Book Society

Wilke's University professor and author Laurie Loewentein and I discuss discuss "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson and how it compares to her book, "Funeral Train". Funeral Train: https://www.amazon.com/Funeral-Train-Dust-Bowl-Mysteries/dp/B0B2S6C29H/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LT9JVO9W7FWK&keywords=funeral+train+laurie+loewenstein&qid=1707164667&sprefix=funeral+train+l%2Caps%2C292&sr=8-1Houskeeping:https://www.amazon.com/Housekeeping-40th-Anniversary-Picador-Classics/dp/B083QNWFHS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6CXWMO8W4ACP&keywords=housekeeping+marilynne+robinson&qid=1707164965&sprefix=housekeeping+m%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1

Wilke's University professor and author Laurie Loewentein and I discuss the dust bowl, and her book, "The Funeral Train". Come back next week to hear us discuss "Housekeeping" by Marilynne Robinson. Funeral Train: https://www.amazon.com/Funeral-Train-Dust-Bowl-Mysteries/dp/B0B2S6C29H/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LT9JVO9W7FWK&keywords=funeral+train+laurie+loewenstein&qid=1707164667&sprefix=funeral+train+l%2Caps%2C292&sr=8-1Houskeeping:https://www.amazon.com/Housekeeping-40th-Anniversary-Picador-Classics/dp/B083QNWFHS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6CXWMO8W4ACP&keywords=housekeeping+marilynne+robinson&qid=1707164965&sprefix=housekeeping+m%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1

Professor Andrew Mangham and I discuss Charles Dickens' Great Expectations after discussing Mangham's We're All Monsters last week. Hear us talk about the good and bad of life's daily struggles through this classic coming of age novel. We Are All Monsters: https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-All-Monsters-Organisms/dp/0262047527/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2KG0NQYCV0TX9&keywords=we+are+all+monsters+andrew+mangham&qid=1706735582&sprefix=we+aall+monsters+andrew+mangham%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1Great Expectations: https://www.amazon.com/Expectations-Wordsworth-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/1853260045/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RNHOJ5AAFROB&keywords=great+expectations+book&qid=1706735619&sprefix=great+expectations+%2Caps%2C244&sr=8-1

Literary critic and professor, Andrew Mangham and I discuss his book, "We Are All Monsters" which goes into why there is no template human and how we all have peculiarities. Come back next week to hear us discuss Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations". Get his book here: https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-All-Monsters-Organisms/dp/0262047527Great Expectations: https://www.amazon.com/Expectations-Wordsworth-Classics-Charles-Dickens/dp/1853260045/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1C53XA62IPIM3&keywords=great+expectations+dickens&qid=1706407655&s=books&sprefix=great+expectations%2Cstripbooks%2C569&sr=1-1

The award winning writer and psychotherapist, David Santos Donaldson and I discuss  "Greenland" a story that is magical realism but totally contemporary. We compare it to "Seasons of Migration To The North" by Tayeb Salih in this episode and you can find both books below:Greenland: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Greenland-A-Novel/dp/B09JY2HKZR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3W0I5FQJF3QBW&keywords=greenland+david+santos+donaldson&qid=1705618272&sprefix=Greenland+david+santos+%2Caps%2C346&sr=8-1Seasons of Migration To The North:https://www.amazon.com/Season-Migration-North-Review-Classics/dp/1590173023/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VXGNGC84FWFM&keywords=seasons+of+migration+to+the+north&qid=1705618447&sprefix=Seasons+of+migration%2Caps%2C293&sr=8-1

Not only does she write for amazing television shows like, "Glow", "The Carrie Diaries", "The Bold Type", and "Huge In France" but two time Emmy winning Sascha Rothchild has also written an amazing novel, "Blood Sugar". Check out her and I discussing Madeline Miller's, "Circe". after talking bout "Blood Sugar".  Circe: https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Madeline-Miller/dp/0316556327/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PE5DVV6XOZQ3&keywords=madeline+miller+searcy&qid=1704435798&sprefix=madeline+miller+searcy%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1Blood Sugar: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sugar-Sascha-Rothchild/dp/0593331567/ref=sr_1_1?crid=V6CZBGD6B6E3&keywords=sascha+rothchild&qid=1704435386&sprefix=Sascha+roth%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1

Not only does she write for amazing television shows like, "Glow", "The Carrie Diaries", "The Bold Type", and "Huge In France" but two time Emmy winning Sascha Rothchild has also written an amazing novel, "Blood Sugar". Check out her and I talking about the novel and come back next week to hear us discuss Madeline Miller's, "Circe".  Blood Sugar: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sugar-Sascha-Rothchild/dp/0593331567/ref=sr_1_1?crid=V6CZBGD6B6E3&keywords=sascha+rothchild&qid=1704435386&sprefix=Sascha+roth%2Caps%2C133&sr=8-1Circe: https://www.amazon.com/Circe-Madeline-Miller/dp/0316556327/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PE5DVV6XOZQ3&keywords=madeline+miller+searcy&qid=1704435798&sprefix=madeline+miller+searcy%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-1

Speaker and author, Etgar Keret and I talk about his memoir, The Seven Good Years, and his other work whether written or spoken. The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/Bus-Driver-Wanted-Other-Stories/dp/159463324X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3R6QA6F44P308&keywords=bus+driver+that+wanted+to+be+god&qid=1703810317&sprefix=busdriver+that+wanted+to+be+god+%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1The Seven Good Years: https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Good-Years-Memoir/dp/0399576002/ref=sr_1_1?crid=M3FYAN8L73MO&keywords=the+seven+good+years+etgar+keret&qid=1703810465&sprefix=the+seven+good+yeatrs+%2Caps%2C101&sr=8-1Check out his website for live shows and future books here: https://www.etgarkeret.com/

Award winning Chicagoan writer, Joe Meno and I talk about Italo Calvino's novel, "The Baron In The Trees" and how it relates to each other lives and work. The Baron In The Trees https://www.amazon.com/Baron-Trees-Italo-Calvino/dp/0544959116/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JYFX8M7ZDTY3&keywords=baron+in+the+trees+by+italo+calvino&qid=1702623639&sprefix=baron+in+the+tre%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1Book Of Extraordinary Tragedieshttps://www.amazon.com/Book-Extraordinary-Tragedies-Joe-Meno/dp/1636140610/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GZO42FXNGIAQ&keywords=joe+meno+book+of+extraordinary&qid=1702623603&sprefix=joe+meno+book+of+extraordinary%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1

Award winning Chicagoan writer, Joe Meno and I talk about his novel, "Book Of Extra Ordinary Tragedies", staying positive in the midst of tragedy, and our shared hearing loss as we get older. Book Of Extraordinary Tragedieshttps://www.amazon.com/Book-Extraordinary-Tragedies-Joe-Meno/dp/1636140610/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GZO42FXNGIAQ&keywords=joe+meno+book+of+extraordinary&qid=1702623603&sprefix=joe+meno+book+of+extraordinary%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1The Baron In The Trees https://www.amazon.com/Baron-Trees-Italo-Calvino/dp/0544959116/ref=sr_1_1?crid=JYFX8M7ZDTY3&keywords=baron+in+the+trees+by+italo+calvino&qid=1702623639&sprefix=baron+in+the+tre%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1