Episode Forty-Three: Stephanie Danler

In This Episode:

Stephanie Danler, fresh off the publication of Sweetbitter, stops by the Damn Library to ring in summer with boozy treats, coming-to-New-York tales, and Maggie Nelson's Bluets. 

Other highlights:

* Not one but TWO episode drinks
* Christopher swears on-air!
* Three hungry people
* Summer in the city

LISTEN:

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The Ep. 43 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: The Fireman by Joe Hill and Hav by Jan Morris
Christopher: Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
Stephanie: Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

ALSO MENTIONED:

Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
Consider the Oyster by M.F.K. Fisher
The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher
The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The Country Kitchen by Della T. Lutes
Honey from a Weed: Fasting and Feasting in Tuscany, Catalonia, the Cyclades, and Apulia by Patience Gray
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Anne Carson
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offil
The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
The Folded Clock by Heidi Julavits
Ban en Banlieu by Bhanu Kapil
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

Read "Diversion Tactics", Christopher's essay inspired by Bluets

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Christopher: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
Drew: Shantytown by César Aira // The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family (three plays by Richard Nelson at The Public Theater)
Stephanie: Rome by Dorothea Lasky // Bandol rosé // Mexico City