Recent Reads: Essays to die for and a hyperactive family in the Jazz Age

Recent Reads: Essays to die for and a hyperactive family in the Jazz Age I’ve got bookmarks for sale! More information on the bookmarks: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15trc... Short video:    / natflu_bee   Read Barb's Howard O'Hagan-nominated short story, 'Walking Jello': https://magazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2025/s... Barb's and my 2026 novella project:    • Novelist Barb Howard and Shawn launch thei...   Recent videos you may have missed: In Other Words:    • In Other Words   A Mega Book Haul:    • A Mega Book Haul (Time-stamped)   A review of Ben Lerner's Transcription:    • Ideas galore—but flesh-and-blood character...   A chat with Canadian writer Dora Dueck about her powerfully ruminative novel All That Belongs:    • A chat with Canadian writer Dora Dueck abo...   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=75826765 Or, one-time contributions welcome via PayPal to [email protected] Time stamps (Scroll down for Goodreads links): 00:00 Intro 02:15 Congrats, Barb Howard! 04:12 Too Great a Sky by Liliana Corobca 06:20 In the Field by Sadiqa de Meijer 10:48 Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton 14:50 Transcription by Ben Lerner 18:14 The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe 21:30 Book Haul Books mentioned: Like a River Divides the Earth by Dora Dueck   / like-a-river-divides-the-earth   A Study in Red by Connie Gault   / a-study-in-red   Too Great a Sky by Liliana Corobca (Monica Cure, translator)   / too-great-a-sky   In the Field by Sadiqa de Meijer   / in-the-field   Alfabet / Alphabet by Sadiqa de Meijer   / alfabet-alphabet   Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton   / twilight-sleep   The Children by Edith Wharton   / 50177.the_children   Transcription by Ben Lerner   / transcription   The Englishman’s Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe   / 408032.the_englishman_s_boy   Book haul: Land by Maggie O’Farrell   / land   The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall   / 129223.the_well_of_loneliness   Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson   / miss-buncle-s-book   Wilderness of Mirrors by Olufemi Terry   / wilderness-of-mirrors   All the Acorns on the Forest Floor by Kim Hooper   / all-the-acorns-on-the-forest-floor   Watch my bite-sized chat with Sarah at the 9:35 mark here:    • Bite-sized Book Chats: The 32nd Episode   Tremor by Teju Cole   / tremor   My chat with Sharon Butala about this book begins at 06:04 here:    • Friday Reads: Kindness, musicality, childh...   Open City by Teju Cole   / open-city   The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac (Monica Cure, translator)   / the-summer-my-mother-had-green-eyes   Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen   / bad-bad-girl   Thank You, Mr. Nixon by Gish Jen   / thank-you-mr-nixon   Where else to follow me: @shawnmooney on Litsy and Twitter @shawnbreathesbooks on Instagram and Threads @shawnthebookmaniac.bsky.social on Bluesky Goodreads:   / shawn-mooney-shawn-breathes-books   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=75826765