260: Meg Richardson (PARADISE PAWN) & Curtis Sittenfeld's PREP
In This Episode:
Meg Richardson stops by the Damn Library for some kid wine (or is it adult Martinelli’s?) and book chatter. We get into whether she’s the Jackie or the Kayla, her time as a pawn shop employee, and the journey of this book through lots of different forms before resolving back to the one with all her “darlings.” Plus, she brings along her War and Peace: Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep.
THE EP. 260 BOOKSHELF
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Christopher: Partita by Barbara Kingsolver, Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger
Meg: Book themed cookies from Wednesday Surprise Bakery, Charity & Sylvia by Tillie Walden
ALSO MENTIONED:
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees by Barbra Kingsolver
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
Marlena by Julie Buntin
Ramona Quimby by Beverly Cleary
When You Kant Figure it Out, Ask a Philosopher by Marie Robert
Janet Planet (dir. Annie Baker, 2024)
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
The Fountain by Casey Scieszka
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Show Don’t Tell: Stories by Curtis Sittenfeld
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Meg: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Edith Grossman, Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore, America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Christopher: Contrapposto by Dave Eggers
