Sep 21, 2020
This week we have a very special treat: an author whose book was the subject of a previous episode is here to share her favorite book with us. Dawn Davies, who Denise Massar and I discussed in Episode 002, joined me today to talk about John Irving. We had completely different takes on this book, and the conversation was utterly fascinating.
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Host: Julie Strauss
Guest: Dawn Davies
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Discussed in this episode:
The Water Method Man by John Irving
Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces by Dawn Davies
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
The Secret of the Mansion (Trixie Belden Book 1) by Julie Campbell
The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Collection by Carolyn Keene
The Hardy Boys Starter Set by Franklin W. Dixon
Five Little Peppers: The Omnibus Edition by Margaret Sidney
The Little House (9 Volume Set) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Anne of Green Gables, Complete 8-Book Box Set by L.M. Montgomery
The Little Women Collection by Louisa May Alcott\
Richard Brautigan: Omnibus Collection
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The World According to Garp by John Irving
In One Person: A Novel by John Irving
The Cider House Rules by John Irving
About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior by David H. Hackworth
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir by Lauren Slater
Show Me All Your Scars: True Stories of Living with Mental Illness, edited by Lee Gutkind
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Discussed in our Patreon Exclusive Clip:
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell
The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Next American Essay, ed. By John D’Agata
Kurt Vonnegut: The Complete Novels
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited by Vladimir Nabokov
The Colossus of New York by Colson Whitehead
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloekner
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
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