Literary critic and memoirist Bethanne Patrick sits down with author Louis Bayard to discuss “the marriage plot” and his eleven novels. They talk about writing from an unfamiliar point of view and pushing yourself as a writer. His newest book, The Wilds, released September of this year by Algonquin Books.
The Friday readers tweeted about Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Free Thinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell, The Once and Future King by T.H. White, 1979 by Val McDermid, Willful Behavior by Donna Leon, and State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg.
Little Women and its various adaptations are discussed in this week’s Pop! Goes the Culture.
Bethanne Patrick’s Six Recs for the week are all memoirs: All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner, Dirtbag Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald, The Yellow House by Sarah Broom, Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala, Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James, and finally Country Girl by Edna O'Brien.
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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: Courting Mr. Lincoln and The Wilds by Louis Bayard, The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai, Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Free Thinking, Inquiry, and Hope by Sarah Bakewell, The Once and Future King by T.H. White, 1979 by Val McDermid, Willful Behavior by Donna Leon, State of Paradise by Laura van den Berg, The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Little Women II directed by Kōzō Kusuba, Little Men directed by Ira Sachs, Younger created by Darren Star, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, March by Geraldine Brooks, This Wide Night by Sarvat Hasin, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days by Rebecca Donner, Dirtbag Massachusetts by Isaac Fitzgerald, The Yellow House by Sarah Broom, Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala, Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James, and finally Country Girl by Edna O'Brien.
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