The Book Maven is back with another important conversation about finding empathy in our writing. In this episode, Bethanne Patrick talks to Chris Bohjalian about his newest novel The Jackal’s Mistress. They discuss recounting difficult historic events, finding empathy through fiction, and the process of researching information for this book.
Canon or Can It returns this week, focusing on Gone With the Wind, which lives in infamy for its portrayal of American chattel slavery as secondary to its romantic narrative.
Can Bethanne beat the clock? She gives us 6 Recs for our To Be Read lists, this week focusing on books with phenomenal TV adaptations. Titles include: Restoration by Rose Tremain, The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner, Savage Coast by Muriel Rukeyser, and Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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The Book Maven: A Literary Revue is hosted by Bethanne Patrick, produced by Christina McBride, and engineered by Jordan Aaron, with help from Lauren Stack.
All titles mentioned:
The Jackal's Mistress, Skeletons at the Feast, Secrets of Eden, Tran-sister Radio: A Transgender Love Story, Midwives, The Flight Attendant, and The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Vermont Brigade in the Shenandoah Valley by Aldace Walker
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
The Heart of American Poetry and Lunch Poems by Frank O’Hara
Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie
Nighttime is My Time by Mary Higgins Clark
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell<
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