Your Shelf or Mine

Becky, Austin, and Jennifer discuss various poets and their own personal experiences with poetry. Discussed topics and poets include:

E.E. Cummings

Shel Silverstein

Chen Chen

Kwame Alexander

William Stafford

Gwendolyn Brooks

Poetry Foundation

Mary Oliver

and more!

Introductory reading "Some Things I Like" by Lemn Sissay

Other readings:

"Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein

"Ask Me" by William Stafford

"Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem" by Matthew Olzmann

"Fire" by Matthew Dickman

"In the Desert" by Stephen Crane

Becky and Austin discuss the work of children's author Kate DiCamillo including:

The Puppets of Spellhorst

The Beatrice Prophecy

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Raymie Nightingale

and more!

New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/what-kate-dicamillo-understands-about-children

Betsy Bird review: https://afuse8production.slj.com/2024/03/08/review-of-the-day-ferris-by-kate-dicamillo/

Ann Patchett at Literary Arts: https://literary-arts.org/archive/ann-patchett-cheryl-strayed/

Becky, Jo, Jakob, and Austin talk about the books from this past season's book clubs including:

Secret Explorers series by DK and SJ King

Rainbow Days series by Valerie Bolling

Miles Lewis King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons

Time Villains by Victor Piñeiro

Courtney Changes the Game and Courtney Friendship Superhero by Kellen Hertz

Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis

The Book of Difficult Fruit by Kate Lebo

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Knock Out by Sarah MacLean

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

and more!

Becky, Austin and Jakob discuss the work of author Kekla Magoon including:

The Rock and the River,

X,

Revolution in Our Time,

How It Went Down,

The Minus-One Club, and

Chester Keene Cracks the Code.

Introductory reading from Revolution In Our Time.

Becky and Jakob talk about the work of author N.K. Jemison, particularly her novel "The Fifth Season."

Introductory reading from "The Fifth Season."

Becky and Austin talk about the work and life of Shirley Jackson, including:

"The Lottery and Other Stories,"

"The Haunting of Hill House,"

"We Have Always Lived in the Castle," and more!

Introductory reading from "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."

Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about the work of Maggie Stiefvater! Including:

"The Raven Boys;" "Shiver;" "The Scorpio Races;"

and more!

introductory excerpt from "The Scorpio Races."

Becky, Austin, and Heather M. talk about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.! Including:

"Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969); "Player Piano" (1952); "A Man Without a Country" (2005); "Breakfast of Champions" (1973) "Welcome to the Monkey House" (1968) "Hocus Pocus"(1990)

"Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time" documentary (2021);

Salman Rushdie's essay "What Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five' Tells Us Now": https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five-tells-us-now

"Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson;

"Civilwarland in Bad Decline" by George Saunders;

and more!

In this special Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Mark and Roger Peters about their father, Amos J. Peters, who constructed the Nutty Narrows Bridge in 1963. They share about their family, their father's legacy, the history of the Nutty Narrows Bridge, and other Peters Construction projects that have had a lasting impact on our community, particularly Campus Towers. 

Learn more about Squirrel Fest on their website here: https://lvsquirrelfest.com/

Nutty Narrows wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Narrows_Bridge

Longview Library digital archive http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/ search "Nutty Narrows." Content is being continually added to the archive!

Becky, Jo, and Austin can't get enough Judy Blume.

We talk about:

"Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the book;  "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the movie;  "Forever";  "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing";  "Blubber";  "Judy Blume Forever," the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWsO1Rk_q0  and more!

Learn about Judy's editor Dick Jackson: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/81494-dick-jackson-remembered.html 

Charlamagne Tha God Conversation with Judy Blume: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HihS5EPb6o 

Katie Couric interview: https://katiecouric.com/podcast/next-question/judy-blume-forever-documentary-banned-books/ 

Judy Blume archives at Yale: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/11190 

SNL Kotex Classic sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBlR7qVQ0X8 

Read with Jenna selected Summer Sisters for August 2023: https://www.today.com/popculture/read-jenna-book-club-pick-august-2023-t292373 

Austin mentions "The Invisible Bridge" by Rick Perlstein

introductory reading from "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"