Book Society

Author and editor Kathie Klarreich and I talk about incarcerated people who are writing during a pandemic.Another one from the Miami Book Fair:https://www.miamibookfair.comExchange For Change:https://www.exchange-for-change.org/kathieklarreichBuy Hear Us:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FS825T9

Maggie Smith is the author of Good Bones and many, many other amazing poems.  We talk more about craft, read one of her poems and discuss what it means to peak as an artist. https://www.miamibookfair.comBuy The Life, By Carrie Fountain:https://www.amazon.com/Life-Penguin-Poets-Carrie-Fountain/dp/0143136011Buy Goldenrod, by Maggie Smith:https://www.amazon.com/Goldenrod-Poems-Maggie-Smith/dp/1982185066/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Goldenrod&qid=1636694888&s=books&sr=1-1

Maggie Smith is the author of Good Bones and many, many other amazing poems.  We talk about craft, musicals, enjambment, and about Carrie Fountain's amazing book of poetry: The Life.  We also discover that we are members of the same religion. https://www.miamibookfair.comBuy The Life, By Carrie Fountain:https://www.amazon.com/Life-Penguin-Poets-Carrie-Fountain/dp/0143136011Buy Goldenrod, by Maggie Smith:https://www.amazon.com/Goldenrod-Poems-Maggie-Smith/dp/1982185066/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Goldenrod&qid=1636694888&s=books&sr=1-1Checkout an amazing scene set song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAzxnHP4erQAnd an amazing "Me nobody Knows" song.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKlJuO07eM

Tiokasin and I discuss archeology, the academy, language, quantum physics, history, and gig we once did at the Met in NYC. it's a pretty interesting one.Listen to More Tiokasin:https://firstvoicesindigenousradio.orgTiokasin's Website:https://www.akantuinstitute.orgTiokasin's Book:https://www.amazon.com/Butterfly-Against-Wind-Jadina-Lilien/dp/099790500X

Magician and author Joshua Jay and I discuss David Byrne's How Music Works.  I slightly nerd out about Joshua's magic accomplishments.MIAMI BOOK FAIRInfo: miamibookfair.comaccess the author conversations, avail. for free at miamibookfaironline.comHow Magicians Think by Joshua Jay (which I can't recommend highly enough)https://www.amazon.com/Misdirection-Magicians-Think-Joshua-Jay/dp/1523507438/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+magicians+think&qid=1634843723&sr=8-1How Magicians Think Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-magicians-think/id1588316257How Music Works by David Byrne:https://www.amazon.com/How-Music-Works-David-Byrne/dp/0804188939/ref=asc_df_0804188939/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312057344057&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13081381195153154006&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-354840765753&psc=1Joshua's Insta:@joshuajaymagicianBook Tour Info:https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/blog/how-magicians-think-book-tourJoshua Jay on Fool Us:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ncm7wAMRjM&t=24sRicky Jay and His 52 Assistants:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtgUSUHnzLIBuy Magic Stuff:https://www.vanishingincmagic.com

Magician and author Joshua Jay and I discuss David Byrne's How Music Works.  I slightly nerd out about Joshua's magic accomplishments.MIAMI BOOK FAIRInfo: miamibookfair.comaccess the author conversations, avail. for free at miamibookfaironline.comHow Magicians Think by Joshua Jay (which I can't recommend highly enough)https://www.amazon.com/Misdirection-Magicians-Think-Joshua-Jay/dp/1523507438/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+magicians+think&qid=1634843723&sr=8-1How Magicians Think Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-magicians-think/id1588316257How Music Works by David Byrne:https://www.amazon.com/How-Music-Works-David-Byrne/dp/0804188939/ref=asc_df_0804188939/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312057344057&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13081381195153154006&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-354840765753&psc=1Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtgUSUHnzLIJoshua Jay on Fool Us:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ncm7wAMRjM&t=24s

Joie and I talk about Smoke, by Ivan Turgenev and about her book, An Unofficial Marriage.Buy Smoke:https://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Alma-Classics-Ivan-Turgenev/dp/1847493165/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QD34D4CD6BW6&dchild=1&keywords=smoke%2C+ivan+turgenev&qid=1634162167&sr=8-1Buy The Unofficial Marriage:https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Marriage-Novel-Joie-Davidow/dp/1950691780/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+unofficial+marriage&qid=1634162261&sr=8-2

Dr. Lisa Bitel walks me through the ancient Irish Epic, The Tain.  This book is also called "the Irish Iliad".  I'd recommend reading this one AFTER listening to the episode.The Tain:https://www.amazon.com/Tain-Translated-Irish-Epic-Cuailnge/dp/0192803735More Info about Dr. Bitel:https://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003109A Poem:The Surfing IrishmanA nadb named dabd did misbehadbHe stole another surfers wadbYou’d think that he could be forgadbBut poor old Dadb is in his gradb.

We talk about Karl Popper, the fallacy of science, the purpose of literature, and brain scanners... ya know... nice lite accessible stuff.Buy Angus's book WonderWorks!  It is truly fantastic!https://www.amazon.com/Wonderworks-Powerful-Inventions-History-Literature/dp/B08CY951JM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1K3FT80K81QM2&dchild=1&keywords=wonderworks+book&qid=1632431454&sprefix=wonder+works%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-1

Angus and I talk about the neuroscience of how Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers secretly turns your brain into the brain of an outlier.This is a book society first!  We did an episode about Angus's book with author Judith Dupreé, here's that if you want to hear it:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/judith-dupré/id1565589623?i=1000524195954Also, Buy Angus's book WonderWorks!  It is truly fantastic!https://www.amazon.com/Wonderworks-Powerful-Inventions-History-Literature/dp/B08CY951JM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1K3FT80K81QM2&dchild=1&keywords=wonderworks+book&qid=1632431454&sprefix=wonder+works%2Caps%2C232&sr=8-1INSTA: @booksocietypodLUCAS'S INSTA: @lucasdcantorWEBSITE: lucascantormusic.comANGUS'S WEBSITE: https://www.angusfletcher.coTOP OF MY HISTORY AS I WRITE THIS: https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/professional-pens?offset=24