Bowie Book Club Podcast

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wildspeculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books hasreigned supreme since 2016. This time we read the story of...the story of...we'll we're not entirely sure. It was called V. by the very publically visible Thomas Pynchon and it was a lot of fun anyways!

Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Bowie Book Club Podcast Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time, we read Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, a book that has launched a thousand dorm room conversations. Subscribe! Apple Podcasts | RSS Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Bluesky Instagram Facebook Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About Kurt's appearance in Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield* He's in a coffee ad with Bowie too! excerpt from On Vonnegut's Karass vs. Granfalloon the kids who read Jack Kerouac and listened to David Bowie and smoked cigarettes behind the bleachers, where they hung out on the way to protesting the Vietnam War What Are We Reading? Kristianne: The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of the Everyday - Sharon Blackie If Women Rose Rooted - Sharon Blackie The Centaur's Wife - Amanda Leduc Proust, of course Greg: Stay Alive - Ian Buruma Pale Horse, Pale Rider - Katherine Anne Porter The Plotinus - Rikki Ducornet Pattern Recognition - William Gibson What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next V by Tommy Boy Pynchy Permalink

Bowie Book Club Podcast - Basquiat - The Notebooks Bowie Book Club Podcast Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Basquiat - The Notebooks edited by Larry Warsh - just like the ones you used in grade school, but probably worth a lot more! Subscribe! Apple Podcasts | RSS Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Bluesky Instagram Facebook Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About Bowie's art collection - including Basquiat! Interview with Bowie and Julian Schnabel on Charlie Rose "New Art, New Money" article in the NY Times Magazine What Are We Reading Kristianne: The River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar Wild Life - Amanda Leduc Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space - Amanda Leduc A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers started the third Proust book! The Guermantes Way Greg: Vineland - Tommy Pinchy Here Where We Live is Our Country - Molly Crabapple The Murmuration - Carlos Labbe Affliction - Russell Banks What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Permalink

Cheap Novelties by Ben Katchor Bowie Book Club Download Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Cheap Novelties by Ben Katchor about one man's eternal search for Herbert Water, or a Grape Bosphorus, at least. All you have is cans? Subscribe! Apple Podcasts | RSS Follow us! (Not in a creepy way) Bluesky Instagram Facebook Web Presence Our Bookshop Visit our lists on bookshop.org and help support the podcast (and independent bookstores too!) Stuff We Talked About Ben Katchor with Fran Leibowitz Bowie writes about NYC John Maggiore of "Maggiore on Bowie" does a tour of Bowie's NYC Passenger Pigeon - Another New Low - a new-ish record worth a listen! The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn - we're still talking about this book! What Are We Reading Kristianne: Kalpa Imperial - Angelica Gorodischer Red City- Marie Lu The Celestial Seas - T.A. Chan Wife Shaped Bodies - Laura Cranehill Greg: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt City on Fire - Garth Risk Hallberg Gods of New York - Johnathan Mahler True Grit - Charles Portis Watershed - Percival Everett What Song Did We Choose? What's Up Next Basquiat - The Notebooks - edited by Larry Warsh Jean-Michel Basquiat - 40th Edition

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Immoralist by Andre Gide, about a guy who spends a lot of time telling his friends how immoral he is. Almost as good as Maldoror!

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis, which turns out to be more than just a vehicle for the majestic acting of Harry Dean Stanton!

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a book about a muppet (?) monster and his tour of the philosophical hot spots, Grendel by John Gardner.

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano - a far-ranging tome about poets who never seem to write any poetry, but do a lot of other crazy stuff.

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, which tells the tale of arch-fixer Thomas Cromwell without a mention of turkey legs.

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin, a story of hot beer and cold nights (and many, many other more important themes and ideas!)