Our new episode has @sakbari.bsky.social reading Joan Didion's essay The Year of Magical Thinking and brand new temporary guest host @erlking.bsky.social reading David Demchuk's novel Red X.
Obligatory cat photo.
And read along with these friends...
New! @erlking.bsky.social talks about Michael Crummey's novel The Adversary, and @sakbari.bsky.social returns to Moby-Dick (along with Natalie Diaz's Postcolonial Love Poem).
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I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“
I can't overstate what a tour de force Michael Crummey's 2025 Dublin prize winner "The Adversary" is. Go go go read it! Or listen to this, I don't really spoil anything that's not in the first 30-40 pages.
Erik also enjoyed the book:
My debut in the guest summer host chair over at @thespouterinn.bsky.social — talking about Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking and @daviddemchuk.com’s novel Red X.
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