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Library TalksGish Jen with Weike Wang: Bad Bad Girl In this episode of Library Talks, acclaimed novelist Gish Jen joins Library Talks to discuss her latest book Bad Bad Girl. She is joined by fellow novelist Weike Wang. Bad Bad Girl began as a memoir of her late mother, Loo Shu-hsin, before evolving into a fictionalized portrait of their turbulent mother-daughter relationship. As a child Shu-hsin learns how little her life is valued as a woman in 1930s Shanghai and is constantly reprimanded, "Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk!" Years later, struggling to keep her own family together as an expat i...
2025-10-2958 min
Haltestelle BuchCaféHaltestelle BuchCafe -der Bücherpodcast- August 2025 In dieser Episode stellen wir Euch folgende Bücher vor:Wedding People, Alison EspachWedding People - Alison Espach - genialokal.deMord im November, Simon MasonEin Mord im November - Ein Fall für DI W... - genialokal.deBlaue Tage, Tatjana von der Beek Blaue Tage - Tatjana von der Beek - genialokal.deQuicktippsFreida McFadden, Der LehrerDer Lehrer - Will er dir helfen oder will... - genialokal.deDie Festung, L.D. SmithsonDie Festung - L. D. Smithson - g...
2025-08-2129 minHaltestelle BuchCaféHaltestelle BuchCafé - der Bücherpodcast Ausgabe Juli 2025 In dieser Episode stellen wir Euch folgende Bücher vor:Das Geschenk, Gaea SchoetersDas Geschenk - Gaea Schoeters - genialokal.deDer Trailer, Linus GeschkeDer Trailer - Linus Geschke - genialokal.deSchattengrünes Tal, Kristina Hauff Schattengrünes Tal - Kristina Hauff - genialokal.deQuicktippsNiemals Nichts, Ralf WesthoffNiemals nichts - Ralf Westhoff - genialokal.deDie Wölfe unter uns, Tim Sünderhauf Die Wölfe unter uns - Tim Sünderhauf - genialokal.deDie Oberpfalz der Norden...
2025-07-3021 min
Critical Literary ConsumptionUbiquitous Marriages and Sociological Analysis in Rental House (with Weike Wang)Following Chemistry and Joan Is Okay, Weike Wang again reflects on labor, home, place, and identity in Rental House, a novel that follows an interracial couples’ two vacations. She describes how Keru and Nate’s marriage is one that is ubiquitous in America but is hardly written about in the literary world. We also discuss race and class analysis, DINK (double income, no kids), politics as a source of inspiration, and our writing preferences and challenges.
2025-04-0346 min
Book Talk, etc.Book Talk Etc.’s Best Books of 2024: Our Favorite Reads of the YearSend us a textIn Episode 182 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah reflect on a fantastic year of reading as they share their top 20 books of 2024! We share our absolute favorites, the reads that stood out most to us, and a little bit about why these books made our best-of-the-year list.If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive bonus episodes, including Niche Novels, Books We DNFed, and What's in the Mailbag! Plus, you’ll receive invites to monthly events like Mo...
2024-12-311h 05
Gays ReadingWeike Wang (Rental House) feat. Joseph Lezza, Guest Gay ReaderHost Jason Blitman talks to author Weike Wang (Rental House) about her dream vacation, the commonality of in-laws, and their mutual love of House Hunters. Jason is then joined by Guest Gay Reader, Joseph Lezza, who talks about what he's reading and shares insights about how he navigates grief during the holiday season. The Trouble with Friends Weike Wang is a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. She received her MFA from Boston University. Her fi...
2024-12-1055 min
NPR's Book of the DayThere is such a thing as too much quality time in Weike Wang's 'Rental House'Tensions are running high for married couple Keru and Nate, who decide to rent a house in Cape Cod, sharing it with each set of parents at different points of a month-long trip. Their vacation seems to have stoked the fires of family dysfunction, eventually pushing Keru to a breaking point. Author Weike Wang believes in putting one's characters through trial by fire, which she does quite literally in her latest novel, Rental House. In today's episode, Wang speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about sometimes-frustrating family life, coexistence, and obstacles for characters.To listen to Book of the...
2024-12-0907 min
Infatu Asian PodcastEp 152 Weike Wang Discusses Her Newest Book - Rental HouseI love that we've been doing this podcast long enough to have repeat guests! It's been two and a half years since Weike's last book came out, and we talked with her about it back then. Weike's newest novel Rental House is out December 3rd, 2024, and we're pumped that we got to speak with her last week!
This book is about an interracial couple in their mid-30's who rent a vacation home in Cape Cod, and spend a week with each of their parents/in-laws. Keru's parents are Chinese immigrants, while Nate's are anti-vaxing Trumpers. Both sets...
2024-12-0429 min
Journey Through This Award-Winning Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Rental House: A Novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/760961to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Rental House: A Novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Jen Zhao
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Release date: December 3, 2024
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1.5 of Total 2
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
DAKOTA JOHNSON’S TEATIME PICTURES DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024 “One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years. And it’s also frequently hilarious.” —Los Angeles Times “A funny, perceptive look at what it means to defy societal expectations…timeless.” —Washington Post “[For] basically anyone who is breathing, Rental House is...
