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The Starving Caterpillar Oct 23, 2023

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the celebrity memoir boomlet, Levar Burton hosting the National Book Awards, renovating Barnes & Noble, Scholastic separating LBGTQ+ and other marginalized books, the Lessons in Chemistry adaptation, and more.

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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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Discussed in this episode:

First Edition!

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

RIP Louise Glück

Update: Michelle Williams is the support narrator for Britney’s memoir

Update: LeVar Burton to host NBA ceremony

Scholastic confirms option to withhold LGBTQ+ titles from book fairs

Barnes & Noble’s new looks seem to be paying off

That American Fiction trailer tho

Family Meal by Bryan Washington

Blackouts by Justin Torres

MCU

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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Mental Tattoos. They're Called Memories. Oct 16, 2023

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Jeff and Rebecca discuss listener feedback about Spotify audiobooks & the mystery Nov 7th Red Tower release, several interesting book announcements, recent reading, and more.

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Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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Discussed in this episode:

First Edition!

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

UK authors union demands info about Spotify’s audiobook licensing

Salman Rushdie memoir about stabbing

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Company by Shannon Sanders

Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

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Saying Goodbye to Louise Glück Oct 13, 2023

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American poet and 2020 Nobel Laureate Louise Glück has passed away. She was something of a house favorite here, so we thought we'd share a rebroadcast of the time Jeff and Rebecca talked about the life and work of Louise Glück, plus an extended discussion of her 1993 poem, “Vespers.” RIP, Louise Glück, we are so grateful for your work and your life.

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Discussed in this episode:

The Collected Poems of Louise Glück

“The Body Artist” by Dan Chiasson

“Vespers” by Louise Glück

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The Most Impossible Single Task of Literary Discernment Oct 09, 2023

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the honoree of the 2023 Nobel Prize in literature, the National Book Award finalists, free audiobooks coming to Spotify subscribers, and more.

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First Edition!

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Nobel winner Jon Fosse

NBA finalists

Spotify to make audiobooks free for premium users

Leave the World Behind trailer

Making It So by Patrick Stewart

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

Going Infinite by Michael Lewis

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A New Thing Under the Sun Oct 02, 2023

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about Book3 (and reactions to it), a survey about what libraries think of book bans, the U.S. suing Amazon, and more.

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Discussed in this episode:

First Edition!

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Results of the parent perceptions survey BR partnered on with EveryLibrary

The Atlantic got the data about the 183,000 books in Books3 AI training set

FTC sues Amazon for unlawful monopoly

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay

This Other Eden by Paul Harding

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang

How to Fight Book Bans & Censorship

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Borrowed and Banned Sep 29, 2023

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As an extra for you this week, we are delighted to share the first episode of Borrowed and Banned, a new podcast made by our friends at the Brooklyn Public Library. This 7-episode limited series, hosted by Virginia Marshall and Adwoa Adusei, tells the story of America's ideological war with its bookshelves by talking with students on the frontlines, the librarians and teachers whose livelihoods are endangered when they speak up, and the writers whose books have become a political battleground.

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Homer Was On One Sep 25, 2023

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about the National Book Award for Fiction longlist, a bunch of red states leaving the American Library Association, a teacher getting fired for teaching The Diary of Anne Frank, and Oprah's next surprising book club pick.

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Book Riot’s editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!

Discussed in this episode:

First Edition!

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

Deep Dive shout-out: The Bestseller List is Broken

Texas teacher fired after reading aloud from graphic novel of Anne Frank’s diary

Red states cut ties with ALA

Reading IT’S PERFECTLY NORMAL

Project Gutenberg releases 5,000 public domain audiobooks w/ AI narration

Bidding opens Tues 9/26, in the Authors for Voices of Color auction to support WNDB

Oprah’s next pick is also 600+ pages long, and she’s only giving it a month

National Book Award Longlist

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Time For Bed Sep 18, 2023

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Jeff and Rebecca talk about a bunch of recent reading, Drew Barrymore getting booted from the National Book Awards, and I guess that pretty much covers it.

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Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!

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