140: Quan Barry (WE RIDE UPON STICKS) & Kei Miller's AUGUSTOWN

In This Episode:

The guys Zoom-host Quan Barry, author of the malevolently delightful 80s high school sports movie of a novel, WE RIDE UPON STICKS. She talks about how her witchcraft is home-brewed, how she juggled eleven characters' voices, and how being a poet helped her focus the timing of the book. Plus, she brings Kei Miller's AUGUSTOWN about which everyone gushes! Also the inside scoop on being an awards judge! Oh oh, it's magic!

The Ep. 140 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Augustown by Kei Miller

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Quan: White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo // Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui // Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Christopher: The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Drew: dem by William Melvin Kelley // A Drop of Patience by William Melvin Kelley

ALSO MENTIONED:

Fight Club (1999, dir. by David Fincher)
”What About The Breakfast Club?” by Molly Ringwald
”God, Money, and What’s Wrong with the GOP” by Martin Amis
Money by Martin Amis
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Monstress by Lysley Tenorio

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Quan: The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright // Imperial Liquor by Amaud Johnson // The Son of Good Fortune by Lysley Tenorio // Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts Into Tears by Laszlo F. Foldenyi
Drew: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix // The Margot Affair by Sanaë Lemoine
Christopher: A Burning by Megha Majumdar

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