2024-12-035h 47
The Weekly ReaderLife During COVID: "Joan is Okay" by Weike Wang, and "Fourteen Days" edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas PrestonOn this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review tow new books, one novel, and a collection of stories, about life during Covid 19: Joan is Okay, by Weike Wang, and Fourteen Days, edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2024-02-0803 min
Sarah's Bookshelves LiveEp. 151: Angie Kim (Author of Happiness Falls) + Book RecommendationsEpisode 151 brings author Angie Kim back to the podcast with her sophomore novel, Happiness Falls. Angie is carving out her niche with literary mysteries featuring children with disabilities or illnesses, drawing inspiration from her own family's encounters. I broke my own rules for podcast guests because Happiness Falls is now in the running for my #1 book of 2023 and it's the smartest book I've read all year! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). CLICK HERE for full episode...
2023-09-2057 min
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2023-09-1600 min
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2023-09-1300 min
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2023-09-0800 min
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2023-09-0800 min
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2023-09-0800 min
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2023-09-0800 min
Livra-te#88 - Wrap Up de Verão & Clube do Livra-te de AgostoPrimeiro episódio da terceira temporada e nós trouxemos tu-do. Falamos (muito) do que nos passou pelas mãos durante o mês de férias. Houve também a habitual discussão dos livros do Clube do Livra-te (COM SPOILERS) — desta vez dos escolhidos de Agosto, tudo sem deixar de fora a antevisão dos selecionados para Setembro.
Livros mencionados neste episódio:
- All the Lovers in the Night, Mieko Kawakami (1:46)
- Mr. Wilder & Me, Jonathan Coe (2:32)
- Exes & O’s, Amy Lea (6:39)
- Girl Friends, Holly Bourne (7:59)
- Send Nudes, Saba Sams (9:59)
- Cursed Bread, Sophie Mackintosh (1...
2023-09-061h 00
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2023-09-0100 min
Pod45Episode 12: Minimalisms NowThe cluster up for discussion today is Minimalisms Now: Race, Affect, Aesthetics, edited by Connor Bennett and Michael Dango. This is somewhat ironically a rather maximalist cluster on minimalism, comprising eleven fantastic essays, including Connor and Michael’s introduction, plus a great interview with Mark McGurl.
Contemporaries co-editor Michael Docherty sat down with Connor and Michael to think through some of the issues in contemporary minimalism with which the cluster engages, and the questions it invites. Joining us in our discussion were Annabelle Tseng and Tina Post.
Annabelle wrote “On Being Okay,” one of two essays...
2023-05-171h 01
Let's Get LITeraryWe Chat: Joan is Okay with Dr. Ellane ParkListen in as we chat about Joan is Okay by Weike Wang, with Dr. Ellane Park. As always, we'll share meaningful segments and discuss how many of these bookish moments connect to our lives. Don't forget about our choice of emoji at the end!
2023-05-1031 min
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2023-04-2600 min
Brick Lane Bookshop PodcastBLB Podcast - We Move with Gurnaik JohalThe BLB Podcast is a new project from Brick Lane Bookshop created to celebrate and interrogate the short story form. For each episode, we invite a writer to read from one of their stories, discuss their writing and editing processes, their route to publication and what they’re reading.
In the second episode of season two, co-hosts Kate Ellis and Peter J. Coles talk to Gurnaik Johal about his debut short story collection, We Move
Show notes:
Septology by Jon Fosse
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
Yiyun Li
...
2023-02-2445 min
Authorpreneurs UnleashedWriting Mindset & Avoiding Burnout with Nicole Janz, PhDLearn how to set the right writing mindset for avoiding burnout and achieving your goals. Nicole Janz, PhD, has a background in journalism, was a university professor, and is now a writing coach and founder of The Write Habit.Find out more at https://nicolejanz.com/ or come hang out with her on Twitter and LinkedIn.Topics Discussed in the EpisodeSee the tab above “Chapter Markers” for a more comp...
2023-02-0656 min
The New Yorker: FictionGary Shteyngart Reads Weike WangGary Shteyngart joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Omakase,” by Weike Wang, which was published in *The New Yorker* in 2018. Shteyngart is the author of five novels including, most recently, “Lake Success” and “Our Country Friends.”
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2023-01-011h 07
Quick Picks38: Nick's Popular Adult Fiction Book ClubAt my library, Nick has an Adult Popular Fiction book discussion group and he joins me today to discuss the more recent books they've read. I'd like to apologize for some of the audio glitches that occurred while Nick spoke -- we had hours of technical difficulties and at the end, I accepted whatever I could get.
Discussed:
Joan is Okay, by Weike Wang
Last Night at the Lobster, by Stewart O'Nan
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Jacqueline in Paris, by Ann Mah
2022-12-0237 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineInterview with Joniece Abbott-Pratt: 2022 Best Fiction AudiobooksNarrator Joniece Abbott-Pratt joins AudioFile’s Robin Whitten to tell listeners about narrating NIGHTCRAWLING. Leila Mottley’s powerful debut novel is one of AudioFile’s 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks for its immersive listening experience crafted beautifully by Joniece. Listen to hear about the emotional intimacy of Joniece’s performance, how she prepared to narrate the moving dialogue, and what’s stayed with her about NIGHTCRAWLING.Read AudioFile’s review of the audiobook at audiofilemagazine.com. Published by Random House Audio.AudioFile’s 2022 Best Fiction Audiobooks:THE ANGEL OF ROME by Jess Walter, read by Edoardo Baller...
