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Episode Sixty-Two: Kaitlyn Greenidge

In This Episode:

Just before winning a Whiting Award, Kaitlyn Greenidge brought her debut novel We Love You, Charlie Freeman to the Damn Library with Sarah Waters's Tipping the Velvet in tow. Over rather long-named drinks, she discussed the politics, nostalgia, and joys of both - and the guys take a moment to mourn Charlie Freeman's first round knockout in the #ToB17.

Other Highlights:

* "Sexykins" - a word which here means "Sexy Dickens"
* 90s nostalgia. It's time.
* one more exhortation to buy a t-shirt, before they're gone forever
* #ToB17 talk: THE DEAD COME BACK TO LIFE!

LISTEN:

THE EP. 62 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

We Love You, Charlie Freeman by Kaitlyn Greenidge
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg (via Muse Monthly)
Christopher: The Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack Viertel
Kaitlyn: This Non-Violent Stuff'll Get You Killed by Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

ALSO MENTIONED:

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Conflict is Not Abuse by Sarah Schulman
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Meaty by Samantha Irby
 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
Christopher: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Kaitlyn: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby

FROM THE DAMN BAR