Episode Fifty-Three: Jade Chang

In This Episode:

Hot off the release of her debut novel The Wangs vs. The World, Jade Chang gets cozy in the Damn Library. They talk about road trips, writing what is most difficult, and aliens - because Neon Green is about aliens, sort of.

Other Highlights:

* the love of out-of-town bookstores
* the beautiful and the grotesque
* ukuleles and their merits

LISTEN:

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THE EP. 53 BOOKSHELF
(containing all the books discussed while recording)

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang
Neon Green by Margaret Wappler

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray // Nutshell by Ian McEwan // The Seed Collectors by Scarlett Thomas
Christopher: assorted Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout
Jade: The Mothers by Brit Bennett // My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

ALSO MENTIONED:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The Official Novelization by Todd Strasser
Jurassic Park: The Junior Novelization by Gail Herman
Spider-Man 2: The Official Novelization by Peter David
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
No Coins, Please! by Gordon Korman
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew: My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Jade: A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman & The Perfumer and the Stinkhorn by Richard Mabey
Christopher: The Selfishness of Others: An Essay on the Fear of Narcissism by Kristin Dombek