2022-12-0213 min
Tepper ReadsTepper Reads Fall 2022 Podcast #2 - Confessions of Two Recovering MarksIn this episode of the Tepper Reads podcast, Accelerate Leadership Center Academic Program Managers Matthew Stewart and Michelle Stoner discuss the character of Mark in Weike Wang's Joan is Okay. Topics covered include: how exposure to diversity and different cultures increases self-awareness and helps you grow as a person, the Golden Rule v. the Platinum Rule, and more.
2022-11-1820 min
Tepper ReadsTepper Reads Fall 2022 Podcast #1 - Cogs and CarsIn the first of two podcasts this fall about Weike Wang's Joan is Okay, Academic Program Managers in the Accelerate Leadership Center, Matthew Stewart and Michelle Stoner, discuss how people don't always lead or influence in the same way, learning to empathize with characters you don't like, and the paradox of what makes an American.
2022-10-2821 min
The 7am NovelistDay 17: Omniscience with Weike Wang & Julia RoldThe omniscient point of view, beloved by 19th century authors and most often found in the western literary canon, but this perspective came under suspicion in the early 1900s, only to recently make a strong recurrence. And it might just be the most difficult point of view to handle. What is third and first person omniscient? What are the best practices behind handling this point of view and why might you want to avoid it? We discuss these questions with our guests Weike Wang and Julia Rold.Julia Rold is a fiction writer, essayist, and playwright whose...
2022-10-2032 min
Books Are My People83 - Books Are My People with Author Katie Hafner (The Boys)Click here to purchase any of the books mentioned today.This week, I am joined by Katie Hafner, author of The Boys. We talk about how reading is like matchmaking and Katie recommends some of her favorite books. Books Recommended :The Boys by Katie HafnerYou Again by Debra Jo ImmergutI The Last Housewife by Ashley WinsteadCapture the Castle by Dodie Smith Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza translated by Thomas BunsteadJoan is Okay by Weike Wang
2022-08-2235 min
Book Riot - The PodcastGo Kill a WatchmanJeff and Rebecca talk about the horrible attack on Salman Rushdie, a maybe consequential change to what Barnes & Noble stocks in its physical stores, a quick Confidence Index on DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY starring Keanu Reeves, and much more.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. The show can also be found on Stitcher.For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter!This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Discussed...
2022-08-221h 10
Modern MinoritiesSharon Yang’s (Building) Back Better“Maybe it's the perspective of being the daughter of immigrants who chose to come to this country, but there still fundamentally remains something really special about America and what this country offers, that's worth remembering and worth fighting for.”
What’s better than just one Sharon? That’s right, TWO Sharons together on the pod. Our co-host Sharon had the honor of speaking with Sharon Yang, the Communications Director at Building Back Together, a nonprofit advocacy group supporting President Biden’s policy agenda.
Sharon Yang grew up just outside of Houston, Texas, and is the daughter o...
2022-08-0146 min
Modern MinoritiesSharon Yang’s (Building) Back Better“Maybe it's the perspective of being the daughter of immigrants who chose to come to this country, but there still fundamentally remains something really special about America and what this country offers, that's worth remembering and worth fighting for.”What’s better than just one Sharon? That’s right, TWO Sharons together on the pod. Our co-host Sharon had the honor of speaking with Sharon Yang, the Communications Director at Building Back Together, a nonprofit advocacy group supporting President Biden’s policy agenda.Sharon Yang grew up just outside of Houston, Texas, and is the daughter o...
2022-08-0147 minBook Talk, etc.Short Books to Read In An AfternoonSend us a textIn Episode 61 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee are sharing their recent short reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about favorite short books that were so fun to read**If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + our ALL NEW CRIMINALLY BOOKED! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, a...
2022-07-191h 02
Zona Lettura. Libri da leggereS2 E22 • Protagoniste femminili e una serie di sfide3 consigli di lettura per immergersi tra le pagine di libri che vedono come protagoniste donne alle prese con la vita e con alcuni mali, più o meno gravi, che si ritrovano a dover affrontare.
- “Mia sorella è una serial killer” di Oyinkan Braithwaite: Ayoola è del tutto fuori controllo: è solita, infatti, uccidere i propri fidanzati per cosiddetta "autodifesa", ed è ormai quotidianità sbarazzarsi dei cadaveri con candeggina e guanti di gomma...
- "Blue Nights" di Joan Didion: Didion ripensa a sua figlia Quintana, ormai scomparsa, e ripercorre con la memoria non solo i momenti più belli ma anche quell...
2022-06-1209 minInfatu Asian Podcast(Bonus Clip) Weike Wang: Why are Books Written By Asians Red or Yellow?Here's a little bonus sound from our chat with author Weike Wang. She talks about why both of her books are yellow, as well as gives us her NYC Chinese food pics!
2022-06-0702 min
Book GangBest Backlist Books You Missed (Part 2)No need to wait for the latest summer releases when you have this list of best backlist books to check out.This is the second part of our discussion today. My well-read co-host, Larry Hoffer, is back to talk about our favorite older books and why these should be in your stack this year too.Not familiar with the term backlist or frontlist books? The book industry groups published books into two types- frontlist (titles that have sold in the current year) and backlist (titles that are older than a year).W...
