It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.
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Join author and bookseller Matt Browning as he goes behind the shelves with booksellers, authors and other bookish folks to learn what makes independent bookshops such magical places.
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Events and happenings at Cathedral Bookstore. Cathedral Book Store is a non-profit 501(c)(3) located inside the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, Georgia.
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http://www.citylightsnc.com/ City Lights Bookstore Events and author readings
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Holy Cross Connection, Spiritual Gems from the Holy Cross Bookstore
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Welcome to The Holy Cross Bookstore and Holy Cross Orthodox Press Podcasts, the home of Holy Cross Connection and Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore.
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We interview authors, scholars, and other book lovers in Bookings, Canada's only bookstore podcast. We also record author talks from events in the city to share. Recorded from the independent and co-operatively run King's Co-op Bookstore in Halifax, Nova Scotia. www.kingsbookstore.ca
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Great authors in conversation about their newest books, hosted by an independent bookstore in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. Books discussed are available for sale in our stores and at www.greenlightbookstore.com.
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Smorgasbord Blog Magazine celebrates ten years in 2021 and features books, reviews, authors, health, music and Humour. The blog supports authors with FREE book marketing in the Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore featuring new books on the shelves, author promotions, and Book Reviews. This podcast is hosted by author and poet Sally Cronin and you can find her more information about her books on https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/
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Welcome to Notes From The Bookstore, the podcast that peeks behind the shelves at the enchanting world of literature. Hosted by Susanne Blumer, an author and owner of two magical independent bookstores in the mountains of Western North Carolina: Sassafras on Sutton in Black Mountain and Sassafras on Main in Waynesville. Every week, we'll dive into the captivating world of literature, exploring the latest releases that are taking bookstores by storm and sharing some of Susanne's personal favo ...
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Unfortunately, we are not releasing an episode today because we’re going on hiatus. We are fine in terms of physical health and have not experienced personal family tragedy, we just need to take a break right now. I am sorry to be springing this on everyone without advance notice, it’s just something we have to do right now. Thank you to all of you…
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185 - The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
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We were in Chicago during the week we should have been recording and editing this episode, so apologies for the lateness! Today we talk about The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk. Next time we'll be talking about our first choice for November's prompt to read a book about a lost city or civilization, and that is Hav by Jan M…
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This week we visit with Linda Kass, novelist and owner of Gramercy Books in Bexley, Ohio. Located in suburban Columbus, Gramercy is known for its series of fantastic author events and much more. Books We Talk About: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, A Little Life by Hanya …
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Google Doc for Helene Recovery Resources LESBIAN. VAMPIRES. We read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez for October's prompt to read a book in one of the following genres: monster/vampire/gothic. Content warning: We briefly talk about violence and murder. The book also contains scenes of the main character experiencing racism. Our next book is The E…
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Last week, we welcomed to the pod Evan Friss, author of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore. This week, we visit with his wife, Amanda Friss, owner of Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Books We Talk About: The works of Kevin Brockmeier, West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman and Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi OWNR OPS P…
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183 - Swan by Naomi Campbell
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This book has everything, except for an idea of how novels are formulated. Our next read will be The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez.
