If this conversation piques your interest in this title, please consider supporting local bookstores (and this podcast) by purchasing from: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9780593321201. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Laura (@lauraspages); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

If you are interested in Frank Norris's 1901 classic "The Octopus," please consider supporting local bookstores (and this podcast) by purchasing a copy from: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-re-you-reading-podcast. Please also support Matt Butler by visiting his social media accounts linked below. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Matt Butler (@recklessson); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

Today's episode is part two of two, in which we discuss "Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth," as well as J.R.R. Tolkien's work more broadly. -- If today's title interests you and you're interested in supporting local bookstores (and this podcast), please consider purchasing a copy from: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9780544337992. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Nic Houle (@fornost42); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com) -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

Today's episode is part one of two, in which we discuss "Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth," as well as J.R.R. Tolkien's work more broadly. Part two will be released next week, so please stay tuned! -- If today's title interests you and you're interested in supporting local bookstores (and this podcast), please consider purchasing a copy from: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9780544337992. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Nic Houle (@fornost42); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com) -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

If you are interested in reading "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy, please consider supporting local bookstores (and this podcast) by purchasing a copy from: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9780679728757. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Jesse Stanford (@lessersparrow); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

If you are interested in Ursula K Le Guin's "The Word for World is Forest," please consider supporting local bookstores (and this podcast) by purchasing a copy from: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9780765324641. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Sam Cote (@samdcote); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

If you are interested in purchasing a copy of "Olga Dies Dreaming," please consider using the following link. You'll support local bookstores and this podcast: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9781250786173 . -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@ panic_kyle); Guest: Ashley (@apmreads); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

If you are interested in purchasing a copy of "The Library: A Fragile History," please consider using the following link. You'll support local bookstores and this podcast: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9781541600775. -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@ panic_kyle); Guest: Tom Ayling (@tomwayling); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

Today's episode is a repeat of the second recording of this podcast, in January 2022. Interested in "Mark Rothko: The Exhibitions at Pace"? Consider supporting local bookshops and this podcast by using the following link: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9780935112832. -- More information about Wylie Caudill can be found here: https://www.wyliecaudill.com/ -- Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Guest: Wylie Caudill (@wyliecaudillart); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]

Today I'm happy to share another episode devoted to a book of short stories that I recently finished reading: Sontag's 'Debriefing', of which the final story is "The Way We Live Now." My notes on the short story are organized in three parts, and a text version of this episode (with relevant images) exists at https://panic-kyle.medium.com/the-way-we-live-now-ec6c203cd480 . -- If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the text, in addition to supporting local bookstores and this podcast, please consider purchasing from: https://bookshop.org/a/79981/9781250192769 -- One other past episode on this podcast has been devoted to an analysis of what I'm currently reading. If interested, please look for the episode entitled "Reading Updike, Rabbit: Notes On What I'm Reading". -- What're You Reading? Host: Kyle Johnson (@panic_kyle); Music: Julian Loida (www.julianloida.com); -- Get in touch with the show! [email protected]