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Shirley Jackson

Becky and Austin talk about the work and life of Shirley Jackson, including:

"The Lottery and Other Stories,"

"The Haunting of Hill House,"

"We Have Always Lived in the Castle," and more!

Introductory reading from "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."

Maggie Stiefvater

Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about the work of Maggie Stiefvater! Including:

"The Raven Boys;" 
"Shiver;" 
"The Scorpio Races;" 

and more!

introductory excerpt from "The Scorpio Races." 

Kurt Vonnegut

Becky, Austin, and Heather M. talk about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.! Including:

"Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969); 
"Player Piano" (1952); 
"A Man Without a Country" (2005); 
"Breakfast of Champions" (1973)
"Welcome to the Monkey House" (1968)
"Hocus Pocus"(1990)

"Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time" documentary (2021); 

Salman Rushdie's essay "What Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Tells Us Now": https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five-tells-us-now

"Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson; 

"Civilwarland in Bad Decline" by George Saunders;

and more!

The Peters Brothers and the Nutty Narrows Bridge

In this special Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Mark and Roger Peters about their father, Amos J. Peters, who constructed the Nutty Narrows Bridge in 1963. They share about their family, their father's legacy, the history of the Nutty Narrows Bridge, and other Peters Construction projects that have had a lasting impact on our community, particularly Campus Towers. 

Learn more about Squirrel Fest on their website here: https://lvsquirrelfest.com/

Nutty Narrows wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Narrows_Bridge

Longview Library digital archive http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/ search "Nutty Narrows." Content is being continually added to the archive!

Judy Blume

Becky, Jo, and Austin can't get enough Judy Blume.

We talk about:

"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the book; 
"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the movie; 
"Forever"; 
"Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"; 
"Blubber"; 
"Judy Blume Forever," the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWsO1Rk_q0 
and more!

Learn about Judy's editor Dick Jackson: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81494-dick-jackson-remembered.html 

Charlamagne Tha God Conversation with Judy Blume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HihS5EPb6o 

Katie Couric interview: https://katiecouric.com/podcast/next-question/judy-blume-forever-documentary-banned-books/ 

Judy Blume archives at Yale: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/11190 

SNL Kotex Classic sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBlR7qVQ0X8 

Read with Jenna selected Summer Sisters for August 2023: https://www.today.com/popculture/read-jenna-book-club-pick-august-2023-t292373 

Austin mentions "The Invisible Bridge" by Rick Perlstein

introductory reading from "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"

David Sedaris

Where Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about the work and style of David Sedaris including: 

"Me Talk Pretty One Day," 
"Holidays on Ice," 
"The Best of Me," 
"Happy-Go-Lucky," 
"Calypso," 

and more!

 

Archie Anderson’s Daughters

In this special Centennial episode, Becky and Jo talk with Diane Burch and Karen Rasmussen, two daughters of late Longview community stalwart Archie Anderson. In 2000, the former Highlands Park on Alabama Street, between 22nd and 21st Avenues, was renamed Archie Anderson Park in his honor. 

Robert Mumford and Gary Schmauder Get Married

On this Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Robert Mumford and Gary Schmauder about their December 9, 2012 wedding, what it was like to be the first gay couple married in Cowlitz County, and their hopes for the future of Longview. 

Elena Ferrante

with Jennifer Jensen! Where we talk about: 

Elena Ferrante; 
The Lost Daughter (book); 
The Lost Daughter (movie); 
My Brilliant Friend (book); 
My Brilliant Friend (HBO series); 
The Lying Life of Adults (book); 
The Lying Life of Adults (Netflix series) 

and more!

Introductory reading from "The Lying Life of Adults." 

Andre Stepankowsky and Reporting Mt. St. Helens

Becky and Austin talk to journalist Andre Stepankowsky, who was part of the staff at the Longview Daily News that won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story.

Andre retired from the Daily News in 2020 and currently writes the Lower Columbia Currents substack at https://andrestepankowsky.substack.com/ as well as a column for the Columbia River Reader.