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This week, we talk with Evan Friss, author of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore, out now from Penguin Random House. Starting with Benjamin Franklin and moving up to the present day, it is a love letter to bookstores that The New York Times calls "A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." B…
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Today, we’re visiting Happy Magpie Book & Quill in Ogden, Utah. I’m joined by owner Patrick Ramsay, who operates the shop on a unique pay-what-you-want model. Books We Talk About: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, Red Rising by Pierce Brown, Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles, and Instruc…
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For September's prompt to read a book by a celebrity, Corinne has chosen The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker and Dick Lochte. Al Roker is a tv personality and the resident weatherman of NBC's Today show. Content warnings: swearing, discussion of different types of murder, offensive accents (in the book, we do not quote the book), sexism Our next b…
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John Evans opened Lemuria Books in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1975 and joins me to discuss his five decades in bookselling. Books We Talk About: From Moby Dick to Eudora Welty, we cover a lot in this one! Our theme music is Whiskey River II by Erin Eades. Check her out wherever you stream music or visit ErinEadesMusic.com.…
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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, # 7: Bishop Anthony Vrame - Answers to Liturgical Questions
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It's the episode that you've all been waiting for! Phountoules' Answers to Liturgical Questions is NOW AVAILABLE from the Holy Cross Bookstore. Do you have questions about this series? Tune in to today's episode with His Grace, Bishop Anthony Vrame and hear all about the exciting return of Answers to Liturgical Questions. You can purchase your copi…
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After 14 years, Dane Ferguson knows a thing or two about the bookselling business, and he walks me through the ups and downs of the trade as we visit Ferguson Books & More in West Fargo, ND. Books We Talk About: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon. Our theme music is Whiskey…
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Our last book for August's prompt to read a book that won a translation award is Every Fire You Tend by Sema Kaygusuz. Very poetic and beautifully written, it might have been too spiritual for us to fully engage with. Content warning: mentions of ethnic cleansing and genocide, rape, sexual assault Our next book discussion will be The Morning Show M…
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Long-time podcast listener Thalia Lewandowski and her business partner visited Matt’s bookstore Airbnb in January to learn all they could about opening their own bookshop. Now they’ve done it! Thalia joins the pod to discuss Paper & String Books, a shop that seamlessly blends reading and crafts. Books We Talk About: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau, …
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We're back for Season 3! Today, we are in Capser, Wyoming, to visit Wind City Books. Owner Miranda Berdahl and her bookseller son, Rhys, discuss taking over ownership of the shop during the pandemic, what it's like working for your mother, and more! Books We Talk About: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Monkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en…
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Our first book for August's prompt to read a book that won a translation prize is Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. Corinne picked this one, and we both loved it. It's a beautifully illustrated graphic novel split into 3 stories, all revolving around 3 First Class Wishes. What are first class wishes? Listen and learn about the incredibly imaginative…
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Coming in late with our discussion of Nobel Laureat Kenzaburō Ōe's The Silent Cry. This book is difficult in basically every way a book can be, so be warned. Content warnings: suicide, sexual assault, violence. August's Challenge prompt is to read a book that won an award for translation. Our first read will be the graphic novel Shubeik Lubeik by D…
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Becca Is Never Going to Read 'It Ends With Us' Part 2
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Look! You just got another free Patreon Episode of Corinne spoiling the ever living life out of It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover. Next week we will have our discussion of Kenzaburo Oe's The Silent Cry. Then August's prompt is to read a book that won a translation award and our first selection for that will be Deena Mohamed's Shubeik Lubeik (otherw…
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Corinne's pick for July's prompt to read a book published 20 years before you were born is The Stud by Jackie Collins. It's a wild ride with lots of rich and rich-adjacent people exhibiting poor impulse control! Contains: sex, swearing, discussion of homophobia and transphobia, other offensive behaviors, attempted rape Our next book discussion will…
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Let this be a sign that if the only Nabokov book you've read is Lolita, you should remedy that. Despair is Corinne's pick for June's prompt to read a book about twins or doppelgangers. Content warning: mention of suicide, murder, Dostoevsky Our next book discussion will be The Stud by Jackie Collins. You can find it at your local bookstore or libra…
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Holy Cross Connection, #7: Jeremy Ingpen - Dialogues With Patriarch Athenagoras
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Title: Season 1, Episode 7. Holy Cross Connection, #67: Jeremy Ignpen - Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras Welcome back to Holy Cross Connections! This week on the podcast, we are delighted to host Jeremy Ingpen, the talented translator of our title Dialogues with Patriarch Athenagoras. Tune in to hear His Grace Bishop Anthony and Jeremy’s conver…
