where we talk about: library news;  new library staff;  Becky and Austin's road trip;  Glacier National Park;  Deep Creek by Pam Houston;  Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy;  Pine Creek Lodge and the Montana Gang of writers;  Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison;  The Traveling Feast by Rick Bass;  The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erlich;  The Meadow by James Galvin;  Outlawed by Anna North;  The Eagles of Heart Mountain by Bradford Pearson;  They Called Us Enemy by George Takei;  Longmire show and series by Craig Johnson;  and more!

Your Shelf or Mine

Where the Buffalo Roam

with Austin Brigden where we talk about: Summer Reading 2021; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; other works by John Steinbeck; and more! Watch our Summer Reading Promotional Video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwyHlZ71-0 

East of Eden

With special guest Elizabeth Partridge! Recorded May 7, 2021 Where we talk about: Her work at Manatee County Libraries; Navigating the management of libraries during COVID; Audiobooks; Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman; Radical Candor by Kim Scott; Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen; Devolution by Max Brooks; The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt; The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst; Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell;      Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater;   All Rise by Nick Offerman; Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders;   And more!

Elizabeth Reunion

With special guest Hiedi Bauer, poet & LCC professor, and Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Hiedi’s background with poetry; the Salal Review; Hamilton; When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman; Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe; Kathleen Flenniken; Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats;   The Girl Who Goes Alone by Elizabeth Austen; Dolce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen; writing during the pandemic; Dear Heathcliff by Hiedi Bauer; Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law by Adrienne Rich; Addict by Hiedi Bauer;  and more!

National Poetry Month Part 2

with Austin Brigden and Chris Skaugset! Where We Talk About:  Poetry! Including work by: Jim Harrison;  Richard Hugo;  Kathleen Flenniken;  William Stafford;  Elizabeth Bishop;  T.S. Eliot;  and more!

National Poetry Month

With Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price; How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell; Work, rest, attention, time,  And mention: Having and Being Had by Eula Biss; Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe; Rescuing Mrs. Birdley by Aaron Reynolds and Emma Reynolds; And more!

Attention & Laziness

With guest Shira Lile from Hello Life! Where we talk about: Hello Life, a Cowlitz County organization that provides peer support to people who struggle with eating disorders or negative body image; Contact: hellolifeservices@yahoo.com, helloliferecovery.org, or text or call 971.770.0680 Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders; The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar; Body Respect by Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor;   Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch; The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor; Radical Belonging by Lindo Bacon; Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison; The F*ck It Diet by Caroline Dooner; Shrill by Lindy West; Dietland by Sarai Walker; Land Whale by Jes Baker; Embody by Connie Sobczak; Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings; What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon; Untamed by Glennon Doyle; Daring Greatly by Brené Brown; Behind the Before and After:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTY_hCTmI98 https://bookriot.com/best-body-positive-books/ and more!

Body Positivity & Anti-Diet

with Austin Brigden and Hillary Strobel! Where we talk about: Reopening the library; Northwest Voices; Seed Library;  Comics Corner in the library; Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler; and more!

Parable of the Sower

with Angela Stephenson! Where we talk about: Valentine craft; Wi-fi hotspots to checkout; Digitizing the historic survey and inventory of the Old West Side;Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert; Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert;You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle; Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday; A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019); Midnight at the Magnolia (2020); Holidate (2020); Love, Guaranteed (2020); Roomies by Christina Lauren;Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren;The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan; The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; My Nerdy Valentine by Vicki Lewis Thompson; Fool’s Gold series by Susan Mallory; Virgin River series by Robyn Carr; Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn; The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang; Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Writer Friends series by Rachel Gibson; Aisling Grey series by Katie MacAlister; The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister; Say No to the Duke by Eloisa James; Nothing But Trouble by Amy Andrews; Smitten by the Brit by Melonie Johnson; The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams; Sugarplum Way by Debbie Mason; One Day in December by Josie Silver; The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory; Love a la Mode by Stephanie Kate Strohm; Tweet Cute by Emma Lord; You Say it First by Katie Cotugno;Windy City Magic series by Crystal Cestari; Lucy Valentine series by Heather Webber; And more!

