Christopher (@cdhermelin) and Drew (@drewsof) talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through their never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in their hands.
Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, visit somanydamnbooks.com
Christopher and Drew can’t contain their excitement – the short list for the Morning News’ ToB 2016 is here, and they are discussing every title. They also explain this whole tournament business, talk snubs and loves, and teach you a new cocktail to…
Drew and Christopher talk about what books they were given for Christmas, 2016 reading goals, experimentally designed books they love, and then Eli Horiwitz’s The Pickle Index which they tried to experience it every which way it came out….
The damn hosts choose 4 books they loved in 2015, and one book each that the other didn’t read/love. Also, one to grow on. Bye-bye, 2015! You were a year. 15 seconds of a song: The Jackson 5 – Never Can Say Goodbye
Marie-Helene Bertino stops by the deck hall’d Damn Library in full seasonal good cheer to talk about her novel, 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas. Holiday music is played. A Little Life is discussed. Butter is pondered. Gifts are given! A very happy holiday…
Ryan Britt stops by the Damn Library to explain the deeper meanings of why Luke Skywalker Can’t Read (which is also the title of his new essay collection). The guys then discuss a classic Star Wars novel – Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn…
Alexandra Kleeman takes So Many Damn Books down the rabbit hole as Drew and Christopher discuss her novel, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine, as well as the novel The Blind Owl. Everyone gets unsettled. 15 Seconds of a Song: Lucy Rose – Middle of the Bed
The two nonmaj/muggles discuss Harry Potter spinoffs, whether or not they listen to music when they read, and Carrie Brownstein’s memoir Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl. ~15 seconds of a song: Sleater-Kinney “The Fox”
Christopher institutes a new buying books rule for himself, Drew likes scary books, and they both have very different opinions on City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg and Purity by Jonathan Franzen.
The gentlemen discuss their favorite book they’ve read for the podcast so far, a few books they’d like to see in the next Tournament of Books, and tell you how to win a copy of City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg. Amongst other things. Â 15…
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