2022-06-0356 minInfatu Asian PodcastEp 34 Chatting with the Author of Chemistry and Joan is Okay: Weike Wang!Emily and Curtis had such a great time chatting with author Weike Wang! She’s smart, funny, thoughtful and the author of Chemistry: A Novel and Joan is Okay. She won the PEN/Hemmingway award in 2018 (awarded to noteworthy 1st-time authors), and was recognized as one of the 5 Under 35 authors to keep an eye on by the National Book Foundation (among many other awards)! We discuss her childhood and upbringing, studying chemistry at Harvard, her writing process, and dive a little deeper into her latest novel, Joan is Okay.
You can learn more about Weike from her websi...
2022-06-0156 min
The China Travel PodcastEpisode 25: Joan Is Okay with Weike Wang (Book Club)For this episode we chat with author Weike Wang on her book Joan Is Okay. This book platforms a new generation of Chinese Americans and the struggle with identity faced in everyday life. Prepare for a read where one second, witty dry humor has you giggling out loud, and the next, you’re hit hard with a notion so deeply profound it resonates in your bones.
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2022-05-2445 min
Reading EnvyReading Envy 246: Unsettling Endings with YaniraYanira shares why she deleted Goodreads and how it's improved her reading life, and we talk about rereading books before we dig into books we've read and liked lately. Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 246: Unsettling Endings
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2022-04-2600 min
You've Got Five Pages...To Tell Me It's GoodYou Have Five Pages, Joan is Okay by Weike Wang, To Tell Me You're Good.The first chapter can make or break a reader's engagement with a story. We as writers must craft brilliant opening pages in order to hook those picky readers, so let's study the stories of others to see how they do it!
The first pages of Joan is Okay by Weike Wang are unlike anything we've read on previous episodes of this podcast. We're not diving into genre fiction here--no fantasy, no science fiction, no horror, etc. This is life, and it's the life of an Asian American woman who is forced to take on the journey of...
2022-04-2020 min
Poured OverGrace D. Li on PORTRAIT OF A THIEF"I really wrote it for me, I didn't think anything would come about — I wanted something that could bring me a bit of joy, where Asian American characters could live their lives and do something as fun and ridiculous as robbing art museums across the world." Grace D. Li loves a caper flick, and now she's written Portrait of a Thief, a caper novel with a very fun Chinese American cast. Grace joins us on the show to talk about the true story that inspired her debut, the Chinese diaspora, calling Texas home, the movies that inspired her fiction, the...
2022-04-0944 min
Critical Literary ConsumptionCraft and Life Writing: On Work, the Model Minority Myth, and Covid (with Weike Wang)Centering Weike Wang’s essay, “Notes on Work” published in The New Yorker, we discuss how her views on work in Chemistry and Joan Is Okay intersects with the model minority myth, craft writing/workshopping, and her experiences as both a doctoral student in an epidemiology program and an MFA student. Wang also shares why she revised Joan Is Okay to include Covid and whether her future writing projects will allude to the ongoing pandemic.
2022-03-1554 min
Beyond the DeskWhat We’re Reading 2Librarians Sarah and Katie chat about what they’re currently reading and new books on their to-read list. They riff on short stories, memoirs, mysteries, family reads, the ’90s and more. Plus, they talk about novels versus short stories and what BookTok offers readers.
Titles and authors discussed in this episode include: These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card, The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk, Starfish by Lisa Fipps, and Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. A...
2022-02-2535 minBehind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineJOAN IS OKAY by Weike Wang, read by Catherine HoNarrator Catherine Ho gives a superb performance of Weike Wang’s audiobook about Joan, a first-generation Chinese-American ICU physician. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss how brilliantly Catherine Ho inhabits the character of Joan, making for a fascinating ride that delves into the psyche of someone who interacts with the world in an unusual way. Joan is grieving the loss of her father while struggling with the direction of her life. Joan is a wary but sharply observant character, and Ho mines the expanse of Joan’s acuity and introspection to depict a complex woman. Read the full r...
2022-02-1107 min
Books, Cats & SnacksEp 13 - Minisode #3 of Book Shoutouts!Send us a textFrom Cattie: Catana Comics by Catana ChetwyndI Iz Cat by Nick FilippouFrom Oaky:My Sweet Audrina by VC AndrewsJoan is Okay by Weike WangContact us at bookscatssnacks@gmail.comIG @bookscatssnackspodcast
2022-01-2717 minPoured OverWeike Wang on JOAN IS OKAY"…So much of American media is, As long as we have each other, it doesn't matter what happens, we're going to be fine. I don't always think that's true. Circumstances can really tear families apart. But, you know, I'm not going to write Succession." Weike Wang follows up her acclaimed debut novel, Chemistry, with the deadpan, darkly comic Joan is Okay. She joins us on the show to talk about how (and why) work becomes home for Joan, family and grief and William Faulkner, the horror of Mickey Rooney's yellowface performance in Breakfast at Tiffany's, and much more. Featured books: Jo...
2022-01-2035 min
Immerse Yourself In The Most Powerful Full Audiobook Today!Joan Is Okay: A Novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518042to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Joan Is Okay: A Novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Catherine Ho
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Release date: January 18, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Drama
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertaint...
2022-01-186h 36Listen To The Award-Winning Full Audiobook Now, Busy Professionals!Joan Is Okay: A Novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518042to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Joan Is Okay: A Novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Catherine Ho
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Release date: January 18, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existentia...