Talking Romance

With Austin Brigden and Daniel Tate where we talk about: Daniel’s departure; Mobile hotspots to checkout; Winter Reading; NW Voices Programs coming; Friends of the Library greeting card fundraiser; Becky’s Library Sampler challenge part 2; The Meadow by James Galvin; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller; Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; John O’Hara; The Art of Burning Bridges by Geoffrey Wolff;  The Tradition by Jericho Brown; The Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion; Agnes at the End of the World; and more!

Library Sampler Part Two

with Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Jakob Collins where we talk about: three of five books from Becky's Library Sampler! Sampler commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyj13avtng Unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQ9NgN5xd0 Sampler request form: http://longviewlibrary.org/sampler.php Winter Reading 2021; A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong; Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny; Among Others by Jo Walton; Cork Dork by Biana Bosker; Red Rising by Pierce Brown; I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist; Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero; Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil by Susan Neiman; Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh; One of Our Own by Jane Haddam; The Hidden Half of Nature: the microbial roots of life and health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé and more!

Library Sampler Part One

with Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Drive-Thru Santa; Library updates; Winter Reading; Bulb Forcing Kit; Friends Meeting January 11; 2020 Reflections; The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO Documentary); McCartney III, Paul McCartney; Evermore & Folklore, Taylor Swift; Leon Bridges; Charlie Crockett; Dolly Parton’s America (podcast); Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics; Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square; A Holly Dolly Christmas; Heaven’s Gate (podcast); The Vow (HBO Documentary); Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Amazon Prime Documentary);  Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain; My Favorite Murder (podcast); The Ballad of Billy Balls (podcast); The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado and DaNi; Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence by Joel Christian Gill; Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf; The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich; The Blue Jay’s Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich; Fierce Attachments by Vivian Gornick; Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader by Vivian Gornick; Taking a Long Look: Essays on Culture, Literature and Feminism in Our Time by Vivian Gornick; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; Moby Dick by Herman Melville; Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville; How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell;  Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price; Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi;In Five Years by Rebecca Serle; Tales of the City (1993 miniseries); Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin;Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, David Vandermeulen, and Daniel Casanave; Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron; Appointment in Samarra by John O’Hara; Sabrina (1954); Adam’s Rib (1949); Desk Set (1957); The Bishop’s Wife (1947); It’s a Wonderful Life (1946); Christmas in Connecticut (1945); White Christmas (1954);  A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019); You’ve Got Mail (1998); and more!

2020 Therapy Session

with guest John C. Hughes, Chief Historian with Legacy Washington, Washington Secretary of State where we talk about: his new book "Julia Butler Hansen: a trailblazing Washington politician" this book and others can purchased here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/store Julia Butler Hansen was from Cathlamet, Washington and served 21 years in the Washington State House of Representatives (1939-1960) and 14 years in the United States House of Representatives (1960-1974). 

Julia Butler Hansen

with Lisa Hedgpeth!  Where we talk about:  Dresden Files by Jim Butcher; Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman; Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman; Practical Magic (1998) directed by Griffin Dunne; Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner; Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani, art by Maris Wicks; Jane Against the World: Roe v Wade and the fight for reproductive rights by Karen Blumenthal; Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes; The Room of Requirement, This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org/664/the-room-of-requirement; Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty; Kent State by Derf Backderf; The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candice Fleming;The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed;Winter Reading;  and more!

A YA Nonfiction Book

with Chris Skaugset and Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Expanded Library Drive-Thru Hours;Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys; Jane Slayer by Sherri Browning Erwin; Jane by April Linder; The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey; Charlotte Bronte Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes; Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg; Jane by Aline Brosh McKenna; Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte; The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte; The Lonely City by Olivia Laing (misstated as The Silent City); Jane Eyre (2011) directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender; Jane Eyre TV Mini-Series (2006) starring Ruth Wilson; Jane Eyre (1943) directed by Robert Stevenson, starring Orson Welles; Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore; Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen; Cowboy Christmas Redemption by Maisey Yates; Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund; Moby Dick by Herman Melville; March by Geraldine Brooks; Little Women by Louise Alcott; Marley by Jon Clinch; The Muppet Christmas Carol; and more!

Jane Eyre & Wide Sargasso Sea

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