every book in the first season of how to win the lottery has dealt with heavy themes, but any man by amber tamblyn may be the heaviest one yet. in this episode, we talk about the target audience for the book, amber tamblyn’s style and background as a writer, and the way she’s able to create empathy for all of the characters, even the unlikeable ones. we welcome a new judge in the chambers in what’s sure to be everyone’s favorite installment of judge a book by its cover with the honorable judge matt erdely, then talk about how we’re going to balance out this season’s themes next season.
reading list for season one
death in her hands by ottessa moshfegh, 6/3
pizza girl by jean kyoung frazier, 6/17
you shall know our velocity by dave eggers, 7/1
memories of my father watching tv by curtis white, 7/15
a prayer for owen meany by john irving, 7/29
colorless tsukuru tazaki by haruki murakami, 8/12
any man by amber tamblyn, 8/26
ducks, newburyport by lucy ellmann, 9/9
open city by teju cole, 9/23
never let me go by kazuo ishiguro, 10/7