Episode #1: Introduction to One Bright Book

One Bright Book

Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they introduce themselves, describe their plan for the podcast, and talk about their current reading.

Looking ahead, for our first full episode we will discuss Susan Sontag's THE VOLCANO LOVER. Read along with us if you like!

Books discussed in this episode:

• Panthers and the Museum of Fire by Jen Craig
• Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Frances Riddle
• Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur
• Nostalgia by Mircea Cartarescu, translated by Julian Semilian
• Susan Sontag by Benjamin Moser
• Reborn: Journals and Notebook, 1947-1963 by Susan Sontag and David Reiff
• Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography by Muriel Spark
• Debriefing: Collected Stories by Susan Sontag and Benjamin Taylor
• Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
• Devil House by John Darnielle
• Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
• The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm
• The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• The Employees by Olga Ravn
• The Volcano Lover: A Romance by Susan Sontag

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Dorian: @ds228

Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes

Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

Rebecca writes a newsletter at 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.