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Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Dorian, and Frances as they discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will welcome Rohan Maitzen to the podcast to join us in discussion about the books we are most looking forward to in the new year. We would love to have you join us for our conversation coming to you in late December.

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Books Mentioned:

• Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls
• Write Like a Man: Jewish Masculinity and the New York Intellectuals by Ronnie A. Grinberg
• Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls
• The Philosophy of Translation by Damion Searls
• Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
• One Shot Harry by Gary Phillips
• Ash Dark As Night by Gary Phillips
• Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

You might also be interested in:

• “The Cares of a Family Man” by Franz Kafka - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cares_of_a_Family_Man
• Struwwelpeter -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter
• The Sandman by E. T. A. Hoffmann - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(short_story)

Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

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Frances: @nonsuchbook

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Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Rebecca, and Dorian as they discuss FRAGMENTS OF A PARADISE by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss OVERSTAYING by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late November.

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

Books mentioned:

• Fragments of a Paradise by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile
• Hill by Jean Giono, translated from the French by Paul Eprile
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• Middlemarch by George Eliot
• The Position of Spoons by Deborah Levy
• To and Fro by Leah Hager Cohen
• Gifted by Suzumi Suzuki, translated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell
• Melvill by Rodrigo Fresan, translated from the Spanish by Will Vanderhyden
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
• Mother Archive: A Dominican Family Memoir by Erika Morillo
• Salvage: Readings From the Wreck by Dionne Brand
• Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated from the German by Damion Searls

You might also be interested in:

• “The Autobiography of J.G.B.” by J.G. Ballard - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/11/the-autobiography-of-j-g-b
• Information on the Tom Jones read-along: https://readingkatebriggs.substack.com/
• Rebecca's review of Gifted: https://wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews/gifted-suzumi-suzuki-allison-markin-powell/

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 Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss their most anticipated books of 2024 with John Williams, books editor for the Washington Post.

For our next episode, we will discuss Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy by Rebecca West. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late January.

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

Click here for a full list of books mentioned in this episode. 

Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

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Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss A MERCY by Toni Morrison and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2024 with the book editor of the Washington Post, John Williams, as our special guest. We hope you all listen in to this conversation and grow your book wish lists accordingly.

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

• A Mercy by Toni Morrison
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Home by Toni Morrison
• Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette
• Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
• Tone by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno
• The Long Form by Kate Briggs
• The Master Key by Masako Togawa, translated from the Japanese by Simon Grove
• Harriet Hume by Rebecca West
• The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
• The Real Night by Rebecca West
• Cousin Rosamund by Rebecca West

You might also be interested in:

• Toni Morrison Nobel Lecture https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1993/morrison/lecture/
• Between the Covers Podcast – Kate Zambreno and Sofia Samatar: Tone https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-zambreno-sofia-samatar-tone/
• Toni Morrison Discusses A Mercy -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZvMhQ2LIU
• Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness, Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/books/toni-morrison-goodness-altruism-literary-imagination.html

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 Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD by Mary McCarthy and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss A MERCY by Toni Morrison. We would love to have you read along with us, and listen in on our conversation coming to you in December.

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

Books mentioned:

• Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy
• Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
• The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic
• The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
• Between Friends: The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy 1949-1975 by Mary McCarthy and Hannah Arendt
• The Group by Mary McCarthy
• The Company She Keeps by Mary McCarthy
• The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy
• Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion by Michelle Dean
• Lojman by Ebru Ojen, translated by Aron Aji and Selin Gökçesu
• The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Translated by Lara Vergnaud
• The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing
• Crook O’Lune by E.C.R. Lorac
• Tone by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno
• The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut
• Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac
• Gibbons, or One Bloody Thing After Another by James Morrison
• A Mercy by Toni Morrison

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 Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MAP: COLLECTED AND LAST POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD by Mary McCarthy. We would love to have you read along with us, and listen in on our conversation coming to you in October or November, scheduling and consistency being our strong points.

