{"id":14082,"date":"2020-12-13T19:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?page_id=14082"},"modified":"2020-12-13T19:44:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T00:44:14","slug":"the-guest-list-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2020","title":{"rendered":"The Guest List 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/a>We asked the past year&#8217;s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2020 and the books they <em>hope<\/em> to read in 2021 for our special year-end <em>Guest List<\/em> episode! Thirty guests participated, <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so listen to the show<\/a> to hear about their picks, and use this page to check out all the books, as well as their past episodes! And visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/the-guest-list-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bookshop.org page<\/a> for many of this year&#8217;s Guest List books!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14083\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2020\/2020books\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?fit=2196%2C2560\" data-orig-size=\"2196,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone XR&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1607872645&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2020books\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C612\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14083 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books.jpeg?resize=525%2C612\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?resize=532%2C620 532w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?resize=377%2C440 377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C895 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?resize=1317%2C1536 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?resize=1756%2C2048 1756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020books-scaled.jpeg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of many of my 2020 books (not incl. comics) by me. There were a LOT of electronic versions this year<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_529\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14082-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=14082-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_412_-_The_Guest_List_2020.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like a guide to the episode, detailing the order of the speakers and when their segments begin, please scroll to the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iv3Y1ZxXkJY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAPPLE PLAYER TK<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/2lSwObqIz3GCgiwzU337Zz\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t159406043\/\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Guests<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-395-derf-backderf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derf Backderf<\/a> &#8211; 27:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/picclick.com\/Adventures-of-Krazy-Kat-1056-1934-oblong-154060736210.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krazy Kat in KoKo Land<\/a> &#8211; George Herriman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781631404085\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loac Essentials Presents King Features Volume 1: Krazy Kat 1934<\/a> &#8211; George Herriman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Derf&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781451626650\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catch-22<\/a> &#8211; Joseph Heller<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781606999110\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nod Away<\/a> &#8211; Joshua Cotter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-374-philip-boehm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Philip Boehm<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 41:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400067060\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning<\/a> &#8211; Alex Halberstadt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shadow-City-Woman-Walks-Kabul\/dp\/1784742287\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul<\/a> &#8211; Taran Khan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Philip&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mark-haber.com\/writing\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Sebastian&#8217;s Abyss<\/a> &#8211; Mark Haber<\/li>\n<li>new poems by Nathalie Diaz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-378-ruben-bolling\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruben Bolling (aka Ken Fisher)<\/a> &#8211; 10:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780393635645\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart of Darkness<\/a> &#8211; Peter Kuper adaptation of Joseph Conrad<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781684056972\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life in the Stupidverse<\/a> &#8211; Tom Tomorrow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781951038007\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Should Improve Society Somewhat<\/a> &#8211; Matt Bors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ruben&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781419734847\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio<\/a> &#8211; Derf Backderf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-393-betsy-bonner\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Betsy Bonner<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 5:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780141439808\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mansfield Park<\/a> &#8211; Jane Austen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781644450147\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postcolonial Love Poem<\/a> &#8211; Natalie Diaz<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374529963\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fierce Attachments<\/a> &#8211; Vivian Gornick<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780743249638\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bill From My Father: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Bernard Cooper<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593083338\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Rebecca Solnit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-394-henri-cole\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Henri Cole<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 16:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681375021\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daybreak: New and Selected Poems<\/a> &#8211; Claire Malroux<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593129135\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Month in Siena<\/a> &#8211; Hisham Matar<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374124588\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleanness<\/a> &#8211; Garth Greenwell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780385545624\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Life of Hugo Gardner<\/a> &#8211; Louis Begley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324004592\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So Forth: Poems<\/a> &#8211; Rosanna Warren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-359-joan-marans-dim-and-antonio-masi\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan Marans Dim<\/a> &#8211; 19:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781734590203\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live As If: A teacher&#8217;s love story<\/a> &#8211; Frye