Divas, Deserts, and Dragons on Radio Book Club

What is guilty pleasure literature and what makes it guilty, exactly? On the latest Radio Book Club, hosts dive into this juicy subject. Plus, jump into literary rabbit holes with some recommendations in horror, fantasy and memoir. And later, regional author Matthew Moseley joins the program to talk about his new memoir, Soul is Waterproof, which covers his adventures in long distance swimming. Tune in!

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Music in this Episode is ‘Sailing Away’ by Holizna CC

Reviews & Mentions

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Soul is Waterproof | Matthew Moseley

Iliad | Emily Wilson

Death Valley | Melissa Broder

Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe

The Woman in Me | Britney Spears

Out There Screaming: Anthology of New Black Horror | ed. Jordan Peele

White Horse | Erika T. Wurth

The Sentence | Louise Erdrich

Jane Campion on Jane Campion | Michel Ciment

Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein | Mary Shelley and Gris Grimly (graphic novel) 

When Women Were Dragons | Kelly Barnhill

Sure I’ll Join Your Cult | Maria Bamford

Dracula | Bram Stoker

Madonna: A Rebel Life | Mary Gabriel, Elise Arsenault et al.

My Name is Barbra | Barbra Streisand

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America | Heather Cox Richardson

Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism | Rachel Maddow

Enough | Cassidy Hutchinson

Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and its Aftermath I Richard E. Turley and Barbara Jones Brown

Best American Essays 2023 I ed. Vivian Gornick and Robert Atwan