Ep 283 - Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Jesmyn Ward's second novel Salvage the Bones is the story of a family in rural Mississippi in the twelve days leading up to Hurricane Katrina's landfall. Equal parts intimate and mythic in proportion, Salvage the Bones is a moving portrait of perseverance.

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0:00.0	This is a head gum podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	That's a good way to start the podcast with coughing.
0:46.7	That's us, the cough boys.
0:49.0	The sick boys.
0:50.0	Hey everybody, this is overdue.
0:52.0	A podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
0:54.0	My name is Craig.
0:56.2	No, don't, people sometimes don't know who's who.
0:58.5	My name is Craig.
0:59.5	Your name's Andrew.
1:00.5	My name's Andrew.
1:01.5	Word sick.
1:02.5	We're both been sick all week.
1:04.5	Yeah.
1:05.5	It's a weird sick.
1:08.0	It's hard to know if it's flu, it's hard to know if it's a cold.
1:12.5	I felt bad on Monday and then pretty good on Tuesday and then steadily worse until yesterday
1:19.7	and now a little bit better again today I think.
1:23.5	I woke up in the middle of the night still under the effects of nightquill so I'm not
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