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Book Dreams
A podcast for everyone who loves
books and misses English class.
New episodes every other Thursday.
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New Episodes
Do You Believe in Free Will?
Why, oh why, does Eve make Julie take on questions that no person on the planet wants to be forced to think through out loud on air?...
Book Dreams
Apr 26, 2024
Our Very Favorite Aspect of Reading
Our theme for this episode is book connections—times when one book leads us to thoughts of another or inspires us to read further. It’s...
Book Dreams
Jan 18, 2024
The New Yorker’s “Only Certifiable Genius"
It's been a long time since you've seen an author interview here on Book Dreams, but we were recently given the chance to interview Roz...
Book Dreams
Dec 21, 2023
The Stephen King Novel That (Almost) Drove Us Apart
“This is so bad that I feel like I'm in a Stephen King novel where there's just one thing off about my familiar world, but that one thing...
Book Dreams
Oct 11, 2023
One Great Read After the Other
Eve read so much during the weeks since our last episode, she gave herself a repetitive reading injury. But it was worth it! In this...
Book Dreams
Aug 11, 2023
Talking Books to Honor the Legacy of a Constant Reader, Eve’s Dad
What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode, in which Eve talks about the legacy of her dad, a...
Book Dreams
Jul 6, 2023
What We’ve Read and Loved Lately
What have Julie and Eve been reading lately? Find out in this new bonus episode where we talk about loving old favorites even more the...
Book Dreams
May 24, 2023
Good Books for Bad Times
We’ve all been there: one of those tough times in life when it’s hard to get your mind to settle enough to escape into a good book. Yet...
Book Dreams
Apr 6, 2023
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You Need to Stay Curious about Books
Welcome to our last regularly scheduled episode of Book Dreams. We started the podcast because books, more than just about anything,...
Feb 23, 2023
Where Trouble Melts Like Lemon Drops
In this episode, Book Dreams producer and guest host Gianfranco Lentini takes us on a journey to a real-life literary paradise—a thin...
Feb 9, 2023
Everything You Believe Emerges in the Work
In this episode, we talk to author Angie Cruz, whose latest novel is the widely acclaimed How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water. This...
Jan 26, 2023
Keeping Family Secrets in the 1950s
What do family secrets show us about the times we live in, and how do they impact the people who safeguard them? These are questions that...
Jan 12, 2023
Our 2022 End-of-Year Holiday Extravaganza!
Welcome to our 2022 end-of-year holiday extravaganza! In the spirit of holiday giving, we have a present for you, which, if we’re being...
Dec 29, 2022
A Personal and Scientific Journey Through Heartbreak
Why, exactly, do we feel so shattered when someone we love leaves us? What is the science behind the physical changes we experience...
Dec 15, 2022
Giving a “Tweak” to a Beloved Story
What is it like to create a modern, feminist retelling of an ancient, foundational text? Vaishnavi Patel–author of the instant New York...
Dec 1, 2022
A Breadcrumb Trail Through the Self
What are the raw materials of our lives? Who are the authors, the singers and songwriters, the actors and artists whose work resonates...
Nov 17, 2022
The Subversive Power of Literature
How can reading a novel become an act of political rebellion? This is one of the important questions we take up with Azar Nafisi, author...
Nov 3, 2022
Where America Begins
If we want to understand America today, we must first understand the South. This is both a central premise of Imani Perry’s latest book,...
Oct 20, 2022
America’s Fundamental Myths and Narratives
“I think the narratives about capital are an even more fundamental myth in America than those about the frontier.” Pulitzer...
Oct 6, 2022
Injured Innocence and Violent Nostalgia
“A monk asked, ‘What is meditation?’ The Master said, ‘It is not meditation.’ The monk said, ‘Why is it “not meditation”?’ The Master...
Sep 22, 2022
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