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  • Episode #31: In Conversation with Rohan Maitzen About Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025
    2024/12/24
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2025 with Rohan Maitzen, English Professor at Dalhousie University, critic, and writer of the Novel Readings blog. For our next episode, we will discuss Mobility by Lydia Keisling. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: Widening the Skirts of Light: Essays on George Eliot by Rohan Maitzen Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyJane Eyre by Charlotte BronteGliff by Ali SmithThe Stone Door by Leonora CarringtonOpus Siniestrus by Leonora CarringtonLili Is Crying by Helene BessetteWritten on the Dark by Guy Gavriel KayRadio Treason The Trials of Lord Haw-Haw, the British Voice of Nazi Germany by Rebecca WestThe Deserters by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Charlotte MandellZone by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Charlotte MandellThe Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Frank WynneExophony: Voyages Outside the Moher Tongue by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-KurodaScattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Margaret MitsutaniPaul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yoko Tawada, translated from the Japanese by Susan BernofskyMakeshift by Sarah CampionThe Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz, translated from the German by Philip BoehmThe Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-JonesEvvie Drake Starts Over by Linda HolmesBibliophobia by Sarah ChihayaWildcat Dome by Yuko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Lisa Hofmann-KurodaLove in Exile by Shon FayeThe Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerSo We Died: A Memoir of Life and Death in the Ghetto of Šiauliai, Lithuania by Levi Shalit, translated by Veronica Belling, Ellen Cassedy and Andrew CasselThe Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne JewettSun City by Tove Jansson, translated from the Swedish by Thomas TealMelville Biography: An Inside Narrative by Hershel ParkerHerman Melville: A Biography (Volume 1, 1819-1851) by Hershel ParkerHerman Melville: A Biography (Volume 2, 1851-1891) by Hershel ParkerMelvill by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will VanderhydenMiddlemarch by George EliotMobility by Lydia Keisling Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 時間 21 分
  • Episode #30: Overstaying, by Ariane Koch
    2024/12/02

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Dorian, and Frances as they discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will welcome Rohan Maitzen to the podcast to join us in discussion about the books we are most looking forward to in the new year. We would love to have you join us for our conversation coming to you in late December.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books Mentioned:

    • Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls
    • Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals by Ronnie A. Grinberg
    • Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls
    • The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls
    • Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
    • One Shot Harry by Gary Phillips
    • Ash Dark As Night by Gary Phillips
    • Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

    You might also be interested in:

    • “The Cares of a Family Man” by Franz Kafka - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cares_of_a_Family_Man
    • Struwwelpeter - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter
    • The Sandman by E. T. A. Hoffmann - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(short_story)

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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    1 時間 11 分
  • Episode #29: Fragments of a Paradise, by Jean Giono
    2024/11/05

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late November.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • Fragments of a Paradise by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile
    • Hill by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile
    • Moby Dick by Herman Melville
    • Middlemarch by George Eliot
    • The Position of Spoons by Deborah Levy
    • To and Fro by Leah Hager Cohen
    • Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell
    • Melvill by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden
    • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
    • Mother Archive: A Dominican Family Memoir by Erika Morillo
    • Salvage: Readings From the Wreck by Dionne Brand
    • Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls

    You might also be interested in:

    • “The Autobiography of J.G.B.” by J.G. Ballard - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/11/the-autobiography-of-j-g-b
    • Information on the Tom Jones read-along: https://readingkatebriggs.substack.com/
    • Rebecca's review of Gifted: https://wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews/gifted-suzumi-suzuki-allison-markin-powell/

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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    1 時間 8 分
  • Episode #28: The House in Paris, by Elizabeth Bowen
    2024/09/23

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss THE HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile. This English language translation of Giono's "often over-looked seafaring tale," an "allegorical critique of modern civilization," will be released by Archipelago Books on November 5. We would love to have you consider reading this one, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late October.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen
    • The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
    • The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
    • A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen
    • Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
    • To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
    • Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber
    • Lublin by Manya Wilkinson
    • The Last Ranger by Peter Heller
    • The Wilderness by Ayşegül Savaş
    • Frighten the Horses by Oliver Radclyffe
    • The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
    • The Woods in Winter by Stella Gibbons
    • Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh
    • The Slaves of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
    • Fragments of a Paradise by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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    1 時間 16 分
  • Episode #27: Summer Reading 2024
    2024/09/02
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they return from their vacations, and discuss some of their summer reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late September. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: My Good Bright Wolf by Sarah MossDay by Michael CunninghamOrbital by Samantha HarveyEnlightenment by Sarah PerryThe Bright Sword by Lev GrossmanL’Assommoir by Émile ZolaGerminal by Émile ZolaNana by Émile ZolaLike Love by Maggie NelsonAn Image of My Name Enters America by Lucy IvesAll Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca RothfeldDrifts by Kate ZambrenoA Last Supper of Queer Apostles by Pedro Lemebel, translated by Gwendolyn HarperAll Fours by Miranda JulyMammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia SanchesPassages by Ann QuinPaul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel by Yoko Tawada, translated by Susan BernofskyOpacities by Sofia SamatarThe Little Man From Archangel by Georges SimenonMagical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica VillarealIn Ascension by Martin MacInnesToward Eternity by Anton HurGreatest Hits by Harlan EllisonThe Future by Catherine LerouxPink Slime by Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather ClearyThe Past by Tessa HadleyThe House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Bonus Episode #3: In Conversation with David Naimon
    2024/07/11