2022-01-186h 36
Immerse Yourself In This Ground-Breaking Full Audiobook And Feel The Difference.Joan Is Okay by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/151645to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Joan Is Okay
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Catherine Ho
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
Release date: 01-18-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 294 ratings
Genres: Asian
Publisher's Summary:
Joan is a thirtysomething ICU doctor at a busy New York City hospital. The daughter of Chinese parents who came to the United States to secure the American dream for their children, Joan is intensely devoted to her work, happily solitary, successful. She does look up sometimes and wonder where her true roots lie: at the hospital, where her white coat...
2022-01-186h 36
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaJoan Is Okay: A Novel by Weike WangPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joan Is Okay: A Novel Author: Weike Wang Narrator: Catherine Ho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existentia...
2022-01-1810 minDownload Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenJoan Is Okay: A Novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518042to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Joan Is Okay: A Novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Catherine Ho
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Release date: January 18, 2022
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existentia...
2022-01-186h 36
Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary WomenJoan Is Okay: A Novel by Weike WangPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/518042 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joan Is Okay: A Novel Author: Weike Wang Narrator: Catherine Ho Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 18, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Contemporary Women Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existe...
2022-01-1810 min
Ampersand: The Poets & Writers PodcastJoan Is Okay by Weike WangJoan Is Okay by Weike Wang by Poets & Writers
2021-12-1504 min
The Litty PodcastEP. 24 - The Litty Sessions: It's the final brain cells...Books mentioned in this episode: ✣ Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad by Damilare Kuku✣ The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo✣ Vagabonds by Eloghosa Osunde✣ Joan is Okay by Weike Wang✣ Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson✣ The Legend series by Marie Lu✣ The Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi✣ The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. MaasFollow us on Twitter @thelittypod and on Instagram @thelitty_podcast.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify...
2021-12-1555 min
From the Front PorchEpisode 344 || October Reading RecapIt’s already the final week of October! In this episode of From the Front Porch, Annie talks about all the books she read this month.
The books mentioned in this week’s episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf. As our store heads into the last three months of the year, we hope you’ll consider shopping small.
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Middle...
2021-10-2856 min
Books and Boba#155 - Chemistry by Weike WangOn this episode, we discuss our Books & Boba September 2021 pick Chemistry by Weike Wang, an adult coming-of-age novel about an ex-overachieving chemistry PhD candidate at a crossroads in her life, despite having what some might consider a perfect life. This was a humorous story chock full of moments that will resonate with any disaffected millennial, especially if you are a child of immigrant (tiger) parents. *Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *---It's our 5th anniversary! to celebrate, we're releasing a limited merchandise campaign! Until October 21, you can take part o...
2021-10-0257 min
Books and Boba#154 - Author Chat w/ C.B. LeeWe welcome back author C.B. Lee for her third appearance on the podcast to talk to us about her latest novel, A Clash of Steel, part of the "Classics Remixed" series from Macmillan, A Clash of Steel reimagines the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story Treasure Island, resetting the tale in the South China Sea in the golden age of Chinese piracy with a classic C.B. Lee twist. We chat with C.B. about her tale of swashbuckling adventure, badass (and historical) female pirate captains, and young queer love on the high seas!Follow C.B...
2021-09-2559 min
Books and Boba#153 - September 2021 Book NewsOn this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our September 2021 mid-month check-in! New books mentioned in our publishing news:Zeba Shahnaz - Midnight StrikesEmiko Jean - Mika in Real LifeLivia Blackburne - Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other)A.Y. Hashitate - Selfiesby SumieMai K. Nguyen - Anzu and the Realm of DarknessDebbi Michiko Florence - This Is How I RollN.H. Senzai - Prince Among Slaves.Kiana Krystle - Dance of the Starlit SeaPeter Cheong - Every Night at MidnightBao Phi - You Are LifeMarie...
2021-09-1647 min
Books and Boba#152 - Author Chat w/ Michelle QuachOn this episode, we chat with debut author Michelle Quach about her upcoming YA novel Not Here To Be Liked, an enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy about Eliza, who's dreams of becoming the Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper gets crushed when the more popular (and less qualified) Lem gets the position instead. In her anger she pens a manifesto that accidentally gets published online and Eliza inadvertently becomes the leader of a feminist movement at school. It's a delicious mess and we had a lot of fun chatting with Michelle about her inspirations and journey as an author.F...
2021-09-0957 min
Books and Boba#151 - Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy RibayOn this episode, we discuss our August 2021 pick is Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay, a YA coming-of-age story set against the background of Philippine's President Duterte's war on drugs. Jay is a bored Filipino American teen in the midst of some major senioritis when he learns that his cousin Jun, who he was once close with, was killed as part of Duterte's purge of drug pushers and addicts. Wanting to learn the truth behind Jun's death, Jay takes his first trip to the Philippines in over a decade.*Support the podcast by purchasing books at o...
2021-09-041h 05
Blind Date With a BookEpisode 4: A Comedy Writer Who Wants a Relaxing ReadEpisode 4: Show notes
A humor writer and editor for McSweeney’s, Lucy Huber loves pop culture, summer weather, and the kind of reads that pair well with a beach umbrella. We talk audiobooks versus podcasts, what it’s like to edit for one of the most popular humor sites out there, and finding time to read after having a baby.
