Episode Seventy-One: Rachel Khong
In This Episode:
In the Damn Library, Christopher gets an egg white cocktail egg-zactly right for Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin (and also All About Eggs). He and Drew also chat with Rachel about the inner/outer voice of the critic, using family as inspiration, and eschewing categorization. Then they all dish on how much they liked Mary Robison's Why Did I Ever.
Other Highlights:
* we miss you, Lucky Peach.
* does Orlando Bloom make an appearance? depends on what you consider 'an appearance'
* Mary Robison might be out of print, but not for long!
* We launched a Patreon! And boy, the first round of perks was really cool - if you wanna sign up, you'll get the second round which will be EVEN COOLER!
LISTEN:
THE EP. 71 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
Christopher: The Blunderer by Patricia Highsmith
Rachel: Hunger by Roxane Gay
ALSO MENTIONED:
All About Eggs by Rachel Khong & the editors of Lucky Peach
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
Hollywood by Charles Bukowski
Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion
Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar
Composition No. 1 by Marc Saporta
Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Mumbai Scranton New York by Tamara Shopsin
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Donnie Darko (2001)
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Christopher: The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt
Drew: How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball
Rachel: Arbitrary Stupid Goal by Tamara Shopsin
