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The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case in the Philippines was identified on January 30, 2020 and involved a 38-year-old Chinese woman who was confined at San Lazaro Hospital in Metro Manila. On February 1, a posthumous test result from a 44-year-old Chinese man turned out positive for the virus, making the Philippines the first country outside China to record a confirmed death from the disease.After over a month without recording any cases, the Philippines confirmed its first local transmission on March 7.
Episode 133: Life Between the Beginning and the End: On the Middle of Books
For the second installment in our series on the three pieces of a book, we turn from beginnings to that more difficult territory: the middle. What happens in the middle of a book? Is it simply the space connecting a strong opening to a satisfying ending? In this episode we explore the experience of…
"A habit of mind with Mark Haber"
Naomi is joined by writer Mark Haber for a conversation about the habit of mind cultivated through reading. We discuss the kind of writer who opens a door for other writers, tracing a thread through Haber’s early encounter with Kurt Vonengut to a later encounter and friendship with the Argentinian …
Episode 134: Authors' Lives
What draws us beyond a writer’s books and into their life? Why do some authors inspire us to seek out letters, journals, interviews, and biographies while others remain known to us only through their work? In this episode, Trevor and Paul are joined by Dr. James Bailey, author of Like a Cat Loves a…
Episode 135: William Faulkner
Every ten episodes, Trevor and Paul pause their usual reading discussions to spend time with a single author. This time: William Faulkner.
After recent journeys through As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom!, they talk about what it feels like to read Faulkne…
Episode 136: So Many Books, So Little Time: Our Most Anticipated Books of the Last Half of 2026
Every season we tell ourselves we’ll be more selective. Every season publishers respond by announcing another avalanche of books we want to read!
In this episode, we look ahead to the second half of 2026, sharing the forthcoming novels, nonfiction, translations, and reissues we’re most excited to g…
Episode 137: Another Summer Walk
Once again our summers have taken on a life of their own, and we’ve been busy. But we weren't about to skip a bookish conversation! So we took a walk around our neighborhoods together and talked about books for half an hour. So come along as we wander through books and reading lives.
2026 Novella B…
Episode 138: No Reading Life Is Behind Schedule
In this episode (another walk with Trevor and Paul) we explore a simple guiding principle for the reading life: no reading life is behind schedule. We discuss the pressures that can make us feel like we're falling behind, from canons to social media to our own expectations, and why the best reading…
Episode 139: Finding the Ending: The Closing Movement of Books
We’ve talked about the promises made as a book opens as well as the strange territory of its middle. In this episode we turn our attention t o the closing movement of a book. How do we know when a novel has started to close? Why do some books gather momentum while others slow down? What makes the e…
Olga Ravn on THE WAX CHILD
Told from the perspective of a wax doll, Olga Ravn's The Wax Child is a chilling tale inspired by a real group of women accused of dark magic in seventeenth-century Denmark. Olga joins us to talk about her craft, the power of ritual, collective memory, creepy children, and contemporary Scandinavian…
Episode 140: A Change of Scenery: Where Have We Been?
It’s been a busy few weeks for both of us! With Paul off exploring England and Trevor moving house, we’ve still managed to do some reading. One thing we learned in our brief time away: we missed this!
In this episode, we catch up on where we’ve been, what we’ve been reading, and the various bookis…
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