Episode 1 - Book Slumps with Sara Benincasa

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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week, Mallory and Brea discuss ways to get out of a book slump and interview author Sara Benincasa about her fundraiser to help refugees and have Neil Gaiman read the Cheesecake Factory menu out loud! Use the hashtag #SayNoToBookSlump to participate in online discussion on Twitter and Instagram! Bookish News Story- http://www.obsentinel.com/calendar/reading-labs--a-program-pairing-emerging-readers-with-furry/event_7dd92586-3fcf-11e7-b6ac-4711c2218565.html Sara Benincasa- https://sarabenincasa.com/ www.neilcake.com https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa BookRiot Podcasts- http://bookriot.com/listen/ Books Mentioned- No Matter The Wreckage by Sarah Kay https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781938912481 Borne by Jeff Vandermeer https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374115241 Get In Trouble by Kelly Link https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812986495 Author Tana French https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143113492 Runtime by S.B. Divya https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780765389794 Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781416928171 From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konisburg https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780689711817 Yes Please by Amy Poehler https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062268358 Sex Criminals Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781607069461

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0:00.0	You're listening to reading glasses, a show about book culture and literary life designed to help you read better.
0:11.6	I'm writer, filmmaker, and book devour, Mallory O'M read better. I'm writer, filmmaker and book devour,
0:13.7	Mallory Omera.
0:14.7	And I'm Bria Grant,
0:15.7	actors filmmaker, and e-reader.
0:17.3	This episode, we're helping you climb out of that book slump.
0:20.2	Plus, an interview with author Sarah Benincasa
0:22.4	that features the Che cheesecake factory menu.
0:25.0	But first?
0:27.0	What are you reading, Mallory?
0:28.0	I am reading a poetry collection called No Matter The Recage by Sarah Kay. I'm e-reading it. You'd be very proud of me.
0:35.0	Whoa! That's so against type for you.
0:38.0	Yes. But it's really really good. I recommend it. I'm reading it on the app Scribbed on my phone and I like it. What are you reading Bria?
0:46.2	I am reading the new Jeff Vandermere book. Born.
0:53.0	I just finished that.
0:54.0	Oh my God!
0:55.0	I just literally started last night.
0:57.0	I'm like not very far.
0:58.0	I feel like it. I feel like it.
0:59.0	Oh great, I'm fantastic.
1:00.0	Yeah, we just like,
1:01.0	tag B generin.
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