Books Books Books

We Play for the Sheer Joy of Play

Katy Bowser Hutson discusses her upcoming book, Play Book; why adults need play; and how play and philosophy are "kissing cousins"

Aug 29 •

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Katy Bowser Hutson

56:59

A Conversation With Debut Novelist Sarah Landenwich

On her book The Fire Concerto; her writing -- and walking -- habits; her persistence in finding an agent; and loving the genius of forgotten female…

Aug 6 •

59:30

Revisiting Lonesome Dove and Leadership

Celebrating 4 years of Solvitur Ambulando

Jul 17 •

What I Read Q2 2025

I speed through a debut novelist's tale of music and love; dig further into The Bhagavad Gita; journey to Tibet and the interior; savor novels by Hesse…

Jul 10 •

Egyptian-American Author Sherry Shenoda Discusses Her Book of Poetry, Mummy Eaters

On place, identity, language, heritage, desecration...and the special bond between grandmothers and granddaughters

Jun 5 •

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The Walk That Spawned Two Books With the Same Title....and a Third Book

A review of Craig Mod’s Things Become Other Things, Things Become Other Things, and Other Thing

May 22 •

Seasons of Reading

We mark the passage of time by the books we re-read

Apr 17 •

What I Read Q1 2025

Sherlock Holmes; on Japanese Folk Crafts; Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; a Unique "Gospel"; on Yoga and Traditionalism

Apr 3 •

The Greatest Soldier Eisenhower Ever Knew

Steven Rabalais examines to stellar life and profound influence of Major General Fox Conner

Mar 13 •

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Ornithologist Sophie Osborn on the Joys, Trials, Trails, and Tears of Saving Endangered Birds

"I always felt like I was doing something of value and importance"

Jan 23 •

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Sophie A. H. Osborn

35:39

A Beautiful Conversation With Author and Pediatrician Sherry Shenoda

How her medical work with children impacts her approach to writing, her novel The Lightkeeper, and keeping poetry in our lives

Jan 9 •

48:25

A Mother's Story

Reflections on my 29th annual reading of A Christmas Carol

Dec 19, 2024 •

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