Book Society

Carrie Fountain and I talk about her poetry, Robert Frost, Gerrard Manly Hopkins and I accidentialy misgender Rilke.  In my defense, his middle name is Maria.Buy The Life:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/650137/the-life-by-carrie-fountain/Find Out More About Carrie Fountain:https://www.carriefountain.com

Texas Poet Laurete Carrie Fountain and I talk about Poetry, the driftless region and Jeffrey Dahmer.Buy God of Nothingness:https://www.amazon.com/God-Nothingness-Poems-Mark-Wunderlich/dp/1644450429Me and Maggie Smith Talk About Carrie Fountain's Book:

M&A Legend and Venture Capitalist Ken Miller and I talk about the nature of fiction and the nature of money.Buy The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet:https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Autumns-Jacob-Zoet-Novel/dp/0812976363/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18A7T5X1V6ZIP&keywords=the+thousand+autumns+of+jacob+de+zoet&qid=1648160985&sprefix=the+thousand+autumns+of%2Caps%2C305&sr=8-1

Vinod and I talk about the nature of memoir and novels, politics as a national pastime, and the Hindu attitude towards sex... Voltaire makes an appearance too... oh yea, so does the World Bank.Buy Silent Winds, Dry Seas:https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Winds-Dry-Seas-Novel/dp/0385547021/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18FLNDL7DL82P&keywords=silent+winds+dry+seas&qid=1646864464&s=books&sprefix=silent+winds+dry+%2Cstripbooks%2C123&sr=1-1

Vinod and I talk about about miserable Irish childhoods, the problem with the British, and the Catholic Church. Buy Angela's Ashes:https://www.amazon.com/Angelas-Ashes-Frank-McCourt-Memoirs/dp/0684874350/ref=asc_df_0684874350/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312371602209&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15996310014722693887&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031144&hvtargid=pla-463986682027&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=61011965686&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312371602209&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15996310014722693887&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031144&hvtargid=pla-463986682027Buy Silent Winds, Dry Seas:https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Winds-Dry-Seas-Novel/dp/0385547021/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18FLNDL7DL82P&keywords=silent+winds+dry+seas&qid=1646864464&s=books&sprefix=silent+winds+dry+%2Cstripbooks%2C123&sr=1-1

Meghan and I talk about metaphors, living and dead ones.  And about how modern tech philosophers and 3rd century church fathers basically make the same arguments.Buy Meghan's Book:https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385543828Read Meghan's Column in Wired:https://www.wired.com/author/meghan-ogieblyn/More Meghan Essays (on her website):http://www.meghanogieblyn.com/writing-1Here's The Gift I Sent Meghan's Husband:https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-CloudValley-Ultra-Thin-MacBook-Protect/dp/B079MCPJGH/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=23VCXWJLSKJ1V&keywords=laptop+camera+cover&qid=1646256394&sprefix=laptop+camera+cover%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzQ1BHTzI4MlpBTFQ1JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTIwMjUyVlRXRjU2VVI4RjZXJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0MjE4ODEyRUxZNjdUUkc2QUNRJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Meghan and I go down a rabbit hole about the nature of consciousness, and the brilliant but maybe slightly conspiratorial thinking of Julian Jaynes.  This is a good one. Buy Meghan's Book:https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385543828Buy The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bi-Cameral Mindhttps://www.amazon.com/Origin-Consciousness-Breakdown-Bicameral-Mind/dp/0618057072/ref=asc_df_0618057072/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312674999652&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3062671179531381137&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031144&hvtargid=pla-465283667891&psc=1Read Meghan's Column in Wired:https://www.wired.com/author/meghan-ogieblyn/More Meghan Essays:http://www.meghanogieblyn.com/writing-1

Russ and I talk about the United States, the Pulitzer prize and a diamond farm.Buy Wandering Through Winter:https://www.amazon.com/Wandering-Through-Winter-Naturalists-American/dp/B001U035GA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3DA1J8E476NU5&keywords=wandering+through+winter&qid=1645139662&sprefix=wandering+through+%2Caps%2C257&sr=8-1Here's a list of Pulitzer Prize For General Non-Fiction:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_General_Nonfiction

Dr. Steeves tells us about the Clovis fallacy and how humans were on North America for thousands of years before the the current archeological orthodoxy suggests.  It's worth mentioning that the New York Time just reviewed a book by Dr. Jennifer Raff called Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas that comes to the same conclusion.Buy Dr. Steeves Book!Buy The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemispherehttps://www.amazon.com/Indigenous-Paleolithic-Western-Hemisphere/dp/1496202171/ref=asc_df_1496202171/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475909350401&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14455470623895675361&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-1092269749597&psc=1

Dr. Steeves and I talk about Joy Harjo's beautiful book.  And my friend the ground squirrel.Buy Poet Warrior:https://www.amazon.com/Poet-Warrior-Memoir-Joy-Harjo/dp/0393248526/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1I6C55UDJ5SMC&keywords=poet+warrior+joy+harjo&qid=1643753424&sprefix=poet+warrior%2Caps%2C322&sr=8-1Database Of Residential Schools:https://www.crscid.com