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Hello everyone! We wanted to give you a quick update regarding our Summer podcast schedule, our summer sale, which starts tomorrow, and upcoming publications from Holy Cross Orthodox Press. Thank you all for your continued support and be sure to keep an eye out for all of our new content coming soon! As Orthodox Christians, we believe that none of …
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Today we discuss Wise Children by Angela Carter, a book about twins, fulfilling June's prompt to read a book with twins or doppelgangers. It's Angela Carter, so everything is in excess, not just one set of twins, but multiple, plus all the twins share the same birthday. There's a confusing family tree, there's a housefire, there's an attempted Holl…
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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #6: Dr. Timothy Patitsas - The Ethics of Beauty, The Opposite of War Is Not Peace: Healing Trauma in the Iliad and in Orthodox Tradition
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You won’t want to miss this week’s episode of Spiritual Gems! Join Nicholas today on Spiritual Gems as he talks with renowned author, professor, and researcher Dr. Timothy Patitsas. Together, they discuss his book The Ethics of Beauty, with a focus on the first chapter, entitled “The Opposite Of War Is Not Peace.” Dr. Patitsas has a distinctly uniq…
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You ready for a messy book? This week we read The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Next time we will be reading Wise Children by Angela Carter. Content warnings: sexual assault, domestic violence, fertility issues. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2024, you can join us on The StoryGraph to see what others ar…
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Holy Cross Connection, #6: Dr. Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides & Dr. Jenny Haddad Mosher - Find Your Telos
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Christ is Risen! Today on Holy Cross Connection, we are delighted to welcome Doctors Ann Mitsakos Bezzerides and Jenny Haddad Mosher to the podcast for a conversation about their brand-new book, Find Your Telos. Since its publication and release in recent months, Find Your Telos has been in high demand from parishes, youth leaders, and priests arou…
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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #5: Fr. Philip Halikias, Pt. 2 - SCOBA Guidelines For Orthodox Christians In Ecumenical Relations
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We're back! Becca's still suffering from a sinus infection, but we're pressing on anyway. The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams is Corinne's pick for May's prompt to read a book recommended by your favorite author. Joy Williams (in general) is recommended by many authors, among them Catherine Lacey and Sigrid Nunez. Content warning: suicidal ideat…
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Holy Cross Connection, #5: Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas - ΙΕΡΟΤΕΛΕΣΤΚΟΝ A Handbook on Orthodox Liturgical Practice
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Christ is Risen! Today on Holy Cross Connection we are delighted to welcome back Fr. Alkiviadis to the podcast. This week, he is joining His Grace Bishop Antonios to discuss his latest publication, ΙΕΡΟΤΕΛΕΣΤΙΚΟΝ: A Handbook on Orthodox Liturgical Practice. Fr. Alkiviadis, a 1956 graduate of Holy Cross, is a Professor Emeritus of Liturgics at Holy …
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Due to some unforseen circumstances this week we are bringing you an episode from our Patreon about Colleen Hoover's massively popular novel It Ends With Us in leiu of our regularly scheduled book discussion. We will hopefully be back with that next week. Here is the Slate article by Chels Upton mentioned at the top of the episode. Our next book di…
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Queer Haven Books is a new shop whose mission is to provide a place of safety and refuge for the queer community in the South. Owner Baker Rogers joins me to discuss what inspired the shop and what's ahead for its future. Books We Talk About: The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar, Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, Delilah Green Doesn…
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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #4: Bishop Anthony - The Priest
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Christ is Risen! We are pleased to bring you the fourth episode of Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore. This week, host and Operations Manager of our Bookstore and Press, Nick Botsolis, sat down with the Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, His Grace Bishop Anthony of Synada, to discuss The Priest by Metropolitan Michael of Corinth publi…
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Perhaps our most referential episode, ever. The book: The Employees by Olga Ravn The art it was created to accompany: Consumed Future Spewed Up as Present by Lea Guldditte Hestlund Books (many are also Movies/TV shows) Mentioned: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick (movie is titled Bladerunner) Neuromancer by William Gibson The E…
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Holy Cross Connection, #4: Bishop Maxim - Wonder As The Beginning of Faith
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We are pleased to bring you our fourth episode of Holy Cross Connection with Bishop Anthony (Vrame). The topic for today is Holy Cross Press title Wonder as the Beginning of Faith, with its author, the esteemed Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic. Join them for a delightful conversation about Bishop Maxim’s series of theological and pastoral observations of a …
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Spiritual Gems Form The Holy Cross Bookstore, #3: Dr. Bruce Beck - The New Testament An Orthodox Perspective
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Happy Wednesday, listeners! Today, join Nicholas for another episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore. His conversation is with HCHC’s beloved Dr. Bruce Beck regarding The New Testament: An Orthodox Perspective. Dr. Beck is the Assistant Professor of New Testament at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and the Director of En…
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April's prompt is to read a book of ecofiction, and Becca's pick is Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup. Content warning: miscarriage, death in childbirth, sexual topics Our next book will be The Employees by Olga Ravn, as chosen by our Patreon Patrons. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! If you want to read alon…
