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Episode #47: Fierce Attachments, by Vivian Gornick

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Show Notes

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss FIERCE ATTACHMENTS by Vivian Gornick and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss WELLWATER: POEMS by Karen Solie, engaging in a discussion about such topics as climate change and concepts of home in the poems of this Canadian author. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you (potentially) at the end of October.

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Books mentioned:

Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative by Vivian Gornick The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick Riverwork by Lisa Robertson My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy Chateau Rouge by Amit Chaudhuri Range by Dorthe Nors, translated from the Danish by Caroline Waight Trust by Hernan Diaz Ply by Hernan Diaz Blood Money by Anna Seghers, translated from the German by Lucy Jones Wellwater: Poems by Karen Solie 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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