Gaillard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781510764699\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump<\/a> &#8211; Michael Cohen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781501175527\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fear: Trump in the White House<\/a> &#8211; Bob Woodward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Joan&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing about Trump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-356-emily-flake\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emily Flake<\/a> &#8211; 9:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324005032\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Children\u2019s Bible<\/a> &#8211; Lydia Millet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Emily&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780399563515\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies<\/a> &#8211; William T. Vollmann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-379-jonathan-w-gray\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan W. Gray<\/a> &#8211; 14:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781302912550\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immortal Hulk Vol. 1<\/a> &#8211; Al Ewing &amp; Joe Bennett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781501126079\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sing, Unburied, Sing<\/a> &#8211; Jesmyn Ward<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jonathan&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He hopes to tackle James McBride&#8217;s work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-372-tom-hart\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Hart<\/a> &#8211; 14:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062986382\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together<\/a> &#8211; Kim Krans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tom&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780141439549\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middlemarch<\/a> &#8211; George Eliot (maybe&#8230;?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-375-arthur-hoyle\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Hoyle<\/a> &#8211; 6:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781951897222\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6 to 6<\/a> &#8211; Mather Schneider<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781620063569\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fragile Keepers<\/a> &#8211; Natalie Pinter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781950380787\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Escape From the Planet Crouton<\/a> &#8211; Wayne F. Burke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-409-rian-hughes\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rian Hughes<\/a> &#8211; 7:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250181688\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Seventh Function of Language<\/a> &#8211; Laurent Binet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rian&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>His own novel!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-362-richard-kadrey\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Kadrey<\/a> &#8211; 12:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781349469727\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Rural Gothic in American Popular Culture: Backwoods Horror and Terror in the Wilderness<\/a> &#8211; Bernice Murphy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781616557867\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins<\/a> &#8211; Jeff Lemire &amp; Dean Ormston<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Richard&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374134709\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dark Archives: A Librarian&#8217;s Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin<\/a> &#8211; Megan Rosenbloom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781903254691\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Psychotic Women: An Autobiographical Topography of Female Neurosis in Horror and Exploitation Films<\/a> &#8211; Kier-La Janisse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-365-ben-katchor\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Katchor<\/a> &#8211; 26:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/servlet\/BookDetailsPL?bi=10734541151&amp;cm_mmc=ggl-_-COM_Shopp_Rare-_-naa-_-naa&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAlNf-BRB_EiwA2osbxRYbqegfo0KznCeOaPy48dFhkcnFudQX7k_jBUeaS76buR9KLjv-oRoCjGAQAvD_BwE\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Life and Art of Andrew Ducrow &amp; The Romantic Age of the English Circus<\/a> &#8211; A.H. Saxon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781469635941\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Intellectuals: The Rise and Decline of the Anti-Stalinist Left from the 1930s to the 1980s<\/a> &#8211; Alan M. Wald<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-373-kathe-koja\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathe Koja<\/a> &#8211; 18:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781534302402\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Old Guard Book One: Opening Fire<\/a> &#8211; Greg Rucka &amp; Leandro Fernandez<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781534313774\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Old Guard Book Two: Force Multiplied<\/a> &#8211; Greg Rucka &amp; Leandro Fernandez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kathe&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She&#8217;ll know it when she sees it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-368-tess-lewis\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tess Lewis<\/a> &#8211; 38:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374110031\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beowulf: A New Translation<\/a> &#8211; Maria Dahvana Headley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780316556323\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Circe<\/a> &#8211; Madeline Miller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tess&#8217; 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811228480\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EEG<\/a> &#8211; Dasa Drndic, Celia Hawkesworth (Translator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811227216\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belladonna<\/a> &#8211; Dasa Drndic, Celia Hawkesworth (Translator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811228916\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doppelg\u00e4nger<\/a> &#8211; Dasa Drndic, SD Curtis &amp; Celia Hawkesworth (Translators)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-385-ellen-lindner\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ellen Lindner<\/a> &#8211; 22:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780399579431\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make and Mend: Sashiko-Inspired Embroidery Projects to Customize and Repair Textiles and Decorate Your Home<\/a> &#8211; Jessica Marquez<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ellen&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400067060\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning<\/a> &#8211; Alex Halberstadt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781138821514\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ain&#8217;t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism<\/a> &#8211; bell hooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-388-margot-mifflin\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margot Mifflin<\/a> &#8211; 42:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781501132742\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How