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Holy Cross Connection, #3: Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas - Great Week And Pascha
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This Wednesday brings you our third episode of Holy Cross Connection. Join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Bishop-Elect Antonios Vrame, in his discussion with Fr. Alkiviadis Calivas on his book Great Week and Pascha. Fr. Calivas’ book is a comprehensive guide for the services of Holy Week and Pascha, including liturgical practic…
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This week, we visit with Jessie Canute, owner of Canute Books in Portland, Tennessee, and her daughter, Sessily. Their brand-new shop is located inside of Bloomin’ Deals, a 4,000 square foot thrift boutique home to more than 40 vendors. They tell us how they want from being "book dragons" to bookshop owners! OWNR OPS Podcast Starting a business by …
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It's a book by a translator that's a book by a translator that's translated by a translator about translators translating a book and we loved it. There are also some major time spoilers, but we give good warnings this time. The Extinction of Ireana Rey by Jennifer Croft Next time we are reading Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup. Find it at y…
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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #2: Fr. Philip Halikias - SCOBA Guidelines For Orthodox Christians In Ecumenical Relations
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Happy Wednesday, listeners! Join us today for our second episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore. Today, Nicholas Botsolis, our podcast host and Bookstore Operations Manager, talks with Fr. Philip Halikias. To continue with the theme of last week’s Holy Cross Connections episode (which you can listen to here), they’ll be talking abo…
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This week, we're joined by author Jonathan Corcoran to discuss his new memoir, No Son of Mine, and his lifelong love of bookstores! In addition to No Son of Mine, Corcoran is the author of the short story collecction The Rope Swing, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and long-listed for The Story Prize. His essays and stories have …
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Holy Cross Connection, #2: Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos - Introduction To Orthodox Canon Law
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This week on Holy Cross Connection, join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Bishop Elect Antonios (Vrame), and esteemed guest, Dr. Lewis J. Patsavos. Together they will be discussing Dr. Patsavos’ latest book Introduction to Orthodox Canon Law, published by Holy Cross Press. Introduction to Canon Law is an essential text for studen…
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This week, we're in Huntington, WV, to visit Cicada Books & Coffee. This family-owned spot was opened in 2018 by mother-daughter duo Dawn Hylbert and Katie Norman, who join me to discuss the store’s history, its place in community, and its unique blend of books, coffee, and art. Books We Talk About: Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, Devil House by…
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Spiritual Gems From The Holy Cross Bookstore, #1: Fr. George Parsenios - The Theology of Saint Paul Apostle to the Nations
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This week we are pleased to present the first episode of Spiritual Gems from The Holy Cross Bookstore. Join Nicholas Botsolis, our podcast host and Bookstore Operations Manager, for our inaugural episode, as he talks with our first guest, Fr. George Parsenios. Together they will be discussing The Theology of Saint Paul Apostle to the Nations. This …
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This week, we're in Mount Airy, NC, known as "the real Mayberry!" The original home of Andy Griffith is now home to Pages Books & Coffee, and owner Cynthia Taylor joins us to discuss the shop. We're also joined by Barb Collins, organizer and promoter of the Writers Roadshow Tour, a new series of events that's bringing authors to rural North Carolin…
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Correction: in the epsiode we say that the book was published in Barbados, but Condé is actually from the island of Guadeloupe - a French department in the Carribbean. Now THIS is the type of historical fiction that we love. Corinne's pick for March's prompt to read a book with a name in the title is I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé.…
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This week on Holy Cross Connection, join our host and Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Fr. Tony Vrame, and HCOP Author, Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis, in discussing his new book, Unto the Healing of Soul and Body: Encouragement for Restoration and Reconciliation in a Broken World. Fr. Stavros’ work focuses on the great need for healing in the mo…
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This week, we head to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to visit a store that’s been serving its community for 40 years. Co-owner Shannon Guinn-Collins and Store Manager Robert Flippo take us behind the shelves of Bookworks. We discuss the store’s long history, the amazing authors who have passed through its doors, and a recent change to an LLC structure fo…
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This week, we visit Skylark Bookshop in Columbia, MO, named one of 150 bookstores you need to visit before you die. Owner and novelist Alex George discusses the inspiration and mission of Skylark, as well as the city's prominent Unbound Book Festival, which he founded, happening this spring. Books We Talk About: Splinters by Leslie Jamison, Still L…
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Today we discuss Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. This is one of the first books of Chicano/a Literature, with Rudolfo Anaya considered one of the founders of the literary movement. It's a coming-of-age story that weaves Catholicism with traditional and indigenous beliefs, and the duality of identity that Antonio, the main character, experiences.…
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