Reading Envy 094: House Arrest with Libby Young

This episode's guest is a librarian whose office is near mine, so we recorded at my desk in the library before the craziness of the semester hit. Please forgive our occasional thumps - my wooden desk picks up every bump.

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Books featured:



A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Autumn by Ali Smith
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs


Other mentions:

The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea by Teffi
Pauline Boty 
Man Booker Prize Long List 2017
How to Be Both by Ali Smith 
NY Times article where J.D. Vance is the "representative voice" of conservative America
Scott McClanahan - Crapalachia; Hill William  
Mad Men (IMDB)
Hamilton (the musical) 
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Train to Pakistan by Khuswant Singh
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
My Temples, Too by Qurratulain Hyder
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley


Related Episodes:

Episode 008 - Gone Rogue with guests Steve Richardson, Libby Young, and Mike Winiski
Episode 046 - Books for Your Kitty Party (The Best of 2015) with Libby Young and many other guests
Episode 067 - Rain and Readability with Ruth(iella) 


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