    This third bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and podcaster, David Naimon, while Dorian recharges his depleted battery in the wilds of Canada. We are devoted listeners to David's fine work on Between the Covers, and as you listen in here, we feel confident that you will appreciate the intelligence, the generosity, and the empathy that makes his work irresistible to us.

    You might also be interested in:

    David's Crafting With Ursula series: https://tinhouse.com/th_podcast_cat/crafting-with-ursula/

    These five recent episodes of Between the Covers that are favorites of Frances and Rebecca:

    • Naomi Klein - Part 1 https://tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-klein-doppelganger/ and Part 2 https://tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-klein-doppelganger-part-two/
    • Kate Zambreno and Sofia Samatar - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-zambreno-sofia-samatar-tone/
    • Anne de Marcken - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/anne-de-marcken-it-lasts-forever-and-then-its-over/
    • Mathias Énard - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/mathias-enard-the-annual-banquet-of-the-gravediggers-guild/
    • Kate Briggs - https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-briggs-the-long-form/

    We mention this new podcast Hey, It’s Me, hosted by Rachel Zucker and Mike Sakasegawa: https://www.heyitsmepodcast.com/about

    We mention the newsletter Involutions of the Seashell, an epistolary exchange between Lori Feathers and Anthony Garrett on Marguerite Young's novel MISS MACINTOSH, MY DARLING. https://missmacintosh.substack.com/

    And finally, we think you also might enjoy reading David's book, Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/conversations-on-writing

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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  • Episode #26: The Wedding, by Dorothy West
    2024/07/01
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West and chat about their current reading. Summer is upon us, so we are setting ourselves free just a little bit. July and August will feature some bonus content as well as a wrap-up conversation about our summer reading. Look out for details about these conversations on our social media accounts. Our next regularly scheduled episode will be in September when we will discuss A HOUSE IN PARIS by Elizabeth Bowen. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you as the first signs of fall arrive. We are holding a contest! We’ve each picked six books we’re excited to read this summer. You can check out all the books at our store. But who chose what? Which books have caught Rebecca’s eye? What’s Dorian checking out? Which titles are calling to Frances? Match titles with reader, and send your responses via DM to the One Bright Book twitter account or email at onebrightmail@gmail.com. Entries due at noon on July 4th, central time. Open world-wide. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: The Wedding by Dorothy West The Living Is Easy by Dorothy WestColored People: A Memoir by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Any Person Is the Only Self: Essays by Elisa GabbertEmergency by Daisy HildyardThe Second Body by Daisy HildyardReading the Room: A Bookseller’s Tale by Paul YamazakiThe Art of Libromancy: On Selling Books and Reading Books in the Twenty-First Century by Josh CookAll Fours by Miranda JulyKala by Colin WalshThe House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen You might also be interested in: Notes From a Small Press, Anne Trubek - https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com/“Shades of Difference” by Susan Kenney (NYT review in year of publication) - https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/12/books/shades-of-difference.html Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 時間 20 分
  • Episode #25: La Bête Humaine, by Emile Zola
    2024/05/27

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss LA BÊTE HUMAINE by Émile Zola and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss THE WEDDING by Dorothy West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late June.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola, translated with introduction and notes by Roger Pearson
    • L’Assommoir by Émile Zola, translated by Brian Nelson and edited by Robert Lethbridge
    • Germinal by Émile Zola, translated by Peter Collier and With an Introduction by Robert Lethbridge
    • The Masterpiece by Émile Zola, translated by Thomas Walton and translation revised and introduced by Roger Pearson
    • Nana by Émile Zola, translated by Helen Constantine and Edited by Brian Nelson
    • Pot Luck by Émile Zola, Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Brian Nelson
    • Doctor Pascal by Émile Zola, translated by Julie Rose, edited by Brian Nelson
    • The Octopus by Frank Norris
    • Rural Hours: The Country Lives of Virginia Wool, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Rosamond Lehmann by Harriet Baker
    • Henry, Henry by Allen Bratton
    • The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard
    • The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard
    • It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken
    • The Wedding by Dorothy West

    You might also be interested in:

    • “Is It Even Good? Brandon Taylor Reads Zola” - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n07/brandon-taylor/is-it-even-good
    • Further pursuing your knowledge of literary zombie novels

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

    Frances: @nonsuchbook

    Dorian: @ds228

    Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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