Julia’s college friend and former editor, Nicole Block, joins J&V for a discussion on Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, a novel of twelve interwoven stories in a poetic and Virginia-Woolf-esque style. Join us as we learn about empathy, and English queer history, and property rights, and everything in between.

Mentioned in the Episode:

Semicolon bookstore Chicago

Evaristo’s interview with Desert Island Discs on BBC4

Evaristo’s twitter

Free Indirect Speech

Episode 047 Interpreter of Maladies

Recommendations:

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

I May Destroy You on HBO

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Swing Time by Zadie Smith

In The Heights film (coming soon)

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

What Brings Us Joy:

Shore, Fleet Foxes new album

Luna Luna, band

Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix

MeUndies

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