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Frances, Dorian, and RebeccaExplicit
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2022/03/14
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2026/10/01
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76 min.
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A podcast where three friends read *all* the books, one book at a time. Join Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss one book in depth and chat about their reading. Visit our website at onebrightbook.com Support us by buying books from our shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/OneBrightBook Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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Episode #47: Fierce Attachments, by Vivian Gornick
2026/10/01
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss FIERCE ATTACHMENTS by Vivian Gornick and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss WELLWATER: POEMS by Karen Solie, engaging in a discussion about such topics as climate change and concepts of home in the poems of this Canadian author. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you (potentially) at the end of October.
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Books mentioned:
Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian Gornick The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick Riverwork by Lisa Robertson My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy Chateau Rouge by Amit Chaudhuri Range by Dorthe Nors, translated from the Danish by Caroline Waight Trust by Hernan Diaz Ply by Hernan Diaz Blood Money by Anna Seghers, translated from the German by Lucy Jones Wellwater: Poems by Karen Solie Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
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Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Bonus Episode #5: Chatting with Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) from Smith & Taylor Classics
2026/08/17
Welcome to One Bright Book! Dorian has abandoned Rebecca and Frances for the open expanses of Canada this month so the ladies decided to invite the sparkling Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) of Smith & Taylor Classics in to discuss this beautiful (relatively) new imprint and their most recent release of My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin. Listen all the way to the end of this month's girl club episode to see if Dorian should have phoned in from Canada!
For our next episode, we will discuss Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late September.
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Books Mentioned:
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett Orlando by Virginia Woolf North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo, translated from the French by William Moy Thomas The Odd Women by George Gissing Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Clarissa, Or the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson The Damnation of Theron Ware, or Illumination by Harold Frederic Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick You might also be interested in:
Smith & Taylor Classics Homepage - https://www.unnamedpress.com/smith-and-taylor Better Than the Movie Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eYHK4tr4MbO3z5KzF3xpt Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
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Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/
Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #46: Aside From My Heart, All Is Well, by Héctor Abad
2026/07/15
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca, and most importantly, guest Héctor Abad, as they discuss his book ASIDE FROM MY HEART, ALL IS WELL, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean and recently published by Archipelago Books here in the United States. Hang in until the end of the chat to see what everyone is currently reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss FIERCE ATTACHMENTS by Vivian Gornick. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in September.
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Buy our book! Support the show by buying a copy of Sarah Orne Jewett's A Marsh Island, with an afterword by us.
Aside From My Heart, All Is Well by Héctor Abad, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean The Farm by Héctor Abad, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Oblivion: A Memoir by Héctor Abad, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean and Rosalind Harvey Ahora y en la hora by Héctor Abad Faciolince Élisabeth by Éric Rohmer, translated from the French by Aaron Kerner Even the Darkest Hour by Javier Cercas, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Prey for the Shadow by Javier Cercas, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Fortress of Evil by Javier Cercas, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean God's Fool at the Ends of the Earth by Javier Cercas, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick Special thanks to Héctor for generously taking time to talk with us and to Cameron Saltsman at Archipelago for helping to facilitate this. And in case you missed Héctor's shout out to Jill Schoolman at Archipelago, please take note that he is especially appreciative of her gifts as an editor.
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #45: Open Secrets, by Alice Munro
2026/06/12
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss OPEN SECRETS by Alice Munro and chat about their current reading. It is necessary to mention that this conversation contains content about sexual abuse, and some people may find it difficult to listen to.
For our next episode, we will discuss ASIDE FROM MY HEART, ALL IS WELL by Héctor Abad, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in July.
Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!
Buy our book! Support the show by buying a copy of Sarah Orne Jewett's A Marsh Island, with an afterword by us.
