The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast
By Trevor Berrett
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Episodes: 134
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In each episode Trevor Berrett and Paul Wilson have a pleasant conversation about books and reading.
Visit our blog at http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews. Follow us on Twitter @mookse and @bibliopaul. Email mookseandgripes@gmail.com.
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Episode 134: Authors' Lives
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Episode 133: Life Between the Beginning and the End: On the Middle of Books
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May 28, 2026 |
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Episode 132: Our Nightstands, Ourselves
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May 14, 2026 |
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Episode 131: Trust the Spine: On the Pleasure and Riches of NYRB Books
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Episode 130: Opening Movements: Entering the World of a Book
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Episode 129: Reading with a Plan: The Joys and Complications of Reading Projects
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Episode 128: If the Ship Goes Down, Grab These: Three Books for Our Desert Island
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Episode 127: No One Knows Where to Shelf This: On Unclassifiable Books
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Episode 126: Is That a Good Book?
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Episode 125: Flannery O'Connor
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Episode 124: Books We Wish We Could Read for the First Time Again
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Episode 123: Our 2026 No-Pressure Reading Plans
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Episode 122: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2025, Part II
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2025, Part I
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Episode 120: Gratitude and Holiday Reading
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Episode 119: The Art (and Agony) of Book Culling
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Episode 118: Whole Body Reading: Reading, Walking and Well-Being
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 117: Losing the Plot: On Reading Slumps and How We Find Our Way Back
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Episode 116: A World Brimming Over: Abundant Literature and The Portrait of a Lady
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Episode 115: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Episode 114: Through a Glass, Darkly: Entering Schattenfroh and Other Books that Refuse to Yield at Once
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Episode 113: Starter Libraries: A Shelf Full of Promises
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Episode 112: In Her Words: Women in Translation 2025
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Episode 111: Two Friends Walk into a Bookstore: A Day Out with Trevor and Paul
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Episode 110: The End: Last Lines That Stick the Landing
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Episode 109: The Lighter Side of the Stacks: Funny Books
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Episode 108: From Our Shelves with Pride: LGBTQIA+ Reads We Love
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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107: Goals or Guilt? A Check-in on Our Reading Ambitions
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May 29, 2025 |
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106: Bookshelf Roulette: Surprises from the Shelf
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May 15, 2025 |
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Episode 105: Wrists Be Damned: or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Big Books
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May 01, 2025 |
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Episode 104: Hanne Ørstavik
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Episode 103: Charco Press
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Episode 102: Diving into the Past with Historical Fiction
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Episode 101: Big News, Short Books
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Episode 100: Questions, Answers, Books
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Episode 99: Books We Think About All the Time
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Episode 98: City Books
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 97: 2025 Reading Horizons
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Episode 96: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2024, Part II
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Episode 95: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2024, Part I
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Episode 94: Javier Marías
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Episode 93: Books We Wanted to Reread Immediately
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 92: Essays, Part II
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 91: Digressions with Mark Haber
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Episode 90: Essays, Part I
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 89: Benchwarmer Books
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Episode 88: Women in Translation
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Episode 87: The Story of Lucy Gault
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Episode 86: Our Favorite Ten Books of the 21st Century So Far
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Episode 85: Roberto Bolaño
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Episode 84: Our Most Anticipated Releases from the Last Half of 2024
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Episode 83: Shelf Control
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Episode 82: Bucket List Books, Part II
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Episode 81: Audiobooks
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May 30, 2024 |
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Episode 80: Facing the Void
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May 16, 2024 |
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Episode 79: Rediscovered Gems
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May 02, 2024 |
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Episode 78: The Great American Novel
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Episode 77: Poetry
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Episode 76: Author Completionism
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Episode 75: Barbara Comyns
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Episode 74: Canadian Literature
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Episode 73: Hidden Gems
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 72: Characters on Holiday
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Episode 71: 2024 Reading Horizon
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Episode 70: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2023, Part II
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Episode 69: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2023, Part I
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Episode 68: The Dalkey Archive
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Episode 67: On a Bookish Holiday
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Episode 66: Reading Habits
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Episode 65: Jon Fosse, with Damion Searls
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Episode 64: Victorian Literature
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Episode 63: Our Favorite Passages
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Episode 62: Spinster Lit
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 61: The Most Intimidating Books on Our TBR
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Episode 60: Favorite Books We Have Forgotten
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Episode 59: The Dry Heart
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Episode 58: Books You Can Get Immersed In
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Episode 57: Our Most Anticipated Releases from the Last Half of 2023
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 56: Barbara Pym
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Episode 55: Summer Reading Horizons
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Episode 54: The Power of a Great Title
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May 18, 2023 |
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Episode 53: Affinities
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May 04, 2023 |
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Episode 52: Stories About Idylls
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 51: Sharing a Love of Reading with Future Generations
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Episode 50: Open Letter Books
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Episode 49: Rereading
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 48: Marking Up Your Books
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 47: Finding Love Between the Covers
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Episode 46: Scholastique Mukasonga
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Episode 45: 2023 Reading Dreams
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Episode 44: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2022, Part II
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 43: Our Favorite Books We Read in 2022, Part I
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Episode 42: Settling In for a Long Winter's Read
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Episode 41: The Magic of Libraries, with Nancy Pearl
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Episode 40: Book Prizes, with Lori Feathers
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Scary Books That Kept Us Up at Night
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Episode 38: Fictional Places We Wish Were Real
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Episode 37: Hotel Novels
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Episode 36: Epic Books
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Episode 35: César Aira
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Episode 34: A Lost Lady
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Books About Growing Old
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Episode 32: Authors We Can't Quite Quit Yet
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Episode 31: New Directions, with Mark Haber
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Three Books with Brian Berrett
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Summer Reading and Assigned Reading II
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Our Dustiest Books
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May 19, 2022 |
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Episode 27: Short Books, Fiction
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May 05, 2022 |
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Episode 26: Books About Books, Fiction
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Episode 25: Jane Austen
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Literary Years, 1922
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Episode 23: Archipelago Books
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Assigned Reading I
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Comfort Reads
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Episode 20: Why Do We Read Fiction?
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Our Top Bookish Questions for 2022
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Episode 18: 2022 Reading Intentions
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Episode 17: Favorite Books We Read in 2021, Part II
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Episode 16: Favorite Books We Read in 2021, Part I
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Episode 15: Emily Dickinson
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Episode 14: Holiday Reading Plans
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 13: Bookstores
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Episode 12: Hangsaman, by Shirley Jackson
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 11: NYRB Classics, Part I
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 10: Books About Books, Nonfiction
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 9: Great Openings
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Episode 8: Three Favorite Books with Frances Evangelista
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Fall Books
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Episode 6: Our Fantasy Past (and Future?)
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Cormac McCarthy
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Nature Writing
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Episode 3: Quadraturin by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Episode 2: The Short Story
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Episode 1: Bucket List Books
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Jul 31, 2021 |