We're back, baby ... back to basics, that is. In this first episode of a season-opening three-parter, we talk about rereading as inspiration mining; leaning into complementary crafts to prime the proverbial creative pump; and five of my fave creepy reads, just in time for Halloween week (plus two bonus boogedy-boos just for you):
- Strega by Johanne Lykke Holm (trans. Saskia Vogel)
- At the Edge of the Woods by Kathryn Bromwich
- Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (trans. Polly Barton)
- Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez (trans. Megan McDowell)
- Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
- BONUS! Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson
- BONUS! Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Thanks so much for being here, and, as always, take care, keep creating, and stay divine!
Resources
- Find every episode of the pod in the Little Oracles Archive
- More book talk! Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (S02:E20 | Books About Crossing Over); Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (S02:E10 | Books About Fallout); Second Place by Rachel Cusk (S02:E16 | Books About Dissonance)
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