On today’s episode, we share our thoughts about our April book, Kate Chopin’s The Awakening.  We found this novel had just as much to say to us in 2023 as it did when we read it in our high school and college classrooms.  From early themes of feminism, to our first introduction to Southern literature, to why this 1899 story still resonates today, we dug in.   Join us for our thoughts on this tiny book that speaks volumes. In Deb’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/desperate-characters-paula-fox/17679254?aid=4835&ean=9780393351101&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast In Deb’s ear bud: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marlon-and-jake-read-dead-people/id1492163935 In Sophie’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/jacobs-room-woolf/18261245?aid=4835&ean=9780192857392&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode, Sophie and I discuss the new book, Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma, by Claire Dederer, which poses the question: can we love art created by someone who is morally corrupt?  Deb recently read Monsters and found it to be an intriguing look at this provocative question and given Sophie’s career in the art world, she had lots to add to this conversation.   https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/05/separate-art-from-artist-cancel-culture-monsters-book/673497/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/20/art-monstrous-men/ https://blog.oup.com/2020/10/is-it-rational-to-condemn-an-artwork-for-an-artists-personal-immorality/ In Deb’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-virgin-suicides-twenty-fifth-anniversary-edition-jeffrey-eugenides/6986279?aid=4835&ean=9781250303547&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast In Deb’s ear bud: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/still-watching-succession-by-vanity-fair/id1328561705 Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

On today’s episode, Sophie and I share our reactions to the recent New Yorker article The End of the English Major.  The humanities are near and dear to both of our hearts and it’s hard to imagine either of our lives without literature and art as driving forces.  There’s been lots of buzz and op-eds in response to the New Yorker and we share our thoughts about those as well.  Join us! Shownotes https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/09/opinion/english-literature-study-decline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-end-of-the-english-major Sarah Hildreth’s Substack article https://open.substack.com/pub/fictionmatters/p/reading-in-public-no-4?r=gc06y&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post In Deb’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/cursed-bread-sophie-mackintosh/19349640?aid=4835&ean=9780385548304&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast In Sophie’s ear bud: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/still-watching-succession-by-vanity-fair/id1328561705 Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

Today we share our conversation about Women Talking by Miriam Toews and are thrilled to be joined by our first repeat guest, Jaclyn Masters.  Jaclyn first joined us on episode 29 and we are grateful to have her back to share thoughts about this very buzzy book that was also a 2023 Academy Award nominee and won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay.  We had very strong reactions to this hot button novel that is the perfect book club book.  Shownotes: The podcast we shared: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-talking-with-miriam-toews/id1439313864?i=1000446440871 Articles we cited: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/books/review/women-talking-miriam-toews.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/10/women-talking-miriam-toews-review https://www.npr.org/2019/04/06/709530968/these-women-talking-build-their-own-faith-and-future In Jaclyn’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/babel-or-the-necessity-of-violence-an-arcane-history-of-the-oxford-translators-revolution-r-f-kuang/18269577?aid=4835&ean=9780063021426&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast https://bookshop.org/p/books/big-love-reclaiming-myself-my-people-my-country-brooke-blurton/18830062?ean=9781460761519 In Jaclyn’s earbud: https://bookshop.org/p/books/now-is-not-the-time-to-panic-kevin-wilson/18542533?ean=9780062913500 In Deb’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-forbidden-notebook-alba-de-cespedes/18759807?aid=4835&ean=9781662601392&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast In Deb’s ear bud: https://bookshop.org/p/books/rehearsal-eleanor-catton/109297?aid=4835&ean=9780316074322&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast

On today’s episode we share our conversation with Sara Hildreth of Fiction Matters!  I’m sure all of you know Sara from her fabulous instagram account @fictionmatters but Sara also runs a book club and is one of the partners of the Novel Pairings podcast!  Sophie and I had so much fun asking Sara about how she began this journey (it’s a very interesting answer!) and what she’s learned along the way.  We shared books, thoughts about raising a reader, and she joined our “What’s in Your Book Tote, What’s in Your Ear Bud?” with great recommendations!   In Deb’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-luminaries-eleanor-catton/15557847?aid=4835&ean=9780316074292&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast In Sophie’s book tote: https://bookshop.org/p/books/as-i-lay-dying-william-faulkner/18874580?aid=4835&ean=9780679732259&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Books Sara shared: https://bookshop.org/p/books/mrs-caliban-rachel-ingalls/12418995?ean=9780811226691 https://bookshop.org/p/books/walk-two-moons-sharon-creech/498844?ean=9780064405171 https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-dance-tree/18728989?ean=9780063274778 In Sara’s ear bud: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447 Sara’s Novel Pairings podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/novel-pairings/id1500764291 Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/ And you can find Sara here: https://www.instagram.com/fictionmatters/

