14. Swimming With Eels

16. Mother's Day Is A Fuckin Racket

SHOW NOTESBilly Collins Wet Dog Poem: "To A Stranger Born In Some Distant Country Hundreds Of Years From Now" [https://antiochcollege.edu/2018/04/12/billy-collins/] The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-house-of-the-spirits-a-novel-isabel-allende/350dd09ccf1d8da0?ean=9781501117015&next=t] 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez [https://bookshop.org/p/books/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-gabriel-garcia-marquez/29a31d33543e8540?ean=9780060883287&next=t] Victor Jara [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Jara] Missing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_(1982_film)] Augusto Pinochet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusto_Pinochet] Lo Real Maravilloso/Magical Realism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_realism]BOOKSTORE HIGHLIGHT Cellar Bird Books [https://cellarbirdbooks.com/] Cellar Bird Books on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/shop/cellarbirdbooks] The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal by Yossi Yovel [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-genius-bat-the-secret-life-of-the-only-flying-mammal-yossi-yovel/82e9a73eafea2349?ean=9781250378446&next=t] FIND US ONLINE Buy Carrie's Book: Summerwork by Carrie Mesrobian [https://bookshop.org/p/books/summerwork-carrie-mesrobian/ea8602d4ab951f22?ean=9780735231986&next=t] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/whatsyrreadpod/] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whatsyrread.bsky.social]

15. Lifetime Chia Seed Ban

SHOW NOTES Better Off Dead dinner scene [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heP3s725hSA] The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-home-place-memoirs-of-a-colored-man-s-love-affair-with-nature-j-drew-lanham/2f14d8ebc111ea1e?ean=9781571313508&next=t] A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold [https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-sand-county-almanac-with-essays-on-conservation-from-round-river-aldo-leopold/bd2805da1aebd372?ean=9780345345059&next=t] "Thinking Like a Mountain" essay by Aldo Leopold [https://www.ecotoneinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/aldo-leopold-tlam.pdf] Roots , TV miniseries (1977) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(1977_miniseries)] How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell [https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-do-nothing-resisting-the-attention-economy-jenny-odell/4eb2c2b6a7463e01?ean=9781612198552&next=t] Rats: Observations on the History & Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan [https://bookshop.org/p/books/rats-observations-on-the-history-habitat-of-the-city-s-most-unwanted-inhabitants-robert-sullivan/0ccc354f9c763227?ean=9781582344775&next=t] Radio Man/Don Radio by Arthur Dorros [https://bookshop.org/p/books/radio-man-don-radio-bilingual-english-spanish-arthur-dorros/c1222115a346771e?ean=9780064434829&next=t] BOOKSTORE HIGHLIGHT Milkweed Editions, Publisher [https://milkweed.org/] Milkweed Editions on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/shop/milkweed_books] Open Book [https://www.openbookmn.org/] ⁠Milkweed Editions Bookstore⁠ [https://milkweed.org/bookstore] Minnesota Center for Book Arts [https://mnbookarts.org/] The Loft Literary Center [https://loft.org/] Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer [https://bookshop.org/p/books/braiding-sweetgrass-indigenous-wisdom-scientific-knowledge-and-the-teachings-of-plants-robin-wall-kimmerer/6fa4d296293d20e8?ean=9781571313560&next=t] FIND US ONLINE Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/whatsyrreadpod/] Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/whatsyrread.bsky.social]

14. Swimming With Eels

SHOW NOTES Waterlog: A Swimmer's Journey Through Britain by Roger Deakin [https://bookshop.org/p/books/waterlog-a-swimmers-journey-through-britain-roger-deakin/1b6cef3648ac295d?ean=9781953534033&next=t] Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin [https://bookshop.org/p/books/wildwood-a-journey-through-trees-roger-deakin/a3c8c1bf469a065b?ean=9781416595328&next=t] "The Swimmer" by John Cheever [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1964/07/18/the-swimmer] Tarns: a definition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarn_(lake)] POOL: A Social History of Segregation [https://www.habitheque.com/pool-a-social-history-of-segregation] The Deepest Breath documentary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deepest_Breath] BOOKSTORE HIGHLIGHT The Press Bookstore & Coffee Shop (website) [https://www.valpopress.com/] The Press Bookstore & Coffee Shop (Bookshop.org link) [https://bookshop.org/shop/valpopress] A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhurst [https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-marriage-at-sea-a-true-story-of-love-obsession-and-shipwreck-sophie-elmhirst/d8e3bde42254074f?ean=9780593854280&next=t] Bear by Julia Phillips [https://bookshop.org/p/books/bear-julia-phillips/20650217?ean=9780525436232&next=t] Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips [https://bookshop.org/p/books/disappearing-earth-julia-phillips/57d1e03d5fd93ed4?ean=9780525436225&next=t] Floating Bear video [https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/1nkeq7q/just_a_bear_enjoying_leisurely_float/] What's Yr Read podcast on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/whatsyrreadpod/]

13. Crop Duster Self-Awareness Levels

SHOW NOTES Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King & Bilquis Evely [https://bookshop.org/p/books/supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-tom-king/0dffa74a88dbc811?ean=9781779515681&next=t] Kimseii [https://www.instagram.com/kimseii_/] Supergirl 2026 movie trailer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdAEdkHrwo] Hoopla app [https://www.hoopladigital.com/] Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-complete-persepolis-20th-anniversary-edition-marjane-satrapi/85fc00d7ef804f95?ean=9780375714832&next=t] Rob Liefeld of Image Comics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Liefeld] Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples [https://bookshop.org/p/books/saga-volume-1-brian-k-vaughan/3a61826cf83c001a?ean=9781607066019&next=t] Locke & Key, Volume 1 by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez [https://bookshop.org/p/books/locke-key-master-edition-volume-1-joe-hill/a2cd0d49bb33652b?ean=9781631402241&next=t] BOOKSTORE HIGHLIGHT Pulp Comics & Games [https://www.pulpcg.com/] GUEST STAR INFO Matilda! Personal Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/18wheelsofjustice/] Dog Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/crumbkingdom/]

12: That Howling? It's Not For You

Show Notes Coyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst by Catherine Reid [https://bookshop.org/p/books/coyote-seeking-the-hunter-in-our-midst-catherine-reid/e1a491023f1f4057?ean=9780618619290&next=t] Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness by Lyanda Lynn Haupt [https://bookshop.org/p/books/crow-planet-essential-wisdom-from-the-urban-wilderness-lyanda-lynn-haupt/2e8ac53f7565eb78?ean=9780316019118&next=t] Tooth & Claw: Coyote Attack podcast episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/5RmLGL4a2LqGrZJxWBCOxv?si=3a27dc9563b04243] Open Throat by Henry Hoke [https://bookshop.org/p/books/open-throat-henry-hoke/18789208?ean=9781250335807&next=t] Independent Bookstore Highlight Magers & Quinn [https://www.magersandquinn.com/ ] Magers & Quinn on Bookshop.org [https://www.magersandquinn.com/]