Kathryn and Eve are sisters who love to read books that make them think. Books they can’t shut up about. And if starting this podcast doesn’t prove that they can’t shut up about the books they read, what will?! They’ve been reading together their whole lives, and now they want to read with you!
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Kathryn and Eve are sisters who love to read books that make them think. Books they can’t shut up about. And if starting this podcast doesn’t prove that they can’t shut up about the books they read, what will?! They’ve been reading together their whole lives, and now they want to read with you!
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October’s Book: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Startlement by Ada Limon
Heart the Lover by Lily King
Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
On the Calculation of Volume, Book I by Solvej Balle
The Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje
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November’s Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Closing Poem: “Murmuration” by Jessica Mc Kinney, out of Weeding
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September’s Book: Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey (lol)
Eve’s newest cookbooks:
The Ghosts of Birds by Eliot Weinberger
Adam Bede by George Eliot
Volcanoes !!!!!!!
“The Second Coming” by Yeats
C.S. Lewis’s “On Living in an Atomic Age” from Present Concerns
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October’s Book: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (ooo, spooky!)
Closing Poem: “testify” by Eve L. Ewing
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Excuse any sound abnormalities, we were lazy and didn't use our mic stands, and were just lounging around the living room. We'll be back next month in a more official capacity <3
September's Book: Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
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July’s Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Other books:
Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey (Spencer’s rec for a book after East of Eden)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
As True as the Barnacle Tree by Anita M. Smith
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August’s book: Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Closing poem: “You Can’t Have it All” by Barbara Ras
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June’s Book: The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
Other books:
In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch
Gliff by Ali Smith
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July’s Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Closing poem(s):
“All Inner Life Runs at Some Delay” by Maya C. Popa
“I want to go back” by Gregory Orr
“The Year’s Awakening” by Thomas Hardy
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May’s Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Other books:
The Mystery Guest by Grégoire Bouillier
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
Endure by Alex Hutchinson
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
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June’s Book The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
Closing poem: “Praising Spring” by Linda Gregg
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April’s Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Other books:
Field Guide by Robert Hass (& Eve’s Review)
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Playworld by Adam Ross
One or Two by H.D. Everett (Mandylion Press) (Eve’s Review)
Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney
Sponsored by: HakuBaku Ramen
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May’s Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Closing poem: “All That’s Required By You” by James A. Pearson
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March’s Book: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Opening poem: “Today” by Billy Collins
Other books:
The Virginian by Owen Wister
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
Playworld by Adam Ross
The Glenn Rock Book of the Dead by Marion Winik
Pink Dust by Ron Padgett
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Mr. Salary by Sally Rooney
Shakespeare Was A Woman and Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler
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April’s Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Closing poem: “Gratification to the survivors of daily damnations” by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi
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February’s Book: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Other books:
Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
Wild West Village by Lola Kirke (Lola’s music here)
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth
The Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke (“Go to the Limits of Your Longing”)
Wool (Silo series, Book 1) by Hugh Howey
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February’s book: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
Closing poem: “Everything is Waiting for You” by David Whyte
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Note: This episode was recorded at the end of December, hence all the chat about the new year & related resolutions. In the grand scheme of things, it still is the new year, so I don’t wanna hear it. This was also recorded before we revised our publishing schedule to make actual sense, so ignore all the confusing discussion about when the books are being read vs. discussed. Look to our instagram as your guide. XOXO
January’s book: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Eve’s 2025 planner is from New Chapter Studio
Special shout out to Appointed
Other books:
Anything by Helen DeWitt. She’s literally a goddess. The Last Samurai, The English Understand Wool, Some Trick
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
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February’s book: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Closing poem: “At the New Year” by Kenneth Patchen
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This month’s book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Our pod on The Lesser Bohemians in case you missed it
Liars by Sarah Manguso
Good Energy by Casey & Calley Means
Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
The Art of Running by Andrea Marcolongo
Lady Isabella’s Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley
“Unspoken” by Pamela Roystan Macfie in The Sewanee Review
The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins
Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The Hurting Kind Ada Limon
Metamorphoses by Ovid
Cooking as Though You Might Cook Again by Danny Licht
Romola by George Eliot
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Next month’s book: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
This month’s poem: “Like You” by Roque Dalton
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This month’s book: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Ghost Pains by Jessi Jezewska Stevens
The collection of poetry that Eve referred to and didn’t end up writing about (yet) is Eating Bread and Honey by Pattiann Rogers
Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmide, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle
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Next month’s book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Closing poem: “October” by Robert Frost
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This Month’s Book: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Why We Love by Helen Fisher
Eve’s Substack: Something Eve Read
& Short Books specifically
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
Goose Girl???? Maybe…
Twilight (duh)
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Next Month’s Book: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Closing poem: “Peanut Butter” by Eileen Myles
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This Month’s Book: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Eve’s Substack: Something Eve Read
The Luxe by Anna Godberson
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Romola by George Eliot
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Next Month’s Book: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Closing poem: "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley
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This month's book: I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
Some quick notes/corrections:
Links you might want:
The Locavore Variety Store (& The Locavore Guide)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Romola by George Eliot
Poetry Foundation, Poem of the Day
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
Katherine by Anya Seton
A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney
Our email: somethingweread@gmail.com
Our instagram: somethingwereadpod
Next month's book: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
And if you're interested, the Booker longlist!
