256: Casey Scieszka (THE FOUNTAIN) & Natalie Babbitt's TUCK EVERLASTING
In This Episode:
Casey Scieszka squeezes through the internet’s tubes to arrive safely on the podcast and talk The Fountain, her debut novel. We get into immortality, and alcohol etymology, and the Spruceton Inn residency, and growing up the daughter of famous children’s author, Jon Scieszka. Plus, we dive deeper into Natalie Babbitt’s Tuck Everlasting. Were the Tucks faeries or what?
THE EP. 256 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Christopher: Where the Girls Were by Kate Schatz, Permafrost by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Casey: A building for Spruceton Inn, The Book of I by David Greig
ALSO MENTIONED:
LIkes by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Madeleine is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
1984 by George Orwell
Forrest Gump (1994, dir. Robert Zemeckis)
Jami Attenberg’s 1,000 Words of Summer
American Rambler by Isaac Fitzgerald
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Ducks, Newburybort by Lucy Ellmann
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkin Reid
To Be Taught, if Fortunate by Becky Chambers
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Casey: Etna by Paul Yoon, There is a Door by Darcey Steinke, Accumulation by Aimee Pokwatka, The Scoop by Erin Van Der Meer, Murder Bites by Mimi Montgomery, The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza, The Fly Fishing Book by Steven Weinberg
Christopher: Tomorrow by Damian Dibben, Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin
