Ep 140: What IS literary fiction, anyway?

What Should I Read Next?

Anne Bogel

Arts, Books, Leisure

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest Cindy Wang-Brandt has gone through a lot of shifts in her life - spiritual, political, familial… which around here, begs a question: what do those shifts do to a person’s reading life? Join Anne and Cindy in an examination of how identities are reflected in what books we choose, the lenses we bring to what we read, what “counts” as literary fiction, stories that help us understand the chaotic world around us, and so much more. Click over to the podcast website to tell Cindy what YOU think she should read next, or tell us about your own reading life shifts: http://whatshouldireadnextpodcast.com/140 Subscribe to Cindy's podcast Parenting Forward: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-forward-stories-strategies-solutions-for/id1403686245?mt=2 Connect with Cindy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cindy_w_brandt Follow WSIRN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatshouldireadnext Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It does take discipline for me to sit down with a book,
0:02.7	but I feel like when I'm reading it, it gives me so much pleasure.
0:06.4	So you just called it broccoli, basically, but that was a compliment.
0:10.0	Yeah.
0:13.1	Hey readers, I'm Ann Bogall, and this is What Should I Read Next, Episode 140.
0:18.1	Welcome to the show that's dedicated to answering the question that plagues every reader.
0:22.3	What should I read next?
0:24.2	We don't get bossy on the show.
0:25.8	What we will do here is give you the information you need to choose your next read.
0:30.0	Every week we'll talk all things books and reading and do a little literary matchmaking with one guest.
0:35.2	Readers, this week I got a fun message from What Should I Read Next, Listener Katie,
0:39.5	who wrote me this.
0:40.8	I check out four or five books a week from my library, and probably 75% of my picks come from What Should I
0:45.7	Read Next, or Modern Mrs. Darcy Recommendations. Today, I picked up convenience store women and
0:50.5	that kind of mother, along with a few other books. The library clerk checking me out said,
0:54.6	do you ever listen to What Should I Read Next? It was so fun to run into another fan in the wild,
1:00.0	and we bonded over our deep affection for Ann Bogall and her literary matchmaking gift.
1:05.2	Thanks so much to Katie for sharing that story.
1:07.5	Readers, we would love to hear your own small world What Should I Read Next stories.
1:11.8	The easiest way to contact us is to hit reply to our weekly email newsletter.
1:15.6	You can sign up at What Should I Read Next podcast.com slash newsletter.
1:19.8	Katie message me on Instagram. That account is at What Should I Read Next.
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