273 The Book for Book Lovers - The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book (with Stephanie Kent and Logan Smalley)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Authors Stephanie Kent and Logan Smalley join Jacke to talk about their new book for book lovers, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book: An Interactive Guide to Life-Changing Books. If you love books, and talking about books, and people who love books, and people who love talking about books...well, you get the idea. Listen to this episode, and then go check out the book! Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Hi Ismail, I just read for the first time Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin and it was actually this amazing experience.
0:25.0	I was sitting in the library,
0:27.0	the tips from the side, and this guy he just walked up to me,
0:31.0	some random old dude, and he just sat down, pulling
0:34.9	into all and he just said, you're reading pride in the prejudice?
0:38.6	And he just started to go off and telling me about how no one, no young people take and appreciate books with quality
0:46.3	books with meaning anymore.
0:48.8	And he started to talk about how him and his wife met because she was carrying a stack of books home and she dropped one.
0:56.0	It was Pride and Prejudice.
0:57.4	He told me this beautiful love story and then he just got up and laughed.
1:02.4	He said goodbye and I just thought that should be shared.
1:06.0	She just thought that should be shared.
1:10.0	That's an anonymous caller who dialed a number and left a message about a book that meant something to her.
1:17.0	Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
1:20.0	How did this happen? How can you hear more of these and would you like to leave a message like this yourself?
1:30.0	What book would you choose? What would you say? And would you feel a little less lonely if you knew that someone was out there listening?
1:39.0	We're going to discuss the ultimate book for people who love books today on the history of
1:47.0	literature. Okay, here we go. Welcome to the podcast. Excellent stuff today, a brand new book
2:08.6	for people who love literature. It's called Call Me Ishmael. Or actually, it's called the Call Me Ishmael phone book.
2:17.0	An interactive guide to life-changing books.
2:20.0	And we will have the authors, Stephanie Kent and Logan Smalley here to talk about it.
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