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Robert Jones, Jr. - You're Booked

Robert Jones, Jr. - You're Booked

FromYou're Booked


Robert Jones, Jr. - You're Booked

FromYou're Booked

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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Mar 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week, we know you are going to enjoy this wonderful, nourishing conversation with the author Robert Jones, Jr. Robert's first dazzling novel, The Prophets, is a New York Times bestseller that Marlon James described as "devastating and glorious". As you'll hear, Robert is a wonderful, knowledgable advocate for books, authors and life in general. We talked to him about James Baldwin, Book Brothers, empathy, rereading and Wonder Woman. For more about Daisy's new podcast Daisy is Insatiable click HERE.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableRobert Jones Jr - The ProphetsMateo Askaripour - Black BuckJames Baldwin - Here Be DragonsJames Baldwin - Collected EssaysToni Morrison - SulaSS Prokofiev - Peter & the WolfDr Seuss - Cat in the HatTerry McMillan - MamaDeesha Philyaw - Secret Lives of Church LadiesMaisy Card - These Ghosts are FamilyRO Kwon - The IncendiariesWilliam Moulton Marston - Wonder WomanKelly Sue DeConnick - Wonder Woman HistoriaNK Jemisin - Far SectorKiese Laymon - How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in AmericaKiese Laymon - HeavyKiese Laymon - Long DivisionMorgan Parker - There Are More Beautiful Things Than BeyonceKola Boof - Sexy Part of the BibleGayl Jones - CorregidoraGayl Jones - HealingNK Jemisin - City We BecameRaven Leilani - LusterBrit Bennett - Vanishing HalfKiley Reid - Such a Fun AgeOcean Vuong - On Earth We’re Briefly GorgeousElizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic Chloe Benjamin - ImmortalistsTayari Jones - An American MarriageTayari Jones - Silver SparrowDe'Shawn Charles Winslow - In West MillsMaurice Carlos Ruffin - We Cast a ShadowBrandon Taylor - Real LifeBryan Washington - Memorial See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Mar 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Welcome to You’re Booked, the podcast for literary nosy parkers who would like the chance to snoop around their favourite authors’ bookshelves.I’m Daisy Buchanan, your Book Inspector, and I’ll be asking our guests all about the first forbidden books they read under the covers, the beloved books they have borrowed, and never given back, and those impressive heavyweight hardbacks that make them look like intellectual giants – even though they couldn’t get beyond the first twenty pages.We’ll also be talking about what makes readers into writers, how our guests became book lovers and their favourite reading memories, all with a dash of intelligence and a dollop of irreverence. Our guests include Dolly Alderton, Nina Stibbe, Nikesh Shukla, and many more favourites from our own bookshelves. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.