We Fight for Our Lives<\/a> &#8211; Saeed Jones<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781644450031\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Dream House<\/a> &#8211; Carmen Maria Machado<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-392-david-mikics\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Mikics<\/a> &#8211; 11:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525657262\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bright Book of Life: Novels to Read and Reread<\/a> &#8211; Harold Bloom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780140447972\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Sentimental Education<\/a> &#8211; Gustave Flaubert<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679772873\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Magic Mountain<\/a> &#8211; Thomas Mann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>David&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780140449877\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oblomov<\/a> &#8211; Ivan Goncharov<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780465025329\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom: Volume I: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture<\/a> &#8211; Orlando Patterson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156402750\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill of Evil Counsel<\/a> &#8211; Amos Oz<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781590204597\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">True Grit<\/a> &#8211; Charles Portis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780544828698\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed<\/a> &#8211; Wendy Lower<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780393240726\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Roth: The Biography<\/a> &#8211; Blake Bailey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525567332\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945-1970<\/a> &#8211; edited by Phillip Lopate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-360-otto-penzler\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Otto Penzler<\/a> &#8211; 36:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802157775\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eddie&#8217;s Boy: A Butcher&#8217;s Boy Novel<\/a> &#8211; Thomas Perry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-389-woodrow-phoenix\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woodrow Phoenix<\/a> &#8211; 29:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9783836564182\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entryways of Milan \/ Ingressi Di Milano<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Sherer (Author), Grazia Signori (Author), Lisa Hockemeyer (Author), Fabrizio Ballabio (Author), Matthew Billings (Photographer), Paola Pansini (Photographer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9783836566360\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krazy Kat: the Complete Color Sundays 1935-1944<\/a> &#8211; George Herriman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770463479\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becoming Horses<\/a> &#8211; Disa Wallander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-402-darryl-pinckney\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darryl Pinckney<\/a> &#8211; 25:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780871132048\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All the Wrong Places: Adrift in the Politics of the Pacific Rim<\/a> &#8211; James Fenton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Darryl&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781103554072\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dichtung Und Wahrheit<\/a> &#8211; Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-370-alta-l-price\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alta Price<\/a> &#8211; 24:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525537458\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Having and Being Had<\/a> &#8211; Eula Biss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Alta&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781612199092\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strange Beasts of China<\/a> &#8211; Yan Ge, Jeremy Tiang (Translator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.czechlit.cz\/en\/excerpt\/a-brief-history-of-the-movement\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Brief History of the Movement<\/a> &#8211; Petra H?lov\u00e1, Alex Zucker (Translator)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781640092006\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over<\/a> &#8211; Nell Painter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781943977543\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revelations<\/a> &#8211; Ruben Quesada<\/li>\n<li>More by Juli Zeh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-steve-prue\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Ronin<\/a> &#8211; 40:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307887443\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ready Player One<\/a> &#8211; Ernest Cline<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781524761332\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ready Player Two<\/a> &#8211; Ernest Cline<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062457714\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life<\/a> &#8211; Mark Manson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Steve&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/King-Bullet-Novel-Sandman-Slim\/dp\/0062951572\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Bullet: A Sandman Slim Novel<\/a> &#8211; Richard Kadrey<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802126214\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead<\/a> &#8211; Tom Stoppard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781945820083\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Complete Girls with Slingshots<\/a> &#8211; Danielle Corsetto<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B01EZG32CC\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northlanders: Book One: The Anglo-Saxon Saga<\/a> &#8211; Brian Wood<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spangle-Gary-Jennings\/dp\/068911723X\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spangle<\/a> &#8211; Gary Jennings<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781616552374\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Damn Sin City<\/a> &#8211; Frank Miller<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/supervert.com\/apocalypse-burlesque\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apocalypse Burlesque<\/a> &#8211; Supervert<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/supervert.