139: Hilary Leichter (TEMPORARY) & Sabrina Orah Mark's WILD MILK

In This Episode:

Drew and Christopher chat with Hilary Leichter in three different Damn Libraries for another first of its kind digital episode - our first Zoom guest! We discuss Hilary's novel Temporary which leads to talk about things like gig work, her love of pirates, and how the book started as a short story. Plus, pandemic stuff and how the police need to be defunded, as well as some love for the modern fairy tale constructions of Sabrina Orah Mark's Wild Milk.

The Ep. 139 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Temporary by Hilary Leichter
Wild Milk: Stories by Sabrina Orah Mark

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H. G. Parry // The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Hilary: A Loyalty Bundle from Loyalty Bookstore in Silver Springs, MD
Christopher: The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson // Piranesi by Susannah Clarke

ALSO MENTIONED:

Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
Optimistic Cocktails, Vol. 1 curated by Outlook Good
Speedboat by Renata Adler
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
We Are Pirates by Daniel Handler
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan
”Fuck the Bread. The Bread is Over.” by Sabrina Orah Mark
Brazos Bookstore
The Babysitter at Rest by Jen George
”Voltaire Night” by Deb Olin Unferth
Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus
"The School” by Donald Barthelme
Groundhog Day (1993, directed by Harold Ramis)
Every Day by David Leviathan
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Hilary: See You Yesterday (2019, written & directed by Stefon Bristol)
Drew: Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires // Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
Christopher: Again Again by E. Lockhart // The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

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