Cooking the Books and Afternoon Delight
Chris sat in on two sessions: Elephant Speak: A Devoted Keeper’s Life Among the Herd with author Melissa Crandall and a multi-author panel titled What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About.
You can watch the Newburyport Literary sessions anytime on A Mighty Blaze Facebook Page.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Newburyport Literary Festival – May 3, 2020
Small Things & Ancient Houses: A Two Book Launch – A Press 53 Launch with authors Shuly Cawood and Clifford Garstang – May 3, 2020
– Upcoming Reads –
Forever Amber – Kathleen Winsor (CW)
Real Life – Brandon Taylor (EF)
– Author Spotlight with Will Schwalbe –
Will is the author of: Books for Living, The End of Your Life Bookclub, and Send: Why People Email So Badly and How To Do It Better, he started the cooking site Cookstr, is the Podcast host of But That’s Another Story, and is an editor at Macmillan Publishers.
He recommends the book Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano and The Friend by Sigrid Nunez.
– Also Mentioned –
Jennifer McMahon
The Moment of Lift – Melinda Gates
Jamie Oliver
Nigella Lawson
Sydney Sheldon
Shelley Winters
John Irving
Spiro Agnew
The Onion Field - Joseph Wambaugh
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Busines is Selling Less of More – Chris Anderson
Fish! A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results – Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, Harry Paul, Ken Blanchard
Perfect Tunes – Emily Gould
Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs – Jennifer Finley Boylan
Min Jin Lee
Pamela Paul
The Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway
The Moon is Down – John Steinbeck
How We Fight for Our Lives – Saeed Jones
– Lucky 13th Readalong discussion–
Go, Went, Gone – Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)
The Goodreads discussion thread can be found HERE
Our conversation about the book will air on May 26th
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