TBR Lowdown
TBR Lowdown is a podcast and reading community dedicated to reading widely and diversely. We are two bookish friends who met on bookstagram and created this podcast to talk about all things books. We'll discuss and break down books, and interview readers, authors, and creators. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast so you don't miss a thing! Visit our website at https://www.tbrlowdown.com/ to join our book club on Discord and become part of our growing community of readers.
Episodes
In season 4, episode 176, we discuss the play Fences by August Wilson.
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In season 4, episode 175, we discuss books and intellectualism.
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In season 4, episode 174, we discuss the pulled NEA grants and what this means for indie publishing.
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In season 4, episode 173, we discuss Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated from the Persian by Faridoun Farrokh.
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In season 4, episode 172 we discuss Stag Dance by Torrey Peters.
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In season 4, episode 171, we discuss Death Takes Me by Cristin Rivera Garza, translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers and Sarah Booker.
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In season 4, episode 170, we chat about annotating books and other reading habits.
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In season 4, episode 169, we chat about the weekend we spent book thrifting and hanging out.
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In season 4 episode 168, we share some of our anticipated summer reads.
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In season 4, episode 167, we talk about the evolution of our reading tastes. What a journey it has been.
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In season 4 episode 166, we discuss A Separate Peace by John Knowles
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In season 4 episode 165, we discuss Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates
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In season 4 episode 164, we discuss our January/February book club pick The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal, translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.
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Team TBR Lowdown has laryngitis. Since March is National Small Press Month, we’re rebroadcasting an episode from season 1 where we share some of our favorite small presses.
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In season 4 episode 162, we discuss whether the Classics are still relevant.
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In season 4 episode 161, we give readers a Translated Literature Starter Pack to help you ease your way into reading translated literature.
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In season 4 episode 160, we discuss two articles about the Big 5 ruining literary fiction and literary fiction not being a real thing.
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In season 4 episode 159, we discuss Clean by Alia Trabucco Zerán, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes
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In season 4 episode 158, we share 10 Spring book releases we’re looking forward to reading.
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In season 4 episode 157, we discuss All Yours (translated from the Spanish by Miranda France) and Times of the Flies (translated from the Spanish by Francis Riddle) by Claudia Piñeiro.
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