The Book Case

Chad Harbach hasn’t published a new novel in 15 years…until now. We could not be more excited, because his novel The Art of Fielding was one of our all time favorites. This time he brings us back to the campus of Westish College for The Brightness, a novel about female friendships,
the complexities of the female struggle, and the art of being a woman. This is no easy feat for a male author and he does it beautifully. A worthy successor to The Art of Fielding, The Brightness is a wonderful piece of fiction and we loved talking to him about how he produced it. In this show we also talk to Comma, a Bookshop (the owner is Victoria Ford). We will be talking to bookshops in one city and town at a time to find out how the support their communities, and how they support each OTHER in the community in which they operate, and Comma is our first in a series of Twin Cities independent booksellers. Join us!

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Brightness by Chad Harbach

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
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Nathaniel Philbrick has written a lot of books putting American History into perspective. His latest, The Rush, is about the CA gold rush, which, much to our surprise, was a determining factor in jump starting the Civil War. How was the Gold Rush a reflection of America’s struggle with race? How did it cause the railroad to be built across the country? Exactly how much gold was there and how much fighting occurred as a result? If CA is so huge, why is it not two states? We answer all these fascinating questions and more, learning from Nathaniel Philbrick, one of America’s premiere history authors. We also talk to an old friend of Kate’s, Andrea Carson, who takes independent bookstore road trip trail vacations all over the country. Join us!

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Books mentioned in this episode:

The Rush: California Gold, The Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World by Nathaniel PhilbrickTravels with George by Nathaniel PhilbrickValiant Ambition by Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Hurricane’s Eye by Nathaniel PhilbrickBunker Hill by Nathaniel PhilbrickWho Read Moby Dick? by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Way off Shore by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Last Stand by Nathaniel PhilbrickMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickSea of Glory by Nathaniel PhilbrickIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

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Charlie challenged Kate to get him to consider horror literature. And she did just that. We assembled Stephen Graham Jones, Jennifer McMahon and Victor LaValle to talk about why horror speaks to them and how they
write it so well. It’s an extended and deeper conversation of what aired on GMA a week ago, and we just love this conversation. Join us if you dare!

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

My Heart is a Chain Saw by Stephen Graham Jones

Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

Big Machine by Victor LaValle

The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle

Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon

The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

Burntown by Jennifer McMahon
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Bonnie Garmus’ follow up to GMA Book Club Pick Lessons in Chemistry, called Peck & Peck, is a wild and funny foray into the world of poetry. Compulsively readable with unforgettable characters, the novel centers around Batter, a poetry editor who ends up at a world renown poetry publication, called Peck & Peck. What is the world of poets and their editors occupy? What do they have to believe in to do well? We ask the author. Also, we are joined by Periwinkle books, a new store in Bronxville NY. Join us!

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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Peck & Peck by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The General’s Daughter by Nelson DeMille

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Whistler by Ann Patchett

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
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When we visited with Ann Patchett a few months ago, she talked almost non stop about Yiyun Li’s newest, MUSIC AGAINST THE NIGHT, which she called “close the perfect novel”. We went right home and read it and booked Yiyun for her earliest availability, because she was right. Yiyun Li, the writer of MUSIC AGSINST THE NIGHT, joins us to talk about her beautifully written new book, and why she felt, at this stage in her career, she felt comfortable tackling a literary trilogy. We also talk to a not for profit, BINC, whose purpose is to financially support independent booksellers for any variety of reasons. Join us!



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Books mentioned in this week's episode:

Music Against the Night by Yiyun Li

Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li

Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li

The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

The Vagrants by Yiyun Li

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li

Whistler by Ann Patchett

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor

Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
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