Bookish University

The Housewife

Dr. Amanda discusses the housewife story. Following the buzz about Yesteryear, she starts with a discussion of the current fad by Caro Claire Burke. She also features The Devil and Mrs. Davenport (Paulette Kennedy), The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett), Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows (Balli Kaur Jaswal), and The Best Way to Bury Your Husband (Alexia Casale). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

All Atwood

Dr. Amanda starts this episode discussing Margaret Atwood's recently published memoir, moving into four of her fictions works, all referenced throughout the memoir. Fiction works discussed include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Testaments. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Reading for Community

Dr. Amanda approaches community support and mutual aid starting with Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. Other books discussed include Whisper (Tal Bauer), The Nineties (Chuck Klosterman), Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Friere), Mutual Aid (Dean Spade), Let This Radicalize You (Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba), Across that Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future (John Lewis), and Our History is the Future (Nick Estes). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ghostly Romance

Dr. Amanda takes a lighter tone, talking about...ghost sex? Sort of. Sometimes. Once. These paranormal romances feature ghosts and their people. Books discussed include The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston), The Love of My Afterlife (Kristy Greenwood), Cemetery Boys (Aiden Thomas), Seeing Other People (Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka), and The Gravedigger's Handbook (Jern Tonkoi). Also that time Dr. Amanda got star struck and couldn't talk to Ashley Poston at a book convention authors attend literally to meet their readers. Anxiety is a bummer. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Books with Big Feels

Dr. Amanda discusses books with big feels and deal with healing, and talks about how we experience grief differently. Books include A Man Called Ove (Fredrik Backman), The Guncle (Steven Rowley), The Little Paris Bookshop (Nina George), Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt), What My Bones Know (Stephanie Foo), and We Burned So Bright (TJ Klune). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.