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Episode 12: Genetics & the American Far Right

Guest Alexandra Minna Stern, PhD, author of Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate talks about how the American far right views genetics, genetic technologies, eugenics, and science and the emerging political threat of 21st century eugenics ideology and policies. Follow Genetic Frontiers on your fav…

Finding Truth in Memories with Jay Baron Nicorvo

Welcome back to season two! In this episode of the Book Maven: A Literary Revue, Bethanne Patrick sits down with Jay Baron Nicorvo to discuss accessing trauma while writing, differing points of view of traumatic events, and how our brain sorts through traumatic experiences. Bethanne touches on th…

Novelist Lisa Ko Reads Tracy K. Smith

In this episode, novelist Lisa Ko reads “Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes?” by Tracy K. Smith. Ko’s first book, The Leavers, was a 2017 National Book Award finalist. Her most recent book, Memory Piece (Riverhead Books, 2024) was described in Electric Literature as “a poignant meditation on late-stage ca…

Episode 106: The Leavers

This week we're talking about Lisa Ko's The Leavers, work mistakes, being too silly, and the merits of layered tops. We'll meander through our thoughts about this book and the characters, their actions (or lack thereof), and their reasoning, and we'll top it all off with some talk about the thrilli…

Gone with the Wind and The Leavers: Building identity in a shifting world

Today is the second of a four-episode collaboration with recent graduates (and almost graduates) of the Canadian Independent Micro School, where students share with us the books that impacted them the most in their education (so far). This follows a similar format to our regular episodes, but featu…

Karen Outen - DIXON, DESCENDING

In this interview, I chat with Karen Outen about Dixon, Descending, how she came upon with the idea for this story, the mental component of climbing Mt. Everest, her research and the way she depicts the mountain, having to decide what to leave out, choosing the correct year to set the story, her ti…

The Leavers: A Novel (By Lisa Ko)

#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/ak-4712/Title: The Leavers: A Novel Author: Lisa Ko Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 2, 2017 Rating…