Book Society

Maria Amparo Escandon and I talk about her book LA Weather.  I insist on reading a passage from Southern California, An Island On The Land.Miami Book Fair Interview:https://www.miamibookfaironline.com/organizer/maria-amparo-escandon/Buy LA Weather:https://www.amazon.com/L-Weather-Mar%C3%ADa-Amparo-Escandón-ebook/dp/B08QGL8XQ6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1642635566&sr=8-3

Maria Amparo and I talk about the baffling masterpiece of magical realism, Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo.Buy Pedro Paramo:https://www.amazon.com/Pedro-Paramo-Juan-Rulfo/dp/0802133908/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3F7GH48ROG31L&keywords=pedro+paramo&qid=1642635519&sprefix=pedro+paramo%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1Buy LA Weather:https://www.amazon.com/L-Weather-Mar%C3%ADa-Amparo-Escandón-ebook/dp/B08QGL8XQ6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1642635566&sr=8-3

Early American History Professor Peter Mancall and I talk about the Pilgrims, predestination and buggery.Buy Of Plymouth Plantation:https://www.amazon.com/Plymouth-Plantation-Dover-Value-Editions/dp/0486452603/ref=asc_df_0486452603/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312021455910&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1703685751642345781&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-546784462047&psc=1Buy The Trials Of Thomas Morton:https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Thomas-Morton-Anglican-Puritan/dp/B07ZQT46Q9/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2ZMA5662GW2L3&keywords=peter+mancall&qid=1642099843&s=books&sprefix=peter+mancall%2Cstripbooks%2C117&sr=1-2

Author of Stealing Home, Eric Nusbaum and I talk about Lou Mathew's fantastic book Shaky Town.  We talk about the Dodgers in probably a little too much detail but this podcast does not apologize for Dodger talk.  I make some wildly incorrect predictions about the now finished Baseball season.  I also tell a story about a how I predicted that Chris Taylor would hit 3 homers in a particular game... He did, I called it, but no one but my wife believes me.Eric's Super Cool Sports Blog:https://sportsstories.substack.comBuy Shaky Town:https://www.amazon.com/Shaky-Town-Novel-Lou-Mathews/dp/1735303801/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MQARAW0R64UG&keywords=shaky+town+lou+mathews&qid=1641329759&sprefix=shaky+town+lou+mathews%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-1Buy Stealing Home:https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Home-Angeles-Dodgers-Between/dp/1541742214/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1641329791&sr=8-1

I talk about my favorite books and look at the year ahead.  Happy New Year!Orphaned Books: Billion Dollar Looser, Reeves Wiedman, 2020 Hachette (Adam Neumann) Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy 1878, Viking 2001 A Promised Land, 2021 Random House Say Nothing, Patrick Raden Keefe, 2019 Anchor Books BOOKS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME NON-FIC: Cadillac Deseret, Mark Reisner 1986 Penguin Book Art&Fear, David Bayles And Ted Orland 1993 Capra Press Steeling Home, Eric Nusbaum 2020 Hachette WonderWorks, Angus Fletcher 2020 Simon And Schuester Some Mistakes Of Moses, Robert G Ingersol 1879 BOOKS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME FIC: MiddleMarch, George Elliot 1871 There, There, Tommy Orange 2019 Vintage Perestroika In Paris, Jane Smiley 2020  For The Time Being, Annie Dillard 1999 Penguin (I think) Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons 1986 DC ComicsHAPPY NEW YEAR!

Comedian, Actor and Author Wayne Federman and I talk about self help, sports, neurosis, and subjecting ourselves to criticism... we also talk about singing show tunes.More About Wayne:http://www.waynefederman.com/Wayne_Federmans_Official_Web_Site/Welcome.htmlBuy History Of Standup:https://www.amazon.com/History-Stand-Up-Mark-Twain-Chappelle/dp/B08YRP1R2G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=9BIPORHXEZLE&keywords=wayne+federman&qid=1640905988&sprefix=wayne+federman%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1Buy Atomic Habits:https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1640906041&sr=8-1Wayne's Twitter: @FedermanDave Kinney vs. Dina Hashemhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7K3y4EPq10Sam Morril - I Got Thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xo3Fq7GGWk&t=1354s

Denise Hamilton and I talk about her anthology, Speculative Los Angeles.Another one from the Miami Book Fair:https://www.miamibookfair.comBuy Denise's Book, Speculative Los Angeles:https://www.amazon.com/Speculative-Los-Angeles-Denise-Hamilton/dp/1617758566

Denise Hamilton and I talk about They Shoot Horses Don't They?  No horses were injured in the making of this episode. Another one from the Miami Book Fair:https://www.miamibookfair.comBuy They Shoot Horses, Don't They by Horace McCoyhttps://www.amazon.com/They-Shoot-Horses-Serpents-Classics/dp/184668739X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=They+Shoot+Horses+Dont%27+they&qid=1639687721&s=books&sr=1-1Buy Denise's Book, Speculative Los Angeles:https://www.amazon.com/Speculative-Los-Angeles-Denise-Hamilton/dp/1617758566

Jane and I talk about her amazing new book Perestroika in Paris.  She slightly judges my taste in Russian authors. Another one from the Miami Book Fair:https://www.miamibookfair.comBuy Jane's Latest Book, Perestroika in Paris:https://www.amazon.com/Perestroika-Paris-novel-Jane-Smiley/dp/052543609X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LBNAJWTCPCRU&keywords=perestroika+in+paris+by+jane+smiley

Jane Smiley!  Jane deploys some of her extensive Dickens knowledge and insightful criticism, I try to keep up.Another one from the Miami Book Fair:https://www.miamibookfair.comBuy Jane's Latest Book, Perestroika in Paris:https://www.amazon.com/Perestroika-Paris-novel-Jane-Smiley/dp/052543609X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LBNAJWTCPCRU&keywords=perestroika+in+paris+by+jane+smileyBuy Jane's Book About Dickens:https://www.amazon.com/Charles-Dickens-Life-Penguin-Lives-ebook/dp/B000OCXGBY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1638297220&sr=1-3Buy Our Mutual Friend:https://www.amazon.com/Mutual-Friend-Introduction-Edwin-Whipple-ebook/dp/B07HQY57RH/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Our+mutual+friend