Episode One Hundred Fifteen: Mona Awad

In This Episode:

Mona Awad drops by the Damn Library to discuss her new novel Bunny with Christopher and Drew. They get into fairy tales, and making magic real, and the horror potential of the MFA workshop. Plus, Mona brings an old favorite of hers, Rebecca Godfrey's The Torn Skirt, which feels like a fever, and Mona talks about how some books feel like home. Plus other stuff! It's a good one, bunny! 

The Ep. 115 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Bunny by Mona Awad
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: Riots We Have Known by Ryan Chapman // The Stonewall Reader, ed. by the NYPL
Mona: After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie and Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys
Christopher: Loudermilk by Lucy Ives

ALSO MENTIONED:

Heathers (1988)
Carrie by Stephen King
Carrie (1976)
Cinderella by Charles Perrault
the works of Helen Oyeyemi
the works of Aimee Bender
the works of Angela Carter
Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve 
Slade House by David Mitchell
the works of David Mitchell
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Mona: Shut Up, You’re Pretty by Téa Mutonji // Weyes Blood’s “Titanic Rising” LP
Christopher: AUG 9 — FOG by Kathryn Scanlan // membership to your nearest botanical garden

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