Author Spotlight with Sharon Salzberg

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

– Currently Reading – [1:31]
Budmo! Recipes from a Ukrainian Kitchen – Anna Voloshyna (EF)
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again – Rachel Held Evans (CW)
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age – Katherine May (EF) (audio)
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times – Katherine May (narrated by Rebecca Lee) (CW)

– Just Read – [13:11]
Luli and the Language of Tea – Andrea Wang, Hyewon Yum (illustrator) (EF)
The Smart Cookie – Jory John, (illustrated by Pete Oswald)
Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver – narrated by Sophia Bush (EF)
Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom – Sharon Salzberg (CW)(EF)(audio)

– Episode Sponsor – [25:56]
Episode 181 is sponsored by The Cost of Electricity by Kathryn Holzman. Learn more about Kathryn here.

– Biblio Adventures – [26:41]
Chris attended the first of a four-part virtual series with author Benjamin Taylor through the National Willa Cather Center. Taylor’s new book, Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather, publishes on November 14, 2023. Learn about Taylor’s virtual study series here.

Emily had a Couch Biblio Adventure watching Judy Blume Forever via Amazon Prime.

Chris completed a Jane Austen puzzle.

Emily had a weekend of fun at the Newburyport Literary Festival where she moderated two panels, one about The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us about Love, Life, and Mortality with Karen Fine, DVM and the other discussing Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives by Robert D. Richardson. Emily talked with Megan Marshall who wrote the foreword. She also attended a panel about the short story with Ann Hood, Richard Russo, Andre Dubus III, and Joshua Bodwell discussing the new collection, Reaching Inside: 50 Acclaimed Authors on 100 Unforgettable Short Stories. She enjoyed a conversation between Liberty Hardy and Kamila Shamsie chatting about her novel Best of Friends and got time to browse through Jabberwocky Bookshop where she picked up the Spring 2023 Edition of Ploughshares edited by Alice Hoffman.

– Upcoming Jaunts – [43:23]
Chris will be going on a jaunt to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT for Booktopia 2023.

Emily is heading to Savoy Bookshop & Café on May 17th to see Mary Beth Keane discuss her new novel The Half Moon.

– Upcoming Reads – [46:02]
The Reading List – Sara Nisha Adams (CW)(EF)
May 26th is World Dracula Day, so Chris is thinking of re-reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

– Out Now – [47:17]
The Collected Regrets of Clover – Mikki Brammer

– Author Spotlight with Sharon Salzberg – [47:30]
We speak with Sharon about her book Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom. Learn more about Sharon Salzberg and her Metta Hour podcast here.

– Also Mentioned –
Judy Prescott Marshall
Watercress – Andrea Wang (featured in an Author Spotlight on Episode 158)
Pushkin Studios
Metta Hour podcast
EveryLibrary
American Library Association
Ask Again, Yes – Mary
Barbara L. Frederickson, Ph.D.
bell hooks

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