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The Book Maven: A Literary RevueHow To Write About Sex with Carmen Maria MachadoWe’ve made it to the end of season two! To close things out, Bethanne sits down with Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House, to discuss how she got into writing erotica, the politics of writing about sex, and navigating creative work in a repressive environment. Join us in conversation as Carmen talks about her first forays into writing.Bethanne puts the spotlight on Middlemarch in this week’s Canon or Can It. Will the classic novel survive Bethanne’s critical scrutiny? Tune in to find out.Can Bethanne beat the clock? She gi...2025-04-1927 min
LARB Radio HourWriting Climate Futures: David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan BlakeIn light of the recent fires in Los Angeles, we're re-airing an episode featuring a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures" with David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake. They discuss the role and efficacy of environmental writing, education, and the public discourse around climate change. The panel was hosted by the Los Angeles Review of Books in partnership with the Berggruen Institute.2025-01-111h 03
LA Review of BooksWriting Climate FuturesOn July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake.
As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Through education, envisioning fictitious new worlds, and pushing forward the public discourse, writing holds the power to move the conversation we have around the future of our planet. LARB and The Berggruen Institute convened exciting voices in the climate movement from across genres to discuss how writing can...2025-01-101h 03
Tea or Books?#134: Our Top 10 Books of 2024Happy new year! In episode 134, Rachel and I share our favourite books reads in 2024 – counting down from ten to one. And we each pick one of the other’s top 10 to read for our next episode!
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Thanks so much for everyone who listens to the podcast and gets in touch. It means such a lot to us.
The books and authors we mention in this episode are below – but if you want to avoid spoilers for our favourite books, then don’t read this list too care...2025-01-0100 min
So Many Damn Books233: Emily Habeck (SHARK HEART: A LOVE STORY) & Jenny Offill's DEPT. OF SPECULATIONEmily Habeck swims on in to chat the book Christopher can’t stop recommending to anyone and everyone, Shark Heart: A Love Story. Thrill to this episode where we get into the long and winding road from theater to novel writing, and the pleasures of re-reading Jenny Offill’s Dept. of Speculation, 10 years on. Join the Patreon and hang out in the monthly book club, listen to exclusive episodes, and get access to the SMDB virtual book stoop a couple times a year! https://patreon.com/smdbFor the drink recipe, every book and...2024-11-2756 minLA Review of BooksWriting Climate FuturesOn July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake.
As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Through education, envisioning fictitious new worlds, and pushing forward the public discourse, writing holds the power to move the conversation we have around the future of our planet. LARB and The Berggruen Institute convened exciting voices in the climate movement from across genres to discuss how writing can...2024-08-091h 03LARB Radio HourWriting Climate FuturesOn July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake. As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Through education, envisioning fictitious new worlds, and pushing forward the public discourse, writing holds the power to move the conversation we have around the future of our planet. LARB and The Berggruen Institute convened exciting voices in the climate movement from across genres to...2024-08-091h 03
You Should Probably Read More"Where's the Poetry in This?" with Ross Farrar (of Ceremony)Shanon and Nolan are joined by Ceremony frontman, poet, Bay Area legend and very well read dude, Ross Farrar.
Books and Authors mentioned in the episode:
Liz Moore - The God of the Woods
AJ Dunno - In Waves
Alexander Sammartino - Last Acts
George Saunders
Delmore Shwartz
Fredrick Seidel
Jenny Offill - Dept of Speculation
Jenny Offill - Speedboat
James Baldwin - The Fire Next Time
William Matthews - Time and Money
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Joel Golby's Book ClubE20: Jenny Offill's WeatherIn this episode, Joel's picked out another book that everyone seemed to read before he did. Jenny's Offill's Weather came out in 2020 and is set around the inauguration of Donald Trump's presidency and it's a book that feels like it's set in 2016, but does it hold up in 2024? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-06-2028 minTea or Books?Tea or Books? #128: Do We Read Plays? and Fifty Sounds vs The Housekeeper and the ProfessorPolly Barton, Yoko Ogawa, and plays – welcome to episode 128!
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In the first half of today’s ‘Tea or Books?’ episode, Rachel and I revisit a topic from years ago – plays! Specifically, do we think that plays should be read on the page, as well as seen on the stage. In the second half, we compare two books with a Japanese theme: Polly Barton’s Fifty Sounds, a non-fiction about moving to Japan and learning the language, and Yoko Ogawa’s novel The Housekeeper and the Professor, translated by Stephen Snyder.
