Rereading Our Childhood
For this episode, we reread Madeleine L’Engle’s 1968 novel The Young Unicorns [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-young-unicorns-book-three-of-the-austin-family-chronicles-madeleine-l-engle/6a38f958672af2d4?ean=9780312379339&next=t], the third book in the Austin family series. We discussed 1960s New York, racial representation, family musical evenings, and how absolutely bonkers this book is. Mentioned on this episode: Other books by L’Engle: A Wrinkle in Time [https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-wrinkle-in-time-50th-anniversary-commemorative-edition-newbery-medal-winner-madeleine-l-engle/493ab5e95d247d59?ean=9781250004673&next=t] (1962) Meet the Austins [https://bookshop.org/p/books/meet-the-austins-book-one-of-the-austin-family-chronicles-madeleine-l-engle/36108948615c6565?ean=9780312379315&next=t] (1960) The Moon by Night [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-moon-by-night-book-two-of-the-austin-family-chronicles-madeleine-l-engle/af2adc507e8ad8c5?ean=9780312379322&next=t] (1963) A Ring of Endless Light [https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-ring-of-endless-light-the-austin-family-chronicles-book-4-newbery-honor-book-madeleine-l-engle/99b65cf0521638d4?ean=9780312379353&next=t] (1980) Troubling a Star [https://bookshop.org/p/books/troubling-a-star-the-austin-family-chronicles-book-5-madeleine-l-engle/f09120648aa53356?ean=9780312379346&next=t] (1994) A Severed Wasp [https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-severed-wasp-madeleine-l-engle/430e0a4f90ef7bf4?ean=9781504047746&next=t] (1983) New York Times review [http://wojciechowska/] of The Young Unicorns by Maia Wojciechowka Blog posts on The Young Unicorns on Pickle Me This [https://picklemethis.com/2019/02/19/the-young-unicorns-by-madeleine-lengle/] (this is the one where the writer thinks L’Engle wrote Dave as a Black character) and Lady Fancifull [https://ladyfancifull.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/madeleine-lengle-the-young-unicorns/] Article on The Young Unicorns [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/movies/heathcliff-jacob-elordi-wuthering-heights-whitewashing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.jRx5.rUl0pTF4HakE&smid=url-share] by Mari Ness on Reactor 2004 New Yorker article [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/04/12/the-storyteller-cynthia-zarin] about Madeleine L’Engle New York Times article [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/movies/heathcliff-jacob-elordi-wuthering-heights-whitewashing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.jRx5.rUl0pTF4HakE&smid=url-share] on race in the Wuthering Heights movie (gift link) Other episodes: Rereading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle [https://rereadingourchildhood.buzzsprout.com/2169533/episodes/13721597-rereading-a-wrinkle-in-time-by-madeleine-l-engle] You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com [https://www.deborahkalb.com/] and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago [https://mylife100yearsago.com/]. This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting [https://www.bespokenpodcasting.com/]. Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com [https://rereadingourchildhood.com/]
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