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One Bright Book

Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca

A podcast where three friends read *all* the books, one book at a time. Join Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss one book in depth and chat about their reading. Visit our website at onebrightbook.com Support us by buying books from our shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/OneBrightBook Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at

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Episode #23: The Wild Iris

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2024/03/25

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Glück, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late April. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: The Wild Iris by Louise

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01:12:27

Episode #22: Harriet Hume

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2024/02/06

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss HARRIET HUME by Rebecca West, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Gluck. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in March. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Harriet Hume by Rebecca West The Return of the Soldier

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01:09:19

Episode #21: In Conversation with John Williams About...

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2023/12/19

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2024 with John Williams, books editor for the Washington Post. For our next episode, we will discuss Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy by Rebecca West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Click here for a full list of books mentioned in

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01:13:25

Episode #20: A Mercy

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2023/12/05

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss A MERCY by Toni Morrison and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2024 with the book editor of the Washington Post, John Williams, as our special guest. We hope you all listen in to this conversation and grow your book wish lists accordingly. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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Episode #19: Memories of a Catholic Girlhood

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2023/11/06

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD by Mary McCarthy and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss A MERCY by Toni Morrison. We would love to have you read along with us, and listen in on our conversation coming to you in December. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy Pale Horse,

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01:21:54

Episode #18: Map: Collected and Last Poems

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2023/10/13

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MAP: COLLECTED AND LAST POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD by Mary McCarthy. We would love to have you read along with us, and listen in on our conversation coming to you in October or November, scheduling and consistency being our strong points. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some

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01:04:54

Bonus Episode #2: In Conversation with Anton Hur

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2023/10/09

This second bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and translator, Anton Hur. We are excited to share that Anton is the first guest we have had on One Bright Book! His insights into translation and the role of the translator were direct and honest, revealing both surprises and calls for action to improve the landscape of the craft. Books mentioned: Toward Eternity by Anton Hur Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated from the Korean by

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01:09:17

Episode #17: Mrs. S

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2023/08/22

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MRS. S by K Patrick, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss MAP: COLLECTED AND LAST POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in September. We have had to reschedule this chat a few times, but we really think that we can deliver this time. Want to

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Bonus Episode #1: Edith Wharton's The Mount

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2023/07/20

This special episode of the podcast is a quick conversation between Rebecca and Frances after they enjoyed a private tour of the library at The Mount, Edith Wharton's summer home in Lenox, Massachusetts. The team thought it might be fun to do the occasional bonus episode when the opportunity presents, capturing a bookishly fun moment in a more compact exchange. Although these "extras" might not all have the excellent bird song in the background that you will find here. Content warning – this

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01:15:58

Episode #16: An I-Novel

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2023/06/26

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss AN I-NOVEL by Minae Mizumura, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss MAP: COLLECTED AND LAST POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in July. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org

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01:16:10

Episode #15: Space Crone

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2023/06/07

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss SPACE CRONE by Ursula K. Le Guin and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss AN I-NOVEL by Minae Mizumura, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Books mentioned: Space Crone by Ursula K. Le Guin The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown by Virginia Woolf The Millstone by

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01:18:51

Episode #14: The Stone Angel

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2023/04/19

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss SPACE CRONE by Ursula K. Le Guin. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you soon. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro,

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01:12:15

Episode #13: Maud Martha

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2023/03/10

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE STONE ANGEL by Margaret Laurence. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in April. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks Native

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01:22:02

Episode #12: Lote

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2023/02/07

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss LOTE by Shola von Reinhold and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you at the end of March. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Lote by Shola von Reinhold Orlando by Virginia Woolf Diary of a Void

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01:19:19

Episode #11: Most Anticipated in 2023

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2022/12/18

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss the books they are most looking forward to in 2023. For our next episode, we will discuss LOTE by Shola von Reinhold. Read along with us if you like! Click here for a list of all books discussed in this episode. Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian

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01:21:16

Episode #10: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

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2022/11/28

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS by Kate Beaton, and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2023 and look back at some of the books we loved in 2022. Books mentioned: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton King Baby by Kate Beaton Ennemonde by Jean Giono, translated by Bill Johnston

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01:20:45

Episode #9: To Write As If Already Dead

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2022/10/25

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD by Kate Zambreno, and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss DUCKS by Kate Beaton. Books mentioned: To Write As If Already Dead by Kate Zambreno To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Herve Guibert Drifts by Kate Zambreno Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter, translated from the French by Frank Wynne A Barthes

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Episode #8: The Phantom Tollbooth

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2022/09/28

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster, illustrated by Jules Feiffer, and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss Kate Zambreno's TO WRITE AS IF ALREADY DEAD. Read along with us if you like! Click here for a full list of books discussed. Visit us online at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

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Episode #7: The House of Mirth

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2022/08/29

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton Summer by Edith Wharton Old New York by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee

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Episode #6: Ill Feelings

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2022/07/25

Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss Alice Hattrick's book ILL FEELINGS and chat about their recent reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton. Read along with us if you like! Books mentioned: Ill Feelings by Alice Hattrick This Little Art by Kate Briggs Fifty Sounds by Polly Barton Suppose a Sentence by Brian Dillon Essayism: On Form, Feeling, and Nonfiction by Brian Dillon The Years by Annie Ernaux, translated by Alison L. Strayer

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