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OverdueEp 603 - Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny OffillWhen a book's plot and characters don't break a ton of ground in and of themselves, you're left hoping that the writing and the perspective will be enough to make a book interesting—luckily for us, Jenny Offill's Dept. of Speculation is insightful and entertaining despite its narrow scope and well-trod material.
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self.
Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.
Advertise on OverdueSee omnystudio.com/li...2023-08-071h 03
You're BookedKatherine May - You're BookedHurrah! This week we're featuring an author we've trying to tempt onto the show for ages. It's the brilliant Katherine May! Katherine is the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering which has been translated into twenty-five languages around the world, the acclaimed The Electricity of Every Living Thing and her new book Enchantment: Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age. She also hosts the podcast How We Live Now in which Katherine and her guests try to access wonder and joy in a world determined to elicit exhaustion and despair. We talked to Katherine about the brilliance of Jean Rhys...2023-03-061h 00
The Brit Lit Podcast78: Murmuration, with Blake AudenOur guest on episode 78 is poet Blake Auden, who has almost 300,000 Instagram followers and is known for speaking openly about mental health. He also has four collections of poems out in the world, and the most recent is Murmuration, which came out in October. He and I talked about what therapy and writing have in common, how he approaches social media so that it helps rather than hinders his mental health, and lots more. ***** Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways. *****2021-12-0225 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/550243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dept. of Speculation Author: Jenny Offill Narrator: Jenny Offill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill’s heroine, referred to in these pages as simply “the wife,” once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept. of Spe...2021-11-2310 min
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenDept. of Speculation by Jenny OffillPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/550243 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dept. of Speculation Author: Jenny Offill Narrator: Jenny Offill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 9 minutes Release date: November 23, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and the condition of universal shipwreck that unites us all. Jenny Offill’s heroine, referred to in these pages as simply “the wife,” once exchanged love letters with her husband postmarked Dept...2021-11-2310 min
CanonicalApocalypse Soon! Discussing Weather by Jenny OffillWeather is a great book. What makes it so good? This week we discuss the style and plot and how Offill manages to capture this feeling of being alive.
This is the last book in our series on climate fiction. Previously we read A Children‘s Bible by Lydia Millet and The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
You can join our book club discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod where you can also find show notes, credits and extended discussions for every episode.
You can support us by rating/lik...2021-11-1249 minCanonicalReview: Weather by Jenny OffillReading a novel while awaiting the imminent climate apocalypse isn't the best way to spend one's time, but if you do wish to spend your pre-apocalypse days buried in a book, Offill's Weather is a fantastic choice. Listen to our review and find out why!
This is the last book in our series on climate fiction where we read A Children‘s Bible by Lydia Millet and The Man with the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-Yi
You can join our book club discussion here: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanonicalPod where you can also find show...2021-11-0543 min
I'm Afraid of Climate ChangeWeather (Book Club)In this episode, Audrey hosts their first book club episode, discussing Jenny Offill's Weather. The episode is broken into three sections: a non-spoilery discussion on the philosophy of the novel, a spoilery section on Weather's themes, and a poem-response of Audrey's own. Enjoy!
Transcript:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MMA1tczy8M-g-527qxkzlApLxhmEdRJyUuNwa6sJ2M/edit?usp=sharing
Poem:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WVb7iFd75_PiBZgGeCLi4_ctLThbOIOYYhksIAGceA0/edit?usp=sharing
Resources:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blo...2021-09-1915 min
Bokad med Frida och Lisen18. August dör Frida och Lisen är tillbaka efter sommarsemestern. Frida har läst massor och är taggad, Lisen har tragglat med en klassiker hela sommaren.Böcker vi pratar om mycket:Trion av Johanna HedmanSwanns värld av Marcel ProustTour de chambres av Tine HøegVäder av Jenny OffillKvinnor jag tänker på om natten av Mia KankimäkiKärlek i kolerans tid av Gabriel García MárquezBöcker som vi nämner:...2021-09-0242 min
Die Buch. Der feministische BuchpodcastWie wirkt sich die Klimakrise auf die Psyche aus? - “Weather” von Jenny Offill
Wie hängen die Klimakrise und psychische Gesundheit zusammen? Wie schreibt man über existentielle Katastrophen, die sich so anders als die Apokalypsen anfühlen, die wir aus Büchern und Filmen kennen?
