We explore with writer and journalist Juan Carlos Hernández the nature of memoir, the connections made over cooking, and the importance of staying grounded.
Episode artwork: Footballer André Roosenburg in Florence, 1953. Image with no known copyright restrictions courtesy Nationaal Archief and Wikimedia Commons.
Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay
Want to learn more about the books—and films!—we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!
Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential
Anna Burns Milkman
Mary Karr The Liars' Club
Mary Karr The Art of Memoir
Rachel Cusk The Outline Trilogy
Lisa Dordal Next Time You Come Home
Xuan Carlos Hernández Lost and Found on the Camino de Santiago
Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth
Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Karl Ove Knausgaard My Struggle series
Mario Levrero The Luminous Novel
Valeria Luiselli Lost Children Archive
Alejandra Márquez Abella A Million Miles Away
Rigoberta Menchú I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien In the Lake of the Woods
Jordan B. Peterson Twelve Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Thomas Piketty Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Sally Rooney Beautiful World, Where Are You
Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are
Michelle Zahner Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
