Episode 266 - Author Spotlight with Jennifer Putzi
Episode 266 Show Notes
– Currently Reading –
The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi, translated by Anjali Singh (EF)
All We Hide – Robyn Gigl (CW) (audiobook)
The Witches of Cambridge – Alice Hoffman (EF) release date 9/8/2026
Roots: The Saga of an American Family – Alex Haley (CW)
Sunrise – Téa Obreht (EF)
The Curious Calling of Leonard Bush – Susan Gregg Gilmore (CW)
– Just Read –
“The History of Sound” short story in the collection The History of Sound – Ben Shattuck (CW)
The Secret of Snow – Tina Harnesk, translated by Alice Menzies (EF) (audiobook)
“The Killers” – Ernest Hemingway (CW) (first film adaptation released in 1946)
The Reconstruction Diary of Francis Anne Rollin – Jennifer Putzi (CW)(EF)
– Biblio Adventures –
Chris and Emily went to Mystic Seaport Museum to hear Christopher Shaw Myers discuss his family memoir Robert Shaw: An Actor’s Life on the set of JAWS and Beyond.
Chris and Emily hopped on the train and spent the day at the main branch of the New York Public Library.
Chris had a Couch Biblio Adventure watching Not Dead Yet based on the novel Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter.
Emily finished watching Margo’s Got Money Troubles, based on the novel by Rufi Thorpe.
Chris had a browse through The Curious Cat Bookshop in Winstead where she purchased Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker. She also took a swing through the new Barnes & Noble located at the West Farms Mall in West Hartford, CT.
Emily stopped into the Southington Library where she picked up a copy of The Butter Cookbook by Anna Stockwell.
Emily spent time in Rhode Island where she browsed through Ink Fish Books and made a stop at The George Hail Free Library in Warren. She also stopped in Tiverton at The Yellow House an independent bookstore and café. On the drive home she stopped at the Daniel Albert Pierce Library in East Greenwich.
– Upcoming Jaunts –
September 22, Emily is registered for an event with Laura Zigman in conversation with Alice Hoffman about her new novel The Witches of Cambridge at An Unlikely Story. This is a ticketed event, learn more here.
Chris is heading to Alabama to visit her mom. They are taking a road trip to Atlanta where she’s planning to visit the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum.
– Upcoming Reads –
Issue 78 of The Strand Magazine: “The Men Who Saved the World” by Edith Wharton (CW)
Glimpses of the Moon – Edith Wharton (CW)
Baldwin: A Love Story – Nicholas Boggs (CW)
Wake Now in the Fire – Jarrett Dapier with illustrations AJ Dungo (EF)
American Hagwon – Min Jin Lee (EF) release date 9/29/2026
Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football – Rich Cohen (CW)
– Author Spotlight with Jennifer Putzi –
We speak with Jenny about her new book The Reconstruction Diary of Francis Anne Rollin.
Also mentioned is the biography Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany by Frank A Rollin. Learn more about the Black Women’s Diaries Project.
– Q3 Readalong –
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, translated by Anjali Singh.
Learn more about the film here.
Companion read: Wake Now in the Fire by Jarret Dapier with illustrations AJ Dungo.
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– Also Mentioned –
Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Rapid and Fatal: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell release date 1/19/2027
The Strand Magazine
Also by Robert Shaw: The Man in the Glass Booth and The Sun Doctor
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Love & Other Monsters by Emily Franklin (featured in an Author Spotlight on Episode 257)
The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love edited by Alice Hoffman
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color by Carole Iona
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