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Jeff is out this week reading on a beach, so we are sharing this rerun from the First Edition podcast in which Jeff talks to Stephen Graham Jones about his reading life. Stephen Graham Jones is the NYT bestselling author of thirty-five or so novels and collections, and there are some novellas and comic books in there as well. Most recent are Earthdivers and I Was a Teenage Slasher.
His new book, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, is out now.
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5 Fascinating Stats About Modern Reading Habits, with Laura McGrath
Author, literary historian, and data scientist Laura McGrath joins Jeff and Rebecca to share some of the most interesting, surprising, and curious stats about modern reading habits.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Laura's Substack textCrunch
Philippa Chong, Inside the Critics Circle
Christine Larson, Love in the Time of Self-Publishing
Janice Radway, A Feeling for Books
Janice Radway, Reading the Romance
Chong and Kim, "Writing By Women or For Women? Either Way, You're Less Likely to be Reviewed."
Inman Berens and Noorda, Immersive Media 2020
Inman Berens and Noorda, "Gen Z and Millennials: How they Use Public Libraries and Identify through Media Use."
Porter, Eimannsberger, English, et. al. "Genre Juggernaut: Measuring 'Romance'"
Lucy, Li, et al. "Racial and Ethnic Representation in Literature Taught in US High Schools"
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Which Classics Should You Read to Be "Well-Read"? [Teaser]
In this bonus preview of the most recent Patreon-only episode of The Book Riot Podcast, Jeff and Rebecca tackle an impossible question.
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9:12
The Long Odds of the Slushpile, Adaptation News, and Picking Vacation Reading
Jeff and Rebecca talk about the stunning reality of getting published from the slushpile, noodle about being well-read, and try to figure out what Jeff is going to read on vacation. He is genuinely stumped.
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Discussed in this Episode:
Laura McGrath on the math of the slush pile
Trump’s new executive order targets libraries & museums…and what you can do about it
Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice to be re-released 4/20 for 20th anniversary
Call your reps and get out there to protect the Dept of Education
Frontlist Foyer, sponsored by Thriftbooks
Hunchback
Beautyland
Everything I Never Told You
White Light
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
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Things We Love and Things We Hate About Talking About Books Online with Traci Thomas
Traci Thomas of The Stacks podcast joins Jeff and Rebecca to talk about things we love (and hate) about talking about books online. Mostly it is really great! Mostly!
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Aardvark Box Giveaway!
The Stacks Podcast
The Stacks on Instagram
Unstacked by Traci Thomas
The Book Riot Podcast Patreon
The Book Riot Podcast Newsletter
The Book Riot Podcast on Instagram
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