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From the Front Porch

Episode 377 || Backlist Book Club: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s time for another installment of Backlist Book Club! This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter Mclendon (@shelfbyshelf) are talking about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. The books mentioned in this episode can be purchased from The Bookshelf: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard Beloved by Toni Morrison A Circle of Quiet by Margaret L'Engle The Creation by E.O. Wilson (not available through us, check your local library) Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray Wild Spectacle by Janisse Ray Graceland, At Last by Margaret Renkl Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean Less by Andrew Sean Greer A Portrait of The Scientist as a Young Woman by Lindy Elkins-Tanton From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. Special thanks to Dylan and his team at Studio D Podcast Production for sound and editing and for our theme music, which sets the perfect warm and friendly tone for our Thursday conversations.  This week Annie is reading Flying Solo by Linda Holmes. Hunter is reading Oh, William! by Elizabeth Strout. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on iTunes. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are... Donna Hetchler, Angie Erickson, Cammy Tidwell, Chantalle C, Nicole Marsee, Wendi Jenkins, Laurie johnson, and Kate Johnston Tucker. Libro.FM: Libro.fm lets you purchase audiobooks directly from your favorite local bookstore (Like The Bookshelf). You can pick from more than 215,000 audiobooks, and you'll get the same audiobooks at the same price as the largest audiobook company out there (you know the name). But you’ll be part of a different story -- one that supports community. All you need is a smart phone and the free Libro.fm app. Right now, if you sign up for a new membership, you will get 2 audiobooks for the price of one. All you have to do is enter FRONTPORCH at checkout or follow this link: https://tidd.ly/3C2zVbb Flodesk: Do you receive a weekly or monthly newsletter from one of your favorite brands? Like maybe From the Front Porch (Or The Bookshelf)... Did you ever wonder, ‘how do they make such gorgeous emails?’  Flodesk is an email marketing service provider that's built for creators, by creators, and it’s easy to use. We’ve been using it for a couple of years now, and I personally love it. And right now you can get 50% off your Flodesk subscription by going to: flodesk.com/c/THEFRONTPORCH

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to From the Front porch, a conversational podcast about books, small business, and life in the South.

0:08.0

It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute,

0:29.0

whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale.

0:37.0

Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

0:42.0

I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week we're hosting our quarterly backless book club.

0:50.0

In today's episode, Hunter McClendon and I are discussing another Pulitzer Prize winner, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.

0:58.0

As a reminder, if you've ever wondered what the bookshelf actually looks like, you can follow us over on Instagram at BookshelfTvill.

1:05.0

We post a lot of behind-the-scenes pictures, give updates on shop events, and offer book recommendations.

1:11.0

Plus, we'll keep you up to date on all the podcast episodes so you can read along with us.

1:15.0

Follow us on Instagram at BookshelfTvill to put faces with names and so you can see the business behind the show.

1:22.0

Now, back to today's conversation.

1:25.0

Hi, Hunter.

1:26.0

Hello.

1:27.0

Welcome back.

1:28.0

It's got to be back.

1:29.0

Can I tell you I should have planned this better because it is Pride Month, in fact, and the next backless book club we're going to read is less by Andrew.

1:39.0

By Andrew Schongerier, and I felt so dumb.

1:43.0

Wow, what a missed opportunity.

1:46.0

I feel like the IO, the public, and apology, and you.

1:51.0

I will say this.

1:52.0

This is something that I think is actually...

1:54.0

The reason why I don't think it's a problem is because you're constantly reading all types of stories all year long, right?

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