Books mentioned:
Open Secrets by Alice Munro Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Another Country by James Baldwin Who Do You Think They Are? By Alice Munro Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs East of Dreams by Nastassja Martin Foam by Kate Zambreno In the Eye of the Wild by Nastassja Martin Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie A. Fiedler Make Believe by Mac Barnett Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Aside From My Heart, All Is Well by Héctor Abad, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean
You might also be interested in:
"What Alice Munro Knew" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/magazine/alice-munro-andrea-skinner-abuse.html "what I'm doing about alice munro" https://blgtylr.substack.com/p/what-im-doing-about-alice-munro Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
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Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/
Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #44: The Women of Brewster Place, by Gloria Naylor
2026/04/10
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss OPEN SECRETS: STORIES by Alice Munro, weighing the value of her work against what we have recently learned of her personal life. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in May.
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Books mentioned:
The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor The Color Purple by Alice Walker Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy by Clare Carlisle There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from the Dutch by Martin Aitken The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from the Dutch by David McKay The Duke by Matteo Melchiorre, translated from the Italian by Antonella Lettieri The Witch by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge Nonesuch by Francis Spufford Sakina's Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag, translated from the Kannada by Srinath Perur Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munro A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett, with an afterword from the One Bright Book crew. Buy our book! Support the show by buying a copy of Sarah Orne Jewett's A Marsh Island, with an afterword by us.
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #43: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf
2026/03/13
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor, a choice Rebecca has made based upon some love Hanif Abdurraqib shared for the novel in a recent podcast. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in April.
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Books mentioned:
Orlando by Virginia Woolf The Waves by Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf Harriet Hume by Rebecca West The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from the Danish by Martin Aiken The Witch by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from the Dutch by David McKay Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated from the Persian by Faridoun Farrokh Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin Ling Small Comfort by Ia Genberg, translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas Trouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford by Carla Kaplan Shattered: A Memoir by Hanif Kureishi The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Stern Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor Read Rohan Maitzen on Orlando at her blog Novel Readings.
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #42: The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope
2026/02/03
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf, the "joyful romp," the "escapade" that might have you thinking of the author in a new way. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you around the end of February.
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Books mentioned:
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope Domestic Manners of the Americans by Fanny Trollope The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope The Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope An Autobiography by Anthony Trollope Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Transylvanian Trilogy by Mikos Banffy Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled by Alex Green Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs Head of a Traveler by Nicholas Blake Orlando by Virginia Woolf
You may also be interested in:
The National Book Critics Circle Awards
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #41: In Conversation with Sam Sacks About Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026
2025/12/11
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2026 with Sam Sacks, prominent book critic for The Wall Street Journal, writing the weekly "Fiction Chronicle," and a founding editor of Open Letters Monthly.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January.
Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!
Books mentioned:
The Disappearing Act by Maria Stepanova, translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova, translated from the Russian by Sasha Dugdale Opus Siniestra by Leonora Carrington On the Calculation of Volume, Book IV by Solvej Balle, translated from the Danish by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell Incompleteness: New and Selected Essays, 1999-2023 by Amit Chaudhuri In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrique, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrique, translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley First Love by Gwendoline Riley Ambivalence by Brian Dillon Transcendence for Beginners by Clare Carlisle Animal Joy by Nuar Alsadir Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple Down Time by Andrew Martin Early Work by Andrew Martin Cool for America by Andrew Martin On Morrison by Namwali Serpell The Witch by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump That Time of Year by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump Twenty Minutes of Silence by Helene Bessette, translated from the French by Kate Briggs Lilli Is Crying by Helene Bessette, translated from the French by Kate Briggs The Queen of Swords by Jazmina Barrera, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney The Week of Colors by Elena Garro, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell Nonesuch by Francis Spufford Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading by Francis Spufford The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #40: I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman
2025/11/18
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will be joined by book critic Sam Sacks for our fourth (!!!) annual most anticipated books episode. We will each come to the table with three books that we are excited to see published in 2026. Will we duplicate each other's choices? Will each of have enough choices in reserve to pivot if necessary? Will someone cheat and present more than three selections? These are questions that we love to pretend to care about each year. We hope you join us for what has become a highlight of our podcasting year!
