Episode 254 - Author Spotlight with Tiya Miles
Episode 254 Show Notes
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– Currently Reading –
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower: In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2 – Marcel Proust (CW)
The Reservation – Rebecca Kauffman (EF)
Russ & Daughters: 100 Years of Appetizing – co-authored by Niki Russ Federman and Josh Russ Tupper (EF)
– Just Read –
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text –Mary Shelley (CW) (audiobook)
Cece Downing’s Start Over Summer – Soon Wiley (EF) release date 6/16/2026
Tales from the Haunted South: Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era – Tiya Miles (CW) (audiobook)
Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People – Tiya Miles (EF) (audiobook)
– Biblio Adventures –
Emily recommends listening to an interview between Guillermo Del Toro, director of Frankenstein, and Terry Gross on Fresh Air; listen here.
Chris watched a movie inspired by Jane Austen called Sense, Sensibility, & Snowmen.
Emily binged season four of The Lincoln Lawyer based on the novel The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly.
Chris and Emily were dining at Fair Haven Oyster Co. where they noticed a delightful little free library. Chris stopped at one of her favorite little free libraries in Stony Creek, down the street from the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library.
Emily watched the second event in the Aspen Winter Words series with Lily King and her book Heart the Lover. She was in conversation with Mitzi Rapkin.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
Chris and Emily are going on a joint jaunt to the Schubert Theater in New Haven for a showing of The Librarians.
Emily has the third event in the Aspen Winter Words series with Tara Roberts and her book Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging.
Partners in Crime Bookshop has opened in Chicago.
– Upcoming Reads –
All That Remains – Patricia Cornwall (CW)
Awake in the Floating City – Susanna Kwan (EF)
– Out Now –
More Than Enough – Anna Quindlen
Kin – Tayari Jones
– Author Spotlight with Tiya Miles –
We had the opportunity to speak with Tiya Miles about her new book Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People.
You can learn more about Tiya and her writing on her website.
– Q1 Readalong –
The 2026 first quarter readalong is Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley.
The Zoom conversation will take place on Sunday, March 1 at 7pm (ET). Send an email if you would like to join.
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Here’s a Wikipedia page that includes a link of Frankenstein adaptations.
Frankenstein screen adaptations we plan to watch:
Frankenstein: The Man Who Made a Monster starring Boris Karloff
Young Frankenstein starring Gene Wilder
Frankenstein the most recent adaptation, directed by Guillermo del Torro
The Bride, forthcoming in March, directed by Magie Gyllenhaal
– Also Mentioned –
Her Life in Ink: Elizabeth Jordan, Journalist, Editor, and Mystery Author – Sharon M. Harris (CW)
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon by Sara Catterall
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
From Where You Dream: The Process of Writing Fiction by Robert Olen Butler
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
Harriet the movie
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