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Friday Reads: An embarrassment of superlatives
 
 
*The week in review on my channel:*
 
Sharon and Shawn Talk Books
youtu.be/fH19_Q7CoZ0
 
Zooming In: Literary fiction - dead or alive? – Ros & Shawn weigh in
youtu.be/-L4swRgd22I?si=3co1KnjilVs74l7u
 
Lindy schools Shawn on the finalists of the 2024 Governor General’s Literary Awards
youtu.be/mdXA3nHNepQ
 
 
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Time stamps (scroll down for Goodreads links):
 
00:00 Introduction
 
00:20 A queer poetic biblioadventure
 
04:48 Mystery guest
 
31:02 Weekly highlights
 
34:15 The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
 
36:12 Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
 
38:00 Held by Anne Michaels
 
40:33 Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
 
 
Books mentioned:
 
I Hate Parties: Poems by Jes Battis
goodreads.com/book/show/211316471-i-hate-parties?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
 
I Feel That Way Too by Jaz Papadopoulos
goodreads.com/book/show/211316461-i-feel-that-way-too?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_17
 
She's a Lamb! by Meredith Hambrock
goodreads.com/book/show/216698520-she-s-a-lamb?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=cGXxVouZmf&rank=2
 
We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy & the World's Getting Worse by James Hillman & Michael Ventura
goodreads.com/book/show/203306.We_ve_Had_a_Hundred_Years_of_Psychotherapy_the_World_s_Getting_Worse?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
 
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
goodreads.com/book/show/46263943-real-life?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24
 
The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem
Sinan Antoon (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/42921509-the-book-of-disappearance?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_21
 
The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan
goodreads.com/book/show/209307675-the-inheritance?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=QGShHKcPhs&rank=1
 
Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession
goodreads.com/book/show/200331592-ghost-mountain
 
Held by Anne Michaels
goodreads.com/book/show/200241802-held?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=aBGcNDkCMd&rank=1
 
Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
goodreads.com/book/show/53341634-unsettled-ground
 
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
goodreads.com/book/show/30304221-swimming-lessons
 
 
 
 
 
Mystery guest: Noreen Masud
Noreen’s website: https noreenmasud.com
Follow Noreen:
-on Twitter: @NoreenMasud
-on Instagram: @noreen_masud
 
A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma by Noreen Masud
goodreads.com/book/show/119028182-a-flat-place?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12
 
Stevie Smith and the Aphorism: Hard Language by Noreen Masud
goodreads.com/book/show/62871110-stevie-smith-and-the-aphorism
 
 
 
 
 
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