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S2 Ep 05: Here is My Heart with Megan Stielstra and Sara Cutaia

Mar 31, 2025

Megan Stielstra and Sara Cutaia join the pod to discuss Megan's essay 'Here is My Heart' from THE WRONG WAY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE. 
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S2 Ep 04: Busman's Honeymoon with Jen Coffeen

Mar 3, 2025

Jen Coffeen drops by the podcast to discuss the prologue and chapter 1 of BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON by Dorothy Sayers and all the complex romance hidden in this classic detective series. 

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S2 Ep 03: 2025 Preview with the Chicago Review of Books

Feb 3, 2025

Rachel's Recommendations
Favorite 2024: What's Not Mine by Nora Decter
Non-2024 book: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
2024 book no one read: Dead in Long Beach, California by Venita Blackburn
Most anticipated 2025 by a Chicago author: Original Sins by Eve L. Ewing
Most anticipated by an author with a long gap since...

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S2 Ep 02: A Visit From the Goon Squad with Sara Cutaia

Jan 6, 2025

Sara Cutaia joins us to discuss a story from A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD by Jennifer Egan. 

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S2 Ep 01: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with James Klise

Dec 2, 2024

YA author James Klise joins the first episode of season two to discuss the first chapter of THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE. 

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