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

Books mentioned:

• Map: Collected and Last Poems by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak
• The Memoir of an Anti-Hero by Kornel Filipowicz
• Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska, illustrated by Beatrice Gasca Queirazza
• Chenneville by Paulette Jiles
• News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• Simon the Fiddler by Paulete Jiles
• Come Back in September by Darryl Pinckney
• The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut
• When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
• The Forest: A Fable of America in the 1830s by Alexander Nemerov
• Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell
• The End of August by Yu Miri, translated by Morgan Giles
• Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
• Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy

Just in case you don’t have a copy of Map on hand, here are some links to the main poems discussed in this episode:

• “Love at First Sight” - https://poets.org/poem/love-first-sight
• “Allegro ma Non Troppo” - http://mrhoyesibwebsite.com/Poetry%20Texts/Szymborska/The%20Poems/Allegro%20Ma%20Non%20Troppo.htm
• “In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself” - https://www.best-poems.net/poem/praise-feeling-bad-about-yourself-by-wislawa-szymborska.html
• “Consolation” - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/48271/consolation-56d2295fb70bb
• Szymborska’s Nobel Lecture - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1996/szymborska/lecture/

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Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.

This second bonus episode of the podcast is a conversation that Rebecca and Frances recently had with writer and translator, Anton Hur. We are excited to share that Anton is the first guest we have had on One Bright Book! His insights into translation and the role of the translator were direct and honest, revealing both surprises and calls for action to improve the landscape of the craft.

Books mentioned:

• Toward Eternity by Anton Hur
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur
• Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur
• Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell
• Jennifer Croft original work and translations
• The Long Form by Kate Briggs
• Counterweight by Djuna, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur
• Beyond the Story: 10 Year Record of BTS by Kang Myeong, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur in collaboration with Claire Richards and Slin Jung
• Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok, translated from the Korean by Anton Hur
• White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link
• Vengeance is Mine by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump
• That Time of Year by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump
• The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild by Mathias Énard, translated from the French by Frank Wynne

Visit us online at onebrightbook.com.

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Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

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Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss MRS. S by K Patrick, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss MAP: COLLECTED AND LAST POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in September. We have had to reschedule this chat a few times, but we really think that we can deliver this time.

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

Books mentioned:

• Mrs. S by K. Patrick
• Bear by Marian Engel
• A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr
• Blood Wedding and Other Plays by Federico García Lorca
• Loving by Henry Green
• Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
• The steamy novels of Alberto Moravia
• Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Michael Hoffman
• Out of the Sugar Factory by Dorothee Elmiger, translated from the Swiss German by Megan Ewing
• April in Spain by John Banville
• Book of Mutter by Kate Zambreno
• Sleepless by Marie Darrieussecq, translated from the French by Penny Hueston
• Being Here is Everything by Marie Darrieussecq, translated from the French by Penny Hueston
• Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
• All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
• A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
• Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
• Map: Collected and Last Poems by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak

Also mentioned in the podcast…

Dorothee Elmiger and Kate Zambreno in conversation – “A Meditation on Being a Daughter.” https://vimeo.com/819544960

Visit us online at onebrightbook.com.

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Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

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Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

This special episode of the podcast is a quick conversation between Rebecca and Frances after they enjoyed a private tour of the library at The Mount, Edith Wharton's summer home in Lenox, Massachusetts. The team thought it might be fun to do the occasional bonus episode when the opportunity presents, capturing a bookishly fun moment in a more compact exchange. Although these "extras" might not all have the excellent bird song in the background that you will find here.

Content warning – this episode briefly discusses suicidal feelings.

Here are a few links that you might enjoy if you are curious about this content:

• The Mount - https://www.edithwharton.org/
• Edith Wharton’s Library - http://edithwhartonslibrary.org/dir/home.html
• The Edith Wharton Society - https://edithwhartonsociety.wordpress.com/
• The Custom of the Country: Vogue Re-creates Edith Wharton’s Artistic Arcadia - https://www.vogue.com/article/the-custom-of-the-country-edith-wharton-estate-in-the-berkshires
• Frances's gorgeous photos on our website: https://onebrightbook.com/2023/07/20/bonus-episode-1-edith-whartons-the-mount/

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Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.

Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss AN I-NOVEL by Minae Mizumura, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter, and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss MAP: COLLECTED AND LAST POEMS by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in July.

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

Books mentioned:

• An I-Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter
• A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
• A True Novel by Minae Mizumura, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter
• The Fall of Language in the Age of English by Minae Mizumura, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter
• Inheritance From Mother by Minae Mizumura
• The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki, translated from the Japanese by Edward G. Seidensticker
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• The Light Room by Kate Zambreno
• Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima, translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt
• To Write as If Already Dead by Kate Zambreno
• What a Library Means to a Woman: Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books by Sheila Liming
• Mrs. S by K Patrick
• The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
• Map: Collected and Last Poems by Wislawa Szymborska, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak

Visit us online at onebrightbook.com.

Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright

Frances: @nonsuchbook

Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

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.