In Deep Conversation - Cleanness by Garth Greenwell (video 2 of 4)Weird Book Book Club2020-04-08 | What are you reading? Let me know here or on social media.
OTHER WORKS MENTIONED -James Baldwin & Nikki Giovanni, a Conversation: youtu.be/eZmBy7C9gHQ -What Is an Anti-Racist Reading List For?: vulture.com/2020/06/anti-racist-reading-lists-what-are-they-for.htmlShawn and Dan Discuss: The Collection by Nina Leger (Part 2)Weird Book Book Club2020-04-21 | At last! The long-awaited(?) conclusion of Nina Leger's The Collection. Contains valuable survival tips for gay book nerds in quarantine.
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#BookTubeShawn and Dan Discuss: The Collection by Nina Leger (Part 1)Weird Book Book Club2020-02-24 | Today, the Weird Book Book Club has teamed up with Shawn the Book Maniac to take a deep, deep dive into Nina Leger's palace of phallus, a strangely under-stimulating novella called The Collection.
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#BookTubeWBBC Tags: BookTube NewbieWeird Book Book Club2020-01-25 | To celebrate my BookTube Birthday, and also the new year, I guess, I'm reexamining this whole "talking about books on the internet" thing through fresh eyes using a classic tag.
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#BookTubeNewbieWBBC Poetry Corner: Thanks and Elegy By W.S. MerwinWeird Book Book Club2020-01-18 | Today we learn how to stop being polite and start getting real with W.S. Merwin.
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#BookTubeWBBC Poetry Corner: Ave Maria by Frank OHaraWeird Book Book Club2019-12-06 | Today we find out there's more to see at the movies than what's up on the screen. Let's have some fun in the dark with Frank O'Hara.
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#BookTubeWBBC Reviews: Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger by Brontez PurnellWeird Book Book Club2019-11-26 | In celebration of #NovellasInNovember, we examine a book that proves great authors can do more with less: Johnny Would You Love Me If My Dick Were Bigger by Brontez Purnell.
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#BookTubeWBBC Poetry Corner: I Want a Dyke for President by Zoe LeonardWeird Book Book Club2019-11-23 | Today, we're trying something new with a poetry reading! This one pretty much sums up our ideal campaign platform for 2020.
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#BookTubeWBBC Reviews: Belladonna by Daša DrndićWeird Book Book Club2019-10-28 | What's got you so upset? Another literary prize scandal? Humanity's total moral collapse? Check out our review of Belladonna by Daša Drndić and we can scream it all out together.
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#BookTubeMy Favorite Music(als) Pt. 6: Love in the New Millennium X Purple Rain + TagsWeird Book Book Club2019-10-12 | Welcome to the final part of our musical countdown extravaganza! In this episode, we get profoundly sexy with Can Xue and Prince. Then we shout out some fellow BookTubers to give this tag a try!
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#BookTube #WITmonthMy Favorite Music(als) Pt. 5: The Slynx X Remain in LightWeird Book Book Club2019-10-11 | Welcome to part 5 of our musical countdown extravaganza! In this episode, we dance our way through the meat grinder of history with Tatyana Tolstaya and Talking Heads.
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#BookTube #WITmonthMy Favorite Music(als) Pt. 4: The Summer Book X Refried EctoplasmWeird Book Book Club2019-10-10 | Welcome to part 4 of our musical countdown extravaganza! In this episode, we find the perfect balance between moody and groovy with Tove Jansson and Stereolab.
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#BookTube #WITmonthMy Favorite Music(als) Pt. 3: Near to the Wild Heart X Daydream NationWeird Book Book Club2019-10-09 | Welcome to part 3 of our musical countdown extravaganza! In this episode, we discover the thought inside the thought inside the thought with Clarice Lispector and Sonic Youth.
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#BookTube #WITmonthMy Favorite Music(als) Pt. 2: Dianas Tree X Tender ButtonsWeird Book Book Club2019-10-08 | Welcome to part 2 of our musical countdown extravaganza! In this episode, we invite you to savor the linguistic mysticism of Alejandra Pizarnik and Broadcast.
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#BookTube #WITmonthMy Favorite Music(als) Pt. 1: Intro + Revenge X Another ThoughtWeird Book Book Club2019-10-07 | Welcome to the WBBC's first-ever musical countdown extravaganza! Here, we lay down the ground rules and explore the memory-distorting powers of Yoko Ogawa and Arthur Russell.
