One Bright Book

Bonus Episode #5: Chatting with Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) from Smith & Taylor Classics

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Show Notes

Welcome to One Bright Book! Dorian has abandoned Rebecca and Frances for the open expanses of Canada this month so the ladies decided to invite the sparkling Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) of Smith & Taylor Classics in to discuss this beautiful (relatively) new imprint and their most recent release of My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin. Listen all the way to the end of this month's girl club episode to see if Dorian should have phoned in from Canada!

For our next episode, we will discuss Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late September.

Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned:

My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett Orlando by Virginia Woolf North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo, translated from the French by William Moy Thomas The Odd Women by George Gissing Fanny Hill: Or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Clarissa, Or the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson The Damnation of Theron Ware, or Illumination by Harold Frederic Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick You might also be interested in:

Smith & Taylor Classics Homepage - https://www.unnamedpress.com/smith-and-taylor Better Than the Movie Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eYHK4tr4MbO3z5KzF3xpt Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

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