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Interviews mentioned:
Edmund White:    • A Chat with Edmund White  
Nino Haratischvili:    • Live Discussion about The Eighth Life...  
Joyce Carol Oates:    • A Chat with Joyce Carol Oates -  Breathe  

Books discussed & purchase links:

Rebecca
https://tidd.ly/38tWUkK

Good Morning, Midnight
https://tidd.ly/3Baai7O

Corregidora
https://tidd.ly/3rVMsti

Simple Passion
https://tidd.ly/3cn74BZ

Women I've Known
https://tidd.ly/3OFo097

Cannery Row
https://tidd.ly/3vMJ98M

The Bell
https://tidd.ly/3Kpcjjs

Autobiography of Red
https://tidd.ly/3MERwKx

If Beale Street Could Talk
https://tidd.ly/37SreWd

In Youth is Pleasure
https://tidd.ly/3rVSOZu

Elena Knows
https://tidd.ly/3Mk3p9o

Momento Mori
https://tidd.ly/3tMh12V

Frankenstein
https://tidd.ly/3km4GzM

Orlando
https://tidd.ly/3seGFx2

Wolf Hall
https://tidd.ly/3wNu9rn

The Memory Police
https://tidd.ly/3MBs9ZQ

Love
https://tidd.ly/3kkTp2U

Artful
https://tidd.ly/3EU4VM0

Americanah
https://tidd.ly/3MzqS5B

The Luminaries
https://tidd.ly/3vLCtHX

The Revolution of the Moon
https://tidd.ly/3Lr7rvD

Lila
https://tidd.ly/3KAQYUF

The Shore
https://tidd.ly/3LAVTWA

Mr Splitfoot
https://tidd.ly/3KnwE8Q

Soviet Milk
https://tidd.ly/3ERPkwk

Solar Bones
https://tidd.ly/36KOz88

Beautiful Days
https://tidd.ly/3vQw4LE

Normal People
https://tidd.ly/3HoGlnu

Caste
https://tidd.ly/3LqBp2O

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
https://tidd.ly/3HkXEFd

Becoming
https://tidd.ly/36TZdgx

The Eighth Life
https://tidd.ly/3ygBcbm

Don't Call Us Dead
https://tidd.ly/39n78E6

Felix Culpa
https://tidd.ly/38rawxc

The Children's Home
https://tidd.ly/3EXXi7s

Breathe
https://tidd.ly/33Au4gt


My reviews of some of these titles:

Rebecca
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/...

Good Morning, Midnight
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/...

Corregidora
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

Simple Passion
   • Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux / Review  

Women I've Known
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/...

The Bell
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

Autobiography of Red
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

If Beale Street Could Talk
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

In Youth is Pleasure
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2021/...

Elena Knows
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/...

Momento Mori
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...

Frankenstein
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...

Orlando
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...

Wolf Hall
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/...

The Memory Police
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

Love
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2019/...

Artful
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2013/...

Americanah
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2014/...

The Luminaries
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2013/...

The Revolution of the Moon
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2017/...

Lila
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/...

The Shore
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2015/...

Soviet Milk
   • Soviet Milk review & my family recipe...  

Solar Bones
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2016/...

Beautiful Days
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...

Normal People
https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2018/...

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