Today we have a guest who many of our listeners will already know from the world of bookish podcasts.  Sarah Dickinson is the creative force behind and host of Sarah’s Bookshelves Live, which premiered back in 2019.  Deb has known Sarah from the Bookstagram community for years and was on Sarah’s podcast back in its infancy.  Today we turn the tables and ask Sarah the questions!  We had a great time talking about Instagram, and how it’s changed, just how much work goes into producing a podcast, and of course, books! Books Sarah mentioned: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-likely-story-leigh-mcmullan-abramson/18566428?aid=4835&ean=9781982199241&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-black-swan-second-edition-the-impact-of-the-highly-improbable-with-a-new-section-on-robustness-and-fragility-nassim-nicholas-taleb/7841914?aid=4835&ean=9780812973815&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast https://bookshop.org/p/books/symphony-of-secrets-brendan-slocumb/18668008?aid=4835&ean=9780593315446&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/ And you can find Sarah on IG at: https://www.instagram.com/sarahsbookshelves/ And her podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sarahs-bookshelves-live/id1446116424

Sophie and Deb share the reflections about Mexico City!  From ancient ruins and archeology to art history, great food and wonderful people, Mexico City rivals the big European cities, but doesn’t share their price tag! Come travel with us! https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/the-end-of-the-english-major Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/And you can find Jaclyn at https://www.instagram.com/sixminutesforme/

It was such a treat to welcome Jaclyn Masters to the podcast!  Deb has known Jaclyn for years and they met in the Bookstagram space and forged an IRL friendship. Many of you will know her as the face behind the account @sixminutesforme.  Jaclyn is Australian by birth, lived in Houston for a few years and is now back in Melbourne, but we’ve continued our connection over the miles.  We talked about why she began her IG account, how it’s changed over the years, and we asked the probing question “what does sixminutesforme mean?”  Join us! Show Links: In Deb’s earbud https://bookshop.org/p/books/women-talking-miriam-toews/18527863?aid=4835&ean=9781635574340&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast In Deb’s book bag https://bookshop.org/p/books/vintage-contemporaries-dan-kois/18727238?aid=4835&ean=9780063162419&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Books Jaclyn mentioned: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Reasons-Not-to-Worry-by-Brigid-Delaney/9780349436296 https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-the-rooftop-margaret-wilkerson-sexton/17818849?ean=9780063139961 The book we chose for March! https://bookshop.org/p/books/women-talking-miriam-toews/18527863?aid=4835&ean=9781635574340&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/And you can find Jaclyn at https://www.instagram.com/sixminutesforme/

In our final ode to Virginia Woolf, today we compare our feelings for The Hours, the 1998 Pulitzer Prize winner that was inspired by Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway.  Sophie and I had different feelings about this incredibly original and complex novel and we had a lot to say!  Join us! Show Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKytFORW5I Interview with Michael Cunningham The Bookcase Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-book-case/id1621128813 MaryRyan Gallery https://maryryangallery.com/ The Virginia Woolf essay Sophie mentioned http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/MrBennettAndMrsBrown.pdf In Sophie’s book tote https://bookshop.org/p/books/night-and-day-virginia-woolf-virginia-woolf/7749841?aid=4835&ean=9781539544876&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/

Sophie and I talk all the time about our love of learning and I think we both secretly harbor a fantasy about going back to school.  But there are ways that we ignite that passion without putting extra letters behind our name and we thought we’d share some of those with you today! https://www.thegreatcourses.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/novel-pairings/id1500764291?i=1000598454898 Apps Sophie mentioned: DuoLingo SeeSaw-Gallery Podcasts Sophie mentioned: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revisionist-history/id1119389968 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-women-artists/id1480259187 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stuff-mom-never-told-you/id304531053 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/second-life/id1347626043 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-first/id1222114325 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736 Deb’s Books https://bookshop.org/p/books/maame-jessica-george/18965074?aid=4835&ean=9781250282521&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-hours-mrs-dalloway-virginia-woolf/18222972?aid=4835&ean=9781250852670&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-old-drift-namwali-serpell/8584363?aid=4835&ean=9781101907153&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Sophie’s Books https://bookshop.org/p/books/lunch-poems-frank-o-hara/7534547?aid=4835&ean=9780872860353&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast https://bookshop.org/p/books/oh-william-elizabeth-strout/15849431?aid=4835&ean=9780812989441&listref=books-mentioned-on-my-generations-podcast Find us on Instagram! Deb is https://www.instagram.com/lonestarwords/ Sophie is https://www.instagram.com/sophievcoco/ And Generations is https://www.instagram.com/_generationspod/