Episode Sixty: Francine Prose
In This Episode:
It's Tournament of Books season and we're celebrating with the first of this year's contestant-guests: Francine Prose! She (and her husband) swung by the Damn Library to talk about Mister Monkey, Shirley Jackson, and pretty much everything awesome under the sun including plays that miss the mark and films that can change your life
Other Highlights:
* a class on "strange novels"
* writing/talking about dreams
* #ToB17 talk: how'd week one go?
* first round of SMDB shirts are out - don't miss out!
LISTEN:
THE EP. 60 BOOKSHELF
(CONTAINING ALL THE BOOKS DISCUSSED WHILE RECORDING)
THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:
Mister Monkey by Francine Prose
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
WHAT'D YOU BUY?:
Drew: Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin & Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Christopher: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
Francine: three books on Victorian Spirit Photography
ALSO MENTIONED:
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
The Art of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
The Glorious Ones by Francine Prose
The Glorious Ones (2007)
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Jakob von Gunten by Robert Walser
Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard
Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Glen Berger, Julie Taymor, & Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with music & lyrics by Bono & The Edge
The Salesman (2016)
Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
The Ripley Novels by Patricia Highsmith
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
The Lion King: The Musical by Roger Allers & Irene Mecchi with music & lyrics by Elton John & Tim Rice
Matilda: The Musical by Dennis Kelly with music & lyrics by Tim Minchin
Wicked by Winnie Holzman with music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Francine: Ways to Disappear by Idra Novey // The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant by Mavis Gallant // Toni Erdmann (2016) // Rectify (TV series) // Lee Fields & The Expressions: "Special Night" // An Evening at the Talk House: a play by Wallace Shawn