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Books Mentioned:
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Wall by Marlen Haushofer, translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside Bear by Marian Engel The Road by Cormac McCarthy The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon Long Distance by Aysegül Savas Ugliness by Moshtari Hilal, translated from the German by Elizabeth Lauffer Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel by Frances Wilson Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark by James Bailey A Dark Corner by Celia Dale Sheep's Clothing by Celia Dale The Face of Trespass by Ruth Rendell Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe You might also be interested in: The Yale Review.
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Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social
Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/
Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Bonus Episode #4: Dorian Stuber and Rohan Maitzen Discuss Vanity Fair
2025/10/28
Welcome to One Bright Book! Rebecca and Frances move out of the picture for this bonus episode where Dorian gets a chance to finally discuss VANITY FAIR by William Makepeace Thackeray with his one time professor and always friend, Rohan Maitzen. A rare and special opportunity to revisit the book from the syllabus that he blew off reading. "You can never entirely escape your sins!" Ready for some time well-spent in the 19th century?
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Books Mentioned:
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Middlemarch by George Eliot North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell The Warden by Anthony Trollope Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Villette by Charlotte Bronte Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy You can find Rohan's blog Novel Readings here: https://rohanmaitzen.com/novelreadings/
Special thanks to Fred the Cat for the special background symphony.
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Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/
Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #39: The Stone Door, by Leonora Carrington
2025/10/03
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz, with an afterword by Sophie Mackintosh. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime this fall. Yes, that time frame is vague but we like to be truthful.
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Books Mentioned:
The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington Surrealist Women's Writing: A Critical Exploration edited by Anna Watz A History of the Surrealist Novel edited by Anna Watz Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Awakening by Kate Chopin A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett Crooked Cross by Sally Carson The Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldana Paris, translated from the Spanish by Christina Macsweeney Sea Now by Eva Meijer, translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
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Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #38: Miaow, by Benito Pérez Galdós
2025/09/08
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in late September.
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Books mentioned:
Miaow by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa The Antinomies of Realism by Frederic Jameson The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith Anima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka Kassabova Living by Henry Green People Like Us by Jason Mott Erik Satie: Three Piece Suite by Ian Penman The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka The Odd Women by George Gissing The Holiday by Stevie Smith Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz,translated from the German by Max Lawton Life A User's Manual by Georges Perec, translated from the French by David Bellos The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington Angela Carter and Surrealism by Anna Walz A History of the Surrealist Novel edited by Anna Walz Surrealist Women's Writing: A Critical Exploration by Anna Walz Opus Siniestrus by Leonora Carrington
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #37: There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib
2025/07/08
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in August. Maybe. It's summer, people!
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Books Mentioned:
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib A Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib Be Holding: A Poem by Ross Gay Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno, translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser Attila by Aliocha Coll, translated from the Spanish by Katie Whittemore Attila by Javier Serena, translated from the Spanish by Katie Whittemore Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Miaow by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
You might also be interested in:
Beyond the Zero Podcast: Katie Whittemore speaking about her translations of Attila by Alicocha Coll and Attila by Javier Serena
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Episode #36: The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett
2025/06/11
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS by Sarah Orne Jewett, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early July.
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Books mentioned:
The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson O Pioneers! by Willa Cather Willa Cather: Double Lives by Hermione Lee Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater Nadja by André Breton, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré Audition by Katie Kitamura Audition by Pip Adam Animal Stories by Kate Zambreno One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad My Heresies by Aline Stefanescu There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.
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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
Episode #35: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
2025/04/28
Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Frances, and Rebecca as they discuss O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather, and chat about their current reading.
For our next episode, we will discuss The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early June.
Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!
Books mentioned:
• O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
• My Antonia by Willa Cather
• The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
• A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
• Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
• Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
• Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
• The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
• Chasing Bright Medusas by Benjamin Taylor
• Willa Cather: Double Lives by Hermione Lee
• The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
You might also be interested in "The Peace When It Settled: Charlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional" by Rohan Maitzen.
Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.
Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.
Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail
Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social
Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social
Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social
Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social
Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/
Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/
Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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