The guest: Lucy Huber
The picks:
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto
Seven Days in J...
2021-08-1132 min
Get BookedMillenial Pinterest NeurosesAmanda and Jenn discuss guides for being a sustainable consumer, books about mental illness, fantasy romance reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.FeedbackThe Language of Hoofbeats by Catherine Ryan Hyde and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hu...
2021-04-1548 minThe New Yorker: FictionWeike Wang Reads Lara VapnyarWeike Wang joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Katania,” by Lara Vapnyar, which appeared in a 2013 issue of the magazine. Wang's first novel, “Chemistry,” won the PEN/Hemingway Award in 2018.
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2021-04-011h 00Tea or Books? – Stuck in a BookTea or Books? #93 Do We Care What Characters Are Called? and Two Tove Jansson NovelsSummer, Winter, names – welcome to episode 93.
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In the first half, we ask: ‘Do we care what characters are called?’, looking at the strange and ordinary names that characters are given. In the second half, we compare Tove Jansson’s novel – or is it – The Summer Book and short story selection A Winter Book.
As ever, we would love to hear your questions and suggestions to teaorbooks@gmail.com. You can listen to the podcast above, through a podcast app, on Apple Podcasts, or on Spotify. You can support the p...
2021-03-0100 min
Tea or Books?Tea or Books? #93 Do We Care What Characters Are Called? and Two Tove Jansson NovelsSummer, Winter, names – welcome to episode 93.
https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/tea-or-books-episode-93.mp3
In the first half, we ask: ‘Do we care what characters are called?’, looking at the strange and ordinary names that characters are given. In the second half, we compare Tove Jansson’s novel – or is it – The Summer Book and short story selection A Winter Book.
As ever, we would love to hear your questions and suggestions to teaorbooks@gmail.com. You can listen to the podcast above, through a podcast app, on Apple Podcasts, or on Spotify. You can support the p...
2021-03-0100 min
心灵啦啦队 Mind CheerleadersEp18 A Review of 2020 新年快乐！我们的2020年度电影、书籍、电视作品推荐新年快乐！回首去年，你有什么收获呢？本期我们简单回忆了去年，并盘点了2020年我们的年度电影、书籍和电视作品，有没有你看过的？或者有没有打动你，让你也想了解的作品？欢迎你在难得的春节假期中听我们的播客放松一下，最后祝大家在这个春节能够好好休息，照顾好自己。
第一部分：2020再回首
01:23 Jessica的2020年：心理健康的挑战和成长
03:02 Isobel的2020年：在不确定性中珍惜当下
04:47 Zoey的2020年：练习面对自己的情绪
第二部分：2020年度电影
09:13 《心灵奇旅》(Soul)
17:20 《婚姻故事》(Marriage Story)
第三部分：2020年度书籍
21:07 里尔克《给青年诗人的信》Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
24:55 王苇柯《中国女孩》 Chemistry by Weike Wang
27:03 阿图·葛文德《最好的告别：关于衰老与死亡，你必须知道的常识》 Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
第四部分 2020年度电视
35:07 《善地》(The Good Place)
36:38 《马男波杰克》(BoJack Horseman)
2021-02-1540 min
The Writerly Bites Podcast16: Don't Punch DownThis week, take some advice from comedians and don't punch down.
Book recommendation: CHEMISTRY, by Weike Wang.
You can subscribe at Apple Podcasts. Please rate and review the podcast there; it really helps the podcast grow.
2021-02-0904 min
অষ্ট্রেলিয়া থেকে মনির আহমেদ“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” ― Antonio Gramsci, Gramsci's Prison Letters“The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half in liquid state and half in gaseous, both of which is probably poisonous.”― Weike Wang, ChemistrySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/children-must-be-taught-how-to-think/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2020-10-1204 min
Business & Innovation and Motivation in Bengali“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” ― Antonio Gramsci, Gramsci's Prison Letters“The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half in liquid state and half in gaseous, both of which is probably poisonous.”― Weike Wang, ChemistrySupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/children-must-be-taught-how-to-think/donations
2020-10-1204 min
Reading GlassesEp 170 - Pandemic ReadingBrea and Mallory check in about how the pandemic is changing our reading lives. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations Store Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletter Libro.fm Books Mentioned - Packing for Mars by Mary RoachConjure Women by Afia AtakoraChemistry by Weike WangReal...
2020-09-1740 min
Koalatea: Quality Topics & Tea4a || Carl's Koality Rant on Recent Reading4a || Carl's Koality Rant on Recent Reading
Support your favorite local bookstore (and beloved authors!) and hear our recommendations on what to read this summer.
Timestamps:
Introduction 0:00
Anchor.fm ad 0:41
How Carl the Koala learned to read 1:06
Book recommendations 4:53
Outro 15:03
Honorable mentions:
These books didn’t make it into our final recommendation list but are worth reading! We will also have a blog post soon on koalateapod.com which will include some more book recommendations!
Colin: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, In Order to Li...
2020-07-1916 min
Fierce Womxn Writing - Inspiring You to Write MoreKristen Millares Young - Author of SubductionThis week our guest is Kristen Millares Young, author of Subduction. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, andParenting and writing in short periods of timeAllusion and the tension of the unsaidEditing from the end forwardAnd more!If you’re a new listener to Fierce Womxn Writing, I would love to hear from you. Please visit my Contact Page and tell me about your writing challenges.Follow this WriterVisit her Website, Twitter, and InstagramFollow the PodcastVisit the Website for more info on the po...
