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from the Get Lit - Bettendorf Public Library group.
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/200... Margaret Atwood in the Guardian marking the 75th Anniversary of Brave New World.
Recent Roughneck Grace column by Michael Perry published weekly in the Wisconsin State Journal https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/co...
NPR All Things Considered interview with Michael Perry about Population 485https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...
Thanks for the prompt, Erin. I'm two chapters in and my two words would be, funny & humane.
Tommy Orange's short story 'The State' is adapted from There There and was published in the New Yorker. Here is a link to the audio of Tommy Orange reading the story (approx. 30 minutes). If you are a podcast person you should be able to find this on your podcast app of choice, as well. https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the...
Link to interview and transcript to Tommy Orange interview with https://www.npr.org/2018/06/08/617604...
As I mentioned at the end of our last meeting, September’s book, Is This How You See Me? by Jaime Hernandez is the latest graphic novel installment in the series Love & Rockets. Love & Rockets is the creation of brothers Gilberto and Jaime Hernandez. Love & Rockets has been an ongoing series for nearly 40 years now. However, you will be able to read and understand this volume as a self-contained story arc and you do not need any prior knowledge of the characters or previous story arcs of which they have been a part. If you find yourself wanting to know a little bit more about the history of the characters and the history of the Love & Rockets comics, below are a couple of links of things I’ve found online that can give you a quick primer.
This is an interview with Jaime from the Los Angeles Times. This one has a lot of great background on Love & Rockets and the characters of Maggie and Hopey, about whom we will be reading this coming month.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment...
This is a link from NPR's All Things Considered in 2002 about the history of Love & Rockets. It’s about 7 minutes.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...
And for a local tie-in, this is an article from The Little Village Mag about Jaime Hernandez's appearance at ICAF (an academic comics conference) which was held at St. Ambrose this past April.
https://littlevillagemag.com/jaime-he...
If you do find yourself wanting to read more Love & Rockets the library has most, but not all, of the collected volumes. Jaime said in the LA Times Interview that he has no recommended starting point for Love & Rockets or recommended reading order. So, if you enjoy Is This How You See Me? come to the library grab another volume and dive right in.
From Laila Lalami's website, a map and chronology of events in the book:https://lailalalami.com/the-moors-acc...
A brief interview with Laila Lalami from NPR's All Things Considered:
https://www.npr.org/2014/09/07/345548...
Links for some of the extras that came up during discussion:John mentioned that the section of John Lewis travelling north with his uncle reminded him of the song ‘Baloney Again’ by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. It’s about the experience of eating sandwiches in the car and being unable to stop at a restaurant while travelling due to segregation. Here’s a Youtube link to Mark Knopfler performing the song live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZyBm...
Courtney and John also brought up the song ‘Here’s to Mississippi’ by Phil Ochs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fgB...
This is an episode from the podcast 99% Invisible about the Green Book a kind of travel guide for black motorists that helped them plan where they could stop for food, lodging, gas, bathrooms and etc. while travelling. While not referenced directly in March, it did come up in our discussion (see above) and it’s an interesting story. https://99percentinvisible.org/episod...
If you are really into podcasts, Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History has done a couple of episodes about history surrounding the Civil Rights Movement. This one is about Civil Rights March in Birmingham and the story behind an iconic image from the march: http://revisionisthistory.com/episode...
This one is about Brown vs. The Board of Education: http://revisionisthistory.com/episode...
We also discussed the PBS documentaries ‘Eyes on the Prize’ (DVD 323.0973 EY) and ‘Freedom Riders’ (DVD 323.1196 AM) both of which are available at the library, call numbers in parentheses.
Two things this month, both audio, an interview with NPR show Tell Me More, and a podcast interview. 1) https://www.npr.org/2013/02/20/172495...
2) https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wo...
Thi Bui interview with NPR member station KQED https://www.kqed.org/arts/13807203/a-...Long-ish interview with The Comics Journal http://www.tcj.com/sweet-revenge-an-i...
LA Review of Books Interview: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/s...#!
Readers Guide: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...#
I was searching for some supplemental materials, e.g. interviews, reviews, etc. and there are just too many to choose from. If you are interested in reading more of Atul Gawande about these topics, there are many interviews, TV appearances, talks, reviews etc. available at http://atulgawande.com/media/links/.Several years ago, PBS' Frontline produced an episode with Atul Gawande based on Being Mortal. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/fi...
The author of our upcoming book for July, Atul Gawande, was in the news today. It was announced that he is to be the head of a new joint venture on healthcare between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan. This is only tangentially related to our book. However, I thought those of you that enjoy knowing more about the authors we read might find this to be interesting and worthy of a couple minutes of your time.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...
Links to a couple of interviews with Christopher Moore about Lamb.https://www.chrismoore.com/interviews...
https://www.chrismoore.com/interviews...
Here are some links to a couple of additional reviews and an interview with Herman Koch in Publisher's Weekly.https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entert...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...
For those of you who enjoy reading reviews, here are a couple of links. The first is from the New York Times Sunday Book Review. The second is a review from NPR's All Things Considered.https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/bo...
https://www.npr.org/2013/02/20/169069...
This post is something of an experiment. I'm still taking many of these features out for a test drive. With that caveat:Thanks to everyone for coming tonight and for such a wonderful discussion. The discussion tonight led me to change my rating from 2-stars to 3-stars. I figured any book capable of provoking such an enjoyable back and forth must be worthy of at least 3-stars.