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#BookTube #WITmonthWBBC Reviews: Love in the New Millennium by Can XueWeird Book Book Club2019-09-05 | Today we discuss Can Xue's latest and most award-winning-est novel, Love in the New Millennium. Also, Dan dispenses romantic advice and becomes intimate with a metal cylinder.
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#BookTube / #WITmonthCollaborative Review: The Scar by China MievilleWeird Book Book Club2019-08-30 | Today, the Weird Book Book Club joins forces with Leo from A Little Book Life to discuss China Mieville's novel The Scar.
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#BookTubeWe Didnt Love Ocean Vuongs On Earth Were Briefly GorgeousWeird Book Book Club2019-07-20 | Today, the Weird Book Book Club joins forces with Shawn the Book Maniac to discuss Ocean Vuong's novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous.
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#BookTubeWBBC Tags: Lets Get Shameless! (Original)Weird Book Book Club2019-06-12 | To celebrate Pride Month, the WBBC is launching a brand new #BookTube tag—a kind of ode to pleasure and excess: The Shameless Tag. It’s saucy, it’s hefty, and it’s not afraid to show a little skin.
WARNING: Today’s discussion is rated Moderately Sexy for its somewhat salacious topics and imagery. If you have a low tolerance for such things, go ahead and skip the video, but we hope you’ll try the prompts below.
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1. Shamelessness Personified: Talk about a book, character, or writer who you feel best embodies what it means to be shameless.
2. Shameless Suck Up: Talk about a book outside your comfort zone that you read mainly because you appreciate or admire the person who recommended it.
3. Shameless Plug: Talk about a book or writer you’ll recommend to ANYONE YOU MEET because they need more attention, dammit!
4. Shameless Snob: Talk about a text that speaks to your very, VERY particular interests—stuff so obscure that it almost feels like the book was written just for you.
5. Shameless Fan: Talk about a book or writer you know you’ll keep returning to despite the fact that there are literally millions of other things you could be reading.
6. Shameless Hater: Talk about a trending/popular book or author you did not enjoy (and you don’t care who knows it!)
7. Shameless Flirt: Talk about a book that really turned you on in that… special way. (Or touched you emotionally in a way that others might find embarrassing.)
8. Tagging: Tag what you deem to be a shameless amount of BookTubers to complete this tag. Bonus points if you say something nice about each one.
#ShamelessBookTagWBBC Reviews: Ghosts by César AiraWeird Book Book Club2019-06-05 | Today we discuss Ghosts by César Aira. The spirits in this novella really seemed to freak people out—but not for the reasons you might expect.
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#BookTubeWBBC Reviews: Dialogues in Paradise by Can XueWeird Book Book Club2019-04-30 | Can Xue wants to play—you up for a game of surrealist mad libs? Today we discuss 3 different types of readers who are likely to dig her first translated work: Dialogues in Paradise.
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Live readings of Can Xue’s work at the Asian American Writers Workshop: youtu.be/ulFdr8WZl44
#booktubeWBBC Reviews: Gingerbread by Helen OyeyemiWeird Book Book Club2019-04-15 | Helen Oyeyemi's latest novel cleverly employs cookies as an emotional currency. If you love a good sucker punch right in the feels and you hate capitalism, you should check out our review.
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#booktubeWBBC Reviews: 2666 by Roberto BolañoWeird Book Book Club2019-03-26 | Roberto Bolaño’s final novel is a litany of human atrocities that ends with a delicious ice cream treat. Our review of 2666 examines three ways your mind may come out worse for wear.
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#booktube #marchingmammothsWBBC Recommends: 3 Weirdly Funny Reads to Warm Your Wintery HeartWeird Book Book Club2019-03-05 | Impending climatological doom got you down? The WBBC is serving up 3 savory flavors of funny today to lift your spirits.
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#booktubeWBBC Reviews: Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean VuongWeird Book Book Club2019-02-25 | Rocking back and forth in the fetal position or raucously roasting Jack Kerouac fanboys: there's no wrong way to enjoy Ocean Vuong's eviscerating verse.
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#booktubeWBBC Reviews: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataWeird Book Book Club2019-02-12 | Soulless corporate entities and the women who love them: today on the WBBC we take a deep dive into Sayaka Murata's Akutagawa Prize-winning novel, Convenience Store Woman.
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#booktubeReading List: January 2019Weird Book Book Club2019-01-21 | What's on this month's reading agenda? Transformation, mass murder, and queers in the big city!
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