2020-04-1627 min
Author's Afterword12: Weike Wang (Chemistry)Charlie and Weike Wang (Chemistry) discuss having both a scientific – in epidemiology no less! – and a writer background, making use of extracts and white space and preferring them beyond more long-form prose, the difficulties of studies and incorporating friends' experiences in your stories, and fictional dogs who are inherently important to the text. Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://worm...
2020-04-1339 min
Girlfriend Therapy 女友疗法In Defense of Bitches | 讨人厌的她本期围绕我们喜爱的两位女性影视角色 Olive Kitteridge 和 Fleabag，展开讨论了刻薄的女人及她们的动人之处（4:14），中途跑题聊到了 Me Too 运动在开展两年后、此刻的舆论现状（28:20）；接着基于两本女性作者的回忆录《Hunger》和《Educated》，吐槽了阅读回忆录的 how & why（48:58）；节目最后分享了近期喜欢的艺术作品（64:50）：
-「读过」The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang, Chemistry by Weike Wang;
-「看过」The Farewell by Lulu Wang, Autumn Sonata by Ingmar Bergman,
-「想读」Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, Sula by Toni Morrison.
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2019-08-271h 17
All the Books!All the Backlist! March 22, 2019This week, Jenn discusses a few great older books, including Made in India by Meera Sodha.This episode is sponsored by Mem by Bethany Morrow.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or Apple Podcasts and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:Made in India by Meera Sodha
2019-03-2213 min
Get BookedBringing Characters to Life to Punch Them in the FaceAmanda and Jenn discuss good “relationship reads,” Asian authors, classic retellings, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, But That’s Another Story podcast and Life, Death, and Cellos by Isabel Rogers.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. ...
2019-01-2449 min
Judging Book CoversHosts Only: ChemistryThis episode is way too late, and we will get the last one out before the new year!! We read Chemistry by Weike Wang right before the holidays. While it isn't a seasonal book, it does lead us into a discussion of bad boyfriends, toxic families, and how awful grad school is! Doesn't that sound like a great way to get ready for the holidays? Juuuuuust kidding! Join us for our final 2018 episode where we read The Gunslinger by Stephen King! Find us on the web: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Facebook Group | Instagram | Email: judgingcovers...
2018-12-271h 43
Get BookedAll Great Women Carry SnacksAmanda and Rebecca discuss Westerns, nonfiction, friend stories, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Hunting Annabelle by Wendy Heard, and Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Ryan.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of book...
2018-12-2051 min
NWP RadioSummer Reading: A Conversation with Colleagues from Around the NetworkA lively and wide-ranging discussion with teacher-leaders and Writing Project staff, recorded live at the NWP Resource Development Retreat in Albuquerque, NM.
Books from the Conversation
Pure Drivel by Steve Martin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Drivel
Bearstone by Will Hobbs: https://www.willhobbsauthor.com/books/bk_bearstone.html
Shifting the Monkey by Todd Whitaker: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13265535-shifting-the-monkey
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover: https://tarawestover.com/book/
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.sealpress.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/
Ayiti by Roxane Gay: https://groveatlantic...
2018-08-0937 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadAn Unlikely Visit with Ann Kingman!Episode Forty Five Show Notes
Join our Goodreads Group!
Let us know what you want us to choose as the next read along. You can email, tweet or join the discussion on the Goodreads page.
It’s National Poetry Month and we are celebrating with a poetry video project.
Check out our Book Tube Channel to see a recitation of a poem every day of April.
– Recommendations from Ann Kingman –
The Sandman (Joona Linna #4) – Lars Keppler
Chemistry – Weike Wang
The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky: A Novel – Jana Casale (release date April 17, 2018)
The Only Story – Julian Barnes (release date April 17, 2018...
2018-04-1036 min
Reading GlassesEp 30 - Adding more Ampersands to Your Life and New Year’s Resolutions You MIGHT ACTUALLY KEEPThis episode, Brea and Mallory help you make some New Year’s reader resolutions and test out a reading journal! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Links - Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article Reading Journal Book Riot Read Harder Challenge Books Mentione...
2018-01-0425 min
Chemistry World Book ClubChemistryThis month we discuss Chemistry, in which First-time novelist Weike Wang takes us inside the mind of a Chinese American PhD student in Boston
2017-12-0120 min
ThirtyFour-50's tracksWeike Wang Author of ChemistryWeike Wang is a graduate of Harvard University, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. She received her MFA from Boston University. Her fiction has been published in or is forthcoming from Alaska Quarterly Review, Glimmer Train, The Journal, Ploughshares, Redivider, and SmokeLong Quarterly.ABOUT THE BOOK Three years into her graduate studies at a demanding Boston university, the unnamed narrator of this nimbly wry, concise debut finds her one-time love for chemistry is more hypothesis than reality. She’s tormented by her failed research—and reminded of her dela...
2017-11-2725 minBook Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadAnother giveaway! Upcoming Grapes of Wrath Read Along and more...Episode Twenty Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
– Giveaway –
To celebrate our 20th episode we are giving away two stacks of books.
