Book Bound - Episode 4
Posted on: April 9, 2024
Summary: Food memoir, academic mystery, fiction, and “strange” books
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Cheryl’s Books
- The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber
- More information about The Arab American Book Award
- Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson
- Mentioned: Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
- Mentioned: Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester Murad
Jessica’s Books
- Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
- The Life and Time of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative by Gregg Hecimovich
- I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
- Mentioned: Peace is Like a River
Mari’s Books
- The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson
- The Great Lakes Our Freshwater Treasure by Barb Rosenstock
“Strangest” Books mentioned
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
- Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
- Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
- Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
- Bunny by Mona Awad
- Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
- Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
- Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
- Swamplandia by Karen Russell
- Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova