Your Shelf or Mine

Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about:

Jacqueline Woodson; 
Brown Girl Dreaming; 
Red at the Bone; 
The World Belonged to Us; 
National Poetry Month; 

and more!

Where Becky and Austin talk about:

Edith Wharton; 
The Mount; 
Mr. Jones; 
Edith Frome; 
The House of Mirth; 
The Custom of the Country

and mention: 
Inventing Anna
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/my-favorite-anti-semite-edith-wharton
https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-edith-wharton-knew-a-century-ago-about-women-and-fame-in-america

Introductory reading from "The House of Mirth."

 

Becky and Angela talk to Joseph Govednik from the Cowlitz County Historical Museum about World War II and Longview. Visit the museum in person at 405 Allen Street in Kelso or online at: https://cowlitzcountyhistory.org/

With Jo Dallas!

Where we talk about:

Julia Quinn;
Netflix’s Bridgerton;
The Duke and I;
The Viscount Who Loved Me;

And more!

Becky and Angela talk to Sue Piper, editor of the Columbia River Reader, and Hal Calbom, author of their upcoming book "Empire of Trees: America's Planned City and the Last Frontier."

"Empire of Trees" takes a look at Longview's 100 year history and builds off of Hal's column "People + Place." 

Visit Columbia River Reader online: http://crreader.com/ 

With Jennifer Jensen and Jakob Collins! Where we talk about:

Lynda Barry;
One! Hundred! Demons!
Making Comics;
What It Is;
Picture This;
Syllabus;
The Greatest of Marlys

And more!

A special Centennial episode with Longview 23 Club members Cal Fowler and Abe Ott! 

Learn more about them or contact the club here: http://www.longview23club.org/

Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067339691727 

An image of the original 1924 log archway that Abe mentions in the podcast can be found on the library's digital archive here: http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/digital/collection/lvr/id/2164/rec/1

Learn more about Centennial celebrations here: https://www.longview100.org/ 

Where we talk about: 

Buffalo, Wyoming; 
Longmire (TV show); 
The Cold Dish; 
Death Without Company; 
Kindness Goes Unpunished; 
As the Crow Flies; 
The Serpent’s Tooth; 
Christmas in Absaroka County; 

and more!

introductory reading from "The Cold Dish."

Where we talk about the works of Nora Ephron, including:

Everything Is Copy (HBO Documentary); 
Wallflower at the Orgy; 
Crazy Salad; 
Heartburn (novel); 
Silkwood; 
When Harry Met Sally; 
Sleepless in Seattle; 
Mixed Nuts; 
Michael; 
You've Got Mail; 
Hanging Up; 
Julie & Julia; 
I Feel Bad About My Neck; 

and more!

introductory reading from "Heartburn."

with special guest James Newkirk!

Where we talk about:

Ursula K. Le Guin's 
"The Wave in the Mind," 
"A Wizard of Earthsea," 
"The Tombs of Atuan," 
"Solitude" (included in the anthology "Diverse Energies"),  
"The Left Hand of Darkness," 
"The Language of the Night," 
"Is Gender Necessary?" 
"Dancing at the Edge of the World," 
"Catwings"

and:
"Tales from Earthsea" directed by Goro Miyazaki; 
"The Left Hand of Darkness" BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatization; 
2014 National Book Award Speech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2v7RDyo7os 

text: https://parkerhiggins.net/2014/11/will-need-writers-can-remember-freedom-ursula-k-le-guin-national-book-awards/ 

introductory reading from "A Wizard of Earthsea."