In order to enter please email us via our contact page with the message “Giveaway”: https://www.bookcougars.com/contact/
– The 10th emailer will receive –
Shiver Hitch – Linda Greenlaw
The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin
An American Marriage – Tayari Jones
– The 20th emailer will receive –
The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry
Little Fires Everywhere – Celeste Ng
Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World’s Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler – Jessica Speart
The Constitution of the United States of America
– Grapes of Wrath Read-Along –
Chris and...
2017-07-1040 minBook Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadThe Book Cougars won a raffle from New York Review Books - 16 more books to add to your reading list!Episode Eighteen Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
– Just Read –
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body – Roxane Gay (CW)(EF)
An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (EF) release date February 2018
The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW)
books we Just Couldn’t Read (or DNF’d)
The Essex Serpent – Sarah Perry (CW)
– Currently Reading/Listening –
This I Believe: Life Lessons – edited by Dan Gediman, Mary Jo Gediman and John Gregory (EF)
New Haven Noir – edited by Amy Bloom (CW) release date August 3
The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin (EF) release date January 2018
The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty – Elizabeth L. Silver (EF)
– B...
2017-06-2759 min
All the Books!Best of 2017 Halftime ShowThis week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss some of their favorite books of 2017 so far, including Pachinko, Hunger, and Chemistry.This episode was sponsored by Talenti, A Dark So Deadly, and Harmony.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.
2017-06-2043 min
Books and Boba#17 - June 2017 Book NewsBooks & Boba highlights the latest news in Asian American literature for June 2017 including new releases, newsworthy stories, book deals, and we make up for missing some major new releases in last month's episode.
New Releases Mentioned on the Show:
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
Chemistry by Weike Wang
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
Boundless by Jillian Tamaki
How to Write Good by Ryan Higa
Noteworthy by Riley Redgate
Dear Cyborg by Eugene Lim
Lonesone Lies Before Us by Don Lee
So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister by Anna...
2017-06-1536 minBook Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadThe Cougars go Bicoastal to both Portland's: Maine and OregonEpisode Seventeen Show Notes
CW = Chris Wolak
EF = Emily Fine
– Just Read –
It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) – Nora McInerny (EF)
Aaron Joseph Purmort’s obituary
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis – J.D. Vance (CW)
History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund (EF)
Shiver Hitch – Linda Greenlaw (EF & CW)
The Grand Central Baking Book – Piper Davis and Ellen Jackson (EF)
Georgia – Dawn Tripp (EF)
– Currently Reading/Listening –
The Gypsy Moth Summer – Julia Fierro (CW)
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home – Rhoda Janzen (EF) (audio)
– Biblio Adventures –
May 23 – Girls Write Now Awards
Awards were...
2017-06-131h 30
The Avid Reader Show1Q1A Weike Wang ChemistryGood afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today we are pleased to have with us Weike Wang author of Chemistry, her first novel, published in May by Knopf.Weike is a graduate of Harvard where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. She received her MFA from Boston University and her fiction has been published in Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and Redivider.Chemistry is an academic novel of sorts. It’s a love story too and a life journey as well, but it is the academic si...
2017-05-3101 min
The Avid Reader ShowWeike Wang ChemistryGood afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today we are pleased to have with us Weike Wang author of Chemistry, her first novel, published in May by Knopf.Weike is a graduate of Harvard where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry and her doctorate in public health. She received her MFA from Boston University and her fiction has been published in Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and Redivider.Chemistry is an academic novel of sorts. It’s a love story too and a life journey as well, but it is the academic si...
2017-05-3130 min
Get Hooked On Your Ears To A Award-Winning Full Audiobook.Chemistry: A novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291184to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chemistry: A novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Contemporary Women
Publisher's Summary:
Named by The Washington Post as a Notable Work of Fiction in 2017 and by Entertainment Weekly as a Best Debut Novel of 2017 Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, Maris Kreizman, and The Morning News National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize A luminous...
2017-05-234h 53Power-Up With The Full Audiobook That Keeps Story Seekers Hooked.Chemistry: A novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291184to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chemistry: A novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Named by The Washington Post as a Notable Work of Fiction in 2017 and by Entertainment Weekly as a Best Debut Novel of 2017 Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, Maris Kreizman, and The Morning News National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize A luminous...
2017-05-234h 53Access Must-Have Full Audiobooks in Literature, Literary FictionChemistry: A novel by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/291184to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chemistry: A novel
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Release date: May 23, 2017
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.75 of Total 4
Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2
Genres: Literary Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
Named by The Washington Post as a Notable Work of Fiction in 2017 and by Entertainment Weekly as a Best Debut Novel of 2017 Named a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Ann Patchett on PBS NewsHour, Minnesota Public Radio, Maris Kreizman, and The Morning News National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize A luminous...
2017-05-234h 53
All the Books!New Releases and More for May 23, 2017This week, Liberty and Rebecca discuss Black Mad Wheel, Chemistry, Augustown, and more books.This episode was sponsored by Amazon Kindle, ThirdLove, and OwlCrate.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.Books discussed...
2017-05-2339 min
Press Play On Into A Eye-Opening Full Audiobook On Your Commute.Chemistry by Weike WangPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/151696to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Chemistry
Author: Weike Wang
Narrator: Julia Whelan
Format: mp3
Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
Release date: 05-23-17
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 361 ratings
Genres: Asian
Publisher's Summary:
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