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Carly & Dusty celebrate International Short Story Month by taking a look at Anthony Doerr's "The Deep" and Kayla Rae Whitaker's "Low Boil." Check out these stories as well as our previous episode (#6) about Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf."
Tournament of New-ish Novels, Round 1: Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See (2014, Pulitzer winner) vs. Kayla Raye Whitaker's The Animators (2017, Carly's choice). Two very different works.
In which Carly and Dusty undertake a new challenge -- to determine the best / their favorite of eight recently published novels. 2 Pulitzer winners + 3 selections each from their long lists of books to read.Criteria (5 points each): Literary
In this wide-ranging episode, we take a break from the Pulitzer challenge to discuss some of the other books passing through our hands recently. The conversation starts a little dreary, as we realize that the things we have been reading sh
*AUDIO CORRECTED 2/3/17*After being denied Pulitzers for Main Street and Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis finally won the prize in 1926 for this book about a doctor who holds onto his scientific integrity even when it keeps him from finding fortune and
Winner of the 1925 Pulitzer, So Big is Edna Ferber's story about a tough widow who toils away on an Illinois farm to ensure that her son has all the opportunities for education, travel, and self-fulfillment that she never had. But will her son
In 1924, the Pulitzer committee picked this debut novel by Margaret Wilson. The novel is set during and immediately following the Civil War, and shows a Scottish clan that has located in Iowa. You can find this book at--your library...we hope
The Pulitzer Prize has been bestowed upon many novels that have depicted scenes from great wars. But the first of these novels was Willa Cather's One of Ours, the story of a sensitive Nebraska youth who aches for a good reason to leave his farm
In 1921, the Pulitzer committee made a rare choice to embrace controversy and bestowed the award upon Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence. Today, the book is considered a classic, but at the time critics dismissed it as an old-fashioned yarn a
Considered by some Booth Tarkington's masterpiece, Alice Adams (1921) won the author a second Pulitzer prize and ensured his status as one of the United States' most prominent writers of the 1920s.You can find this book at--Amazon.com. We
In 1919, Booth Tarkington won the first of his two Pulitzer Prizes for this novel about the rise of the automobile industry and the fall of the wealthy but undisciplined Amberson clan. Perhaps you recognize the title from Orson Welles's well-li
Join us for a discussion of James McGrath Morris' definitive work on the life of Joseph Pulitzer. His book, Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print and Power, goes in depth into the man behind the prize. We recommend pairing this book with--
We return after a long hiatus with a new season and a new challenge!With this episode, we begin working our way through all the winners of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (later renamed the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction). First up is the inaugura
Happy 2015! In this episode, recorded in early January, we take a look back at the best books we read in the previous year and a look ahead at the kinds of books we hope to read in the new one. We also chat about Mark Zuckerburg's new book c
In our last episode of 2014, we share some thoughts on Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain series, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. Dusty adored the series (but not the Disney movie) as a teenager, but this is Carly's first ro
With the end of the year approaching, we take a look at two successful books published in 2014 and the finalists for the National Book Award. Specifically, Carly introduces Gary Krist's Empire of Sin, and Dusty introduces Rabih Alameddine's A
In this special episode, we share our thoughts about the Boston "Literary Landmarks" walking tourthat we took together on a very rainy day this past October. We discussa number of authors and other literary figures, including Ralph Waldo E
We return in this episode to talk through an emotion we confront surprisingly often in our reading lives--guilt. Should you feel guilty about taking too long to read certain books or not enjoying some of the books your favorite authors have
Chris Weitz is best known for directing and co-directing movies like American Pie (1999), About a Boy (2002), The Golden Compass (2007), and Twilight: New Moon (2009). In his first novel, The Young World (2014), he follows the latter two movies
Darlton Hall's 1969 graduating class has assembled for its thirty year reunion and the chance to party like it is 1999 2000. In this episode, we share some thoughts on July, July (2002), the latest novel by Tim O'Brien, who is best known for wr
So many books, so little time. In this episode, we discuss two books that have languished for years (no joke) on our never-ending list of books to read. We also chat about problems every reader can relate to--banishing books to the "to-read" li
In this episode, we take on a topic that has divided us for years--the audiobook. What makes a good audiobook? What is the best place to find audiobooks? Should you feel guilty letting someone read you a story that you could, in theory, read fo
We continue celebrating International Short Story Month by discussing three recent collections of short stories: Witpunk (eds. Claude Lalumiére & Marty Halpern, 2003), Pieces for the Left Hand (J. Robert Lennon, 2005), and Flash Fiction Forward
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