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Books with BetsyEpisode 48 - A Community of Problematic Characters with Bre @BrezzylovesbooksOn this episode, Bre @Brezzylovesbooks, a therapist who also runs the Raleigh chapter of Well-Read Black Girl, and I discuss our shared love of book communities, problematic characters, and why romance isn’t our reading preference. I also give a rare TV recommendation!
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Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda
On the Calculation of Volume...2025-04-0754 min
CBAW Loves...Someplace Generous with Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame and Seema YasminIn this episode, we welcome Someplace Generous editors Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame and author/physician Seema Yasmin to discuss Someplace Generous- a vibrantly diverse and inclusive anthology of romantic short stories.
Topics include the rules of writing romance, reading as a tool for empathy, and the power of telling romantic stories that engage new and different dynamics.
Reference & Notes:
Purchase 'Someplace Generous' on CBAW Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/79565/9781955905626
'The neurologist gives us permission' by Seema Reza: https://poets.org/poem/neurologist-gives-us-permission
Correction from Elaina Ellis: "The author...2024-07-1659 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 211 - Deep Dive Into Summer ReadingWe dove into summer with our first big Biblio Adventure of the season! It involved art by kids inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” lobster, a little free library, and Bank Square Books. A great day! In other Biblio Adventures, Emily went to see Ann Leary talk about her new essay collection, I’VE TRIED BEING NICE, at R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT. She also found an adorable #LFL in a tree stump! Chris attended a virtual panel discussion of NEW SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION by the North Central Connecticut Chapter of The Internat...2024-07-021h 22
When In RomanceMost Frequently Recurring Dumpster FireJess and Trisha talk about what are — and are NOT — the reasons RWA filed for bankruptcy and then recommend some romances with good mental health rep.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter!Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal fina...2024-06-1058 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for May 28, 2024This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Ninetails: Nine Tales, Dreadful, and more great books!Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks...2024-05-2841 min
In Hindsight089: Daddy's Little Girls“Get away from my daddy, twamp!” In this week’s episode, we dissect Daddy’s Little Girls, a Tyler Perry production that was released on February 14, 2007 and starred Idris Elba, Gabrielle Union, Louis Gossett Jr., and Tracee Ellis Ross. Join us (and our special guest Elaina) as we discuss cigarettes, scrimps, class divides, blind dates, custody battles, lawyer-client relationships, and more!
Notable Mentions + References in This Episode:
Sweet Auburn Historic District
Daddy’s Little Girls - Blind Date Scene
Frank Capra
Baby Boy
Frid...2023-10-201h 33
SoundPages PodcastEzekiel – Elaina Ellis2020 Jack Straw writer Elaina Ellis’s poetry project could be described as a book-length exploration of the story of Ezekiel, but that’s just the beginning. In her conversation with curator Anastacia-Renée, they discuss bringing one’s whole self to the creative process, love-bombing, and the multiple resonances, from the erotic to the traumatic, that can be found in both sacred texts and modern life. “That is how the book of Ezekiel opened up for me this etymological rabbit hole — and then this image of an angel lifting somebody up by a lock of his hair. But it wasn’t like...2020-10-2800 min
SAL/on airJericho BrownAlmost exactly a year ago, on May 21, 2019, we closed our Poetry Series with a reading by Jericho Brown, followed by a conversation with Copper Canyon editor and poet Elaina Ellis. It was a riveting and joy-filled evening in celebration of Jericho’s third book, The Tradition. That book went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.
Here we are, a year later, in a starkly different world. A world where we cannot gather together in the shared space of a theatre to hear poetry. A world where Jericho’s poems of rage and grief at the pandemic of violence agai...2020-07-091h 01
Living In The Solution with Dr. Elaina GeorgeHydroxychloroquine Prescriptions Blocked by FDA & State BureaucratsDr. Elizabeth Vliet, the past director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and Ellis Island Medal of Honor recipient joins Dr. George to discuss the impact of bureaucrats within the FDA as well as various state health departments who continue to block physicians from prescribing Hydroxycholorquine upon early Covid-19 diagnosis. Will this bureaucratic entangling of red tape interposing against the prescribing authority of front-line physicians trying to save lives during the Coronavirus Pandemic be remembered as one of the worst preventable medical tragedies our time? One must ask the question Cui Bono when it comes to preventing...2020-06-1350 min
Outer Limits Of Inner TruthWeight Loss Show Part III: Medical ProfessionalsWeight Loss Show Part III: Medical Professionals (In Order of Appearance) 01:19 – Dr. Elaina George 09:04 – Dr. Gregory Ellis 34:00 – Dr. Adrienne Youdim, MD 43:54 – Dr. David Bardsley Dr. Elaina George is a Board Certified Otolaryngologist. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Biology. She received her Masters degree in Medical Microbiology from Long Island University, and received her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Dr George completed her residency at Manhattan, Eye Ear & Throat Hospital. She is on the advisory council of Project 21 black leadership network, an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Dr Georg...2019-06-2158 min
The Round, SeattleRound (62) - Zootunes - Elaina Ellis (feat. Paul Rucker) - Poem1Sunday, July 18th, 2010 8:00 PM
live @ Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle | Curated by Nathan Marion, Podcast produced by Joshua Sherman and Jonas G. www.theround.org or http://www.fremontabbey.org | Not to be sold or distributed in any way.2010-09-1102 min
The Round, SeattleRound (55)- Elaina Ellis - PoetTuesday, Dec. 1st, 2009 8:00 PM
live @ The Triple Door, Seattle | Curated by Nathan Marion, Podcast produced by Joshua Sherman and Jonas G. www.theround.org or http://www.fremontabbey.org | Not to be sold or distributed in any way.2010-01-1704 min