Closing Poem: "Go to the Limits of Your Longing" by Rainer Maria Rilke
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This month’s book: Speedboat by Renata Adler
Mixed links from the ep:
Kathryn’s joy journal (that's really just a normal journal) from Leuchtturm1917
Bluets by Maggie Nelson
The 5am Club by Robin Sharma
Questions About Angels by Billy Collins
Eve’s essay on clouds & Billy Collins
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Subscribe to Books on Gif !!!!!
Possession by A.S. Byatt & Eve’s review of Possession
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer & Eve’s Review
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Next month’s book: I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
Closing poem: “We Manage Most When We Manage Small” by Linda Gregg
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This month’s book: Table for Two by Amor Towles
Turkey and The Wolf (on Instagram)
DJ Soul Sister (& her playlists on Spotify)
SAVED by the 90’s (not back to the 90’s), playing at Talkhouse on June 7th, July 13th, August 23rd
Faulkner House Books (not William Faulkner House Bookstore, which, upon reflection, would indeed be a mouthful)
Close to Home by Michael McGee
Our Instagram, which we DID remember to mention this week!
Eve’s review of Trust by Hernan Diaz
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Next month’s book: Speedboat by Renata Adler
"June" by Alex Dimitrov from the collection Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov
Submit all questions, queries and raving praise at somethingweread@gmail.com
And yes, in case you were wondering, Kathryn completed all her tasks and experienced euphoric joy xoxo
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This month Kathryn and Eve read & discuss By the Lake by John McGahern. It’s a humble, pastoral meditation on the rhythms that dictate the lives of Joe and Kate Ruttledge--plus a charming cast of characters that live, like them, around the lake.
Links…
Our email is somethingweread@gmail.com please write to us!
Our Instagram, which we forgot to mention again.
Something Eve Read for Eve’s weekly writings.
Other books & recommendations…
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The specific Something Eve Read post Kathryn mentions: Clams, Fish, Domestic Bliss
Cooking As Though You Might Cook Again by Danny Licht
The Strand (buy online!)
Three Lives & Co. (buy in person!)
Closing Poem: “O sweet spontaneous” by E. E. Cummings
Next Month’s Book…
Table for Two by Amor Towles
And! Special thanks to our sponsors, tulips and dumplings. Don’t forget to get your reservation at Hancock Street for Cha Cha Tang to experience first-hand, dumplings’ most recent work. You can catch Kathryn there…probably every Sunday & Monday night while it lasts.
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On the inaugural episode of Something We Read, Kathryn and Eve discuss Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Wiman--a book that the sisters describe as an uplifting gut punch. They share their reading experience and dive into their favorite parts and passages.
Links...
Something Eve Read (self plug!)
Our Instagram, which we didn't mention at all but it does exist
Other Book recommendations...
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan (she's Irish! Also Eve realized after the fact that she has read Megan Nolan's debut novel, Acts of Desperation--which is an absolute BANGER)
Poetry...
Billy Collins, "The Breather"
Sharon Olds, Stag's Leap
Robert Frost, any collection of poetry and/or anthology, but Eve's favorite is "The Silken Tent"
Poetry Today by Maya C. Popa (on Substack)
Closing poem: "What I Didn't Know Before" By Ada Limón
Next Month's Book...
By the Lake by John McGahern
And! Special thanks to our sponsor.........pork chops pounded really thin.......we love you <3
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Welcome to Something We Read! Kathryn and Eve have been reading together their whole lives, and now they want to read with you. Once a month, we'll get together to talk about the books we can't shut up about. First episode coming soon--available wherever you get your podcasts on April 2nd <3<3
April's Book: Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Wiman
Closing Poem: "There is no Frigate like a Book" by Emily Dickinson
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