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Not To Love in Quarantine<\/a> &#8211; Supervert<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dark-Reign-Gothic-Rock-Reptile\/dp\/190092448X\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock: In The Reptile House with The Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus and The Cure<\/a> &#8211; Dave Thompsn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-York-Rock-Velvet-Underground\/dp\/1250083613\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB<\/a> &#8211; Steven Blush<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-361-dmitry-samarov\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a> &#8211; 3:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802131782\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tropic of Cancer<\/a> &#8211; Henry Miller<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679736325\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suttree<\/a> &#8211; Cormac McCarthy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780684848150\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Underworld<\/a> &#8211; Don Delillo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250259592\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F*ckface: And Other Stories<\/a> &#8211; Leah Hampton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dmitry&#8217;s extremely tentative 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679722762\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ulysses<\/a> &#8211; James Joyce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-404-michael-shaw\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Shaw<\/a> &#8211; 37:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781598536928\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S. J. Perelman: Writings<\/a> &#8211; S. J. Perelman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Michael&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780814255339\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Mile and a Half of Lines: The Art of James Thurber<\/a> &#8211; Michael J. Rosen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.torigrantwelhouse.com\/the-fergus\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fergus<\/a> &#8211; Tori Grant Welhouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-364-stoya\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoya<\/a> &#8211; 7:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780812983586\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay<\/a> &#8211; Michael Chabon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Stoya&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780765322876\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Light of Other Days:<\/a> &#8211; Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780312873110\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Land of Laughs<\/a> &#8211; Jonathan Carroll<\/li>\n<li>Anything she can find in Serbian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-387-benjamin-taylor\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Taylor<\/a> &#8211; 10:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781524747268\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present<\/a> &#8211; edited by Phillip Lopate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Benjamin&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780451493224\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Stoppard: A Life<\/a> &#8211; Hermione Lee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-405-jeff-trexler\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Trexler<\/a> &#8211; 20:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781779504210\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superman Smashes the Klan<\/a> &#8211; Gene Luen Yang &amp; Gurihiru<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dccomics.com\/comics\/strange-adventures-2020\/strange-adventures-1\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strange Adventures, Vol. 1<\/a> &#8211; Tom King<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770463967\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution Illustrated<\/a> &#8211; R Sikoryak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062940445\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lehman Trilogy<\/a> &#8211; Stefano Massini<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jeff&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780143108276\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Master and Margarita<\/a> &#8211; Mikhail Bulgakov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-382-john-vercher\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Vercher<\/a> &#8211; 35:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781641290173\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where the Dead Sit Talking<\/a> &#8211; Brandon Hobson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>John&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374194321\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luster<\/a> &#8211; Raven Leilani<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062667632\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leave the World Behind<\/a> &#8211; Rumaan Alam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-399-sheila-williams\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheila Williams<\/a> &#8211; 36:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062993113\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wright Sister<\/a> &#8211; Patty Dann<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780997457896\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nine Bar Blues<\/a> &#8211; Sheree Ren\u00e9e Thomas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-333-gil-roth\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gil Roth<\/a> &#8211; 43:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062854674\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">88 Names<\/a> &#8211; Matt Ruff<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780805210415\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Periodic Table<\/a> &#8211; Primo Levi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679723394\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speak, Memory<\/a> &#8211; Vladimir Nabokov<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780813944661\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Mendelsohn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781419750694\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XX<\/a> &#8211; Rian Hughes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811225502\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Samurai<\/a> &#8211; Helen DeWitt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780375726835\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Experience<\/a> &#8211; Martin Amis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374533663\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Complete Poems<\/a> &#8211; Philip Larkin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780544570313\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essays After Eighty<\/a> &#8211; Donald Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780143119760\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Perfect Spy<\/a> &#8211; John Le Carr\u00e9<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681374826\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Self-Portrait<\/a> &#8211; Celia Paul<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gil&#8217;s 2021 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780385423397\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present<\/a> &#8211; Edited by Phillip Lopate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781524747268\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present<\/a> &#8211; Edited by Phillip Lopate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781419735264\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018<\/a> &#8211; Peter Schjeldahl<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/loa.org\/books\/613-philip-roth-in-memory\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip Roth In Memory<\/a> &#8211; Joel Conarroe, Claudia Roth Pierpont, Norman Manea, Bernard Avishai, Nicole Krauss, Janis Bellow, Judith Thurman, Julia Golier, Edna O\u2019Brien, Andrew Wylie, Benjamin Taylor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781632863881\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nabokov in America: On the Road to Lolita<\/a> &#8211; Robert Roper<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/clive-james\/the-fire-of-joy\/9781529042085\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fire of Joy<\/a> &#8211; 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