Die Bibliothekarin Lizzie sorgt sich um ihre Familie – und die Klimakrise. In „Weather“ (2020, Knopf Doubleday) zeigt die Autorin Jenny Offill, wie eng gesellschaftliche und persönliche Krisen verknüpft sind. Die Klimakrise und die Trump-Präsidentschaft bleiben dabei keine abstrakten Themen, sondern sind genauso präsent wie eine mögliche Affäre.
Immer mehr Menschen leiden unter der psychischen Belastung der Klimakrise. Desw...2021-07-2126 min
Das Perfekte Buch für den Moment - Deutschlandfunk NovaDas perfekte Buch - Wetter von Jenny Offill"Wetter" heißt der ins Deutsche übersetzte und in den USA gefeierte Roman von Jenny Offill. Es ist kein klassischer Roman mit einem Anfang und einem Ende. Es gibt weder den einen Höhepunkt noch die ruhigen Stellen zum Eintauchen und Ankommen in der Geschichte. Wer ihn liest, steht zweihundert Seiten lang unter Strom.2021-05-2304 min
The Make Books Travel PodcastS2 E12: An Interview with Deborah Kaufmann, VP of Literary Affairs at Legendary EntertainmentToday's guest is Deborah Kaufmann, VP of Literary Affairs at Legendary Entertainment.
Translated into lay, non-Hollywood terms, this means that Deborah is some sort of in-house scout for Legendary, in charge of finding literary properties that can be adapted to the big or small screen. As you’ll find out, such properties can include books, but also unpublished short stories, podcasts, and news and magazine articles.
It was fascinating to get to know Deborah’s work a bit more in depth, and to hear her thoughts on the current state of the movie business and the...2021-05-011h 01
Better off ReadEp 94: Elements 8 - Plot. Dan Kois talks to Pip Adam about a sound mixing board.In the second episode in the Plot season of Elements, I talk to Dan Kois about plot and narrative and what it is to write it.
Some of the things we talk about are:
You can read about Dan's novel Vintage Contemporaries here https://www.dankois.com/vintage-contemporaries
We talk about Laurie Colwin's book Happy all the Time https://www.lauriecolwin.com/books
Jenny Offill's Department of Speculation https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/14/dept-speculation-review-jenny-offill
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F.A.Z. Bücher-PodcastJenny Offill und ihr Roman "Wetter": Glaubst du wirklich, du könntest die Kinder beschützen?Ein Gespräch mit der Kritikerin Verena Lueken und eines mit der Autorin Mithu Sanyal
Fallen bauen für den Präsidenten, fliehen vor der Klimakatastrophe: In ihrem dritten Roman "Wetter" lässt die amerikanische Schriftstellerin Jenny Offill eine wilde Bibliothekarin erzählen, wie die gesellschaftlichen Bedrohungen ihrer kleinen Familie in New York immer näher kommen. Wir haben mit Verena Lueken, lange Jahre Kulturkorrespondentin der F.A.Z. in Amerika, über das Buch und die große Kunst der Kleinigkeiten seiner Autorin gesprochen. Und mit Mithu Sanyal, deren Roman "Identitti" gerade erschienen ist, über ihr Lesen und Schreiben.
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City Arts & LecturesJenny OffillJenny Offill is the author of the novels Last Things, Dept. of Speculation, and, most recently, Weather. One of the pleasures of reading Offill’s books is hearing the emotional struggles and ambivalent attitudes of very honest narrators. In Weather, the concerns of daily life and parenting combine with the looming apocalypse of climate change. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, the novel asks readers to think about the mundane ways we live and grapple with our rapidly deteriorating environment. Offill lives in upstate New York and teaches at Syracuse University and Queens University.
On March 18, 2021, Jenny Offill talked via video...2021-03-281h 03
Red Fern Book Review by Amy TylerThe Green LightSend us a textThe Green Light (not to be confused with Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey!) is that mysterious light at the end of the dock in The Great Gatsby that represents Jay Gatsby's hope for the future. In this episode, host Amy Mair looks at two American novels and examines why, it seems, everyone is reading and writing about the classic Jazz Age tale. Spoiler alert: the copyright has expired! Jenny Offill's Weather examines climate change and modern-day American life through the eyes of Brooklyn librarian, wife and mother Lizzie. 2021-03-0721 min