{"id":15750,"date":"2022-12-19T17:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T22:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?page_id=15750"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T23:04:28","slug":"the-guest-list-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2022","title":{"rendered":"The Guest List 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We asked the past year&#8217;s podcast-guests for <strong>the favorite books they read in 2022<\/strong> and <strong>the books they <em>hope<\/em> to read in 2023<\/strong> for the\u00a0<strong>TENTH ANNIVERSARY <\/strong>edition of our special year-end \u00a0<strong><em>Guest List<\/em><\/strong> episode! Twenty-two guests participated, <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so listen to the show<\/a> to hear about the books they loved this year, and use this page to check out all the books, as well as their past episodes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15751\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2022\/2022booksweb\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?fit=1583%2C1111\" data-orig-size=\"1583,1111\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2022booksWeb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?fit=525%2C368\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?resize=525%2C368\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?resize=620%2C435 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?resize=440%2C309 440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?resize=768%2C539 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?resize=1536%2C1078 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?w=1583 1583w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022booksWeb.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photo of my 2022 books (not incl. comics &amp; some e-books) by me.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2228\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15750-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.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_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=15750-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_519_-_The_Guest_List_2022.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hywtHOrGx80\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; background: transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-519-the-guest-list-2022\/id531173075?i=1000590677602\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1bzngeOc1r1TtZGkYyspwS?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/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-503-jonathan-ames\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Ames<\/a> &#8211; 14:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/14848936-killer-in-the-rain\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Killer in the Rain<\/a> &#8211; Raymond Chandler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781614298199\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Six Perfections: The Practice of the Bodhisattvas<\/a> &#8211; Lama Zopa Rinpoche<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jonathan&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More books by Lama Zopa Rinpoche<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-505-richard-butner target=_blank\">Richard Butner<\/a> &#8211; 16:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781635577808\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piranesi<\/a> &#8211; Susanna Clarke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593331439\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Booth<\/a> &#8211; Karen Joy Fowler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781645240587\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel<\/a> &#8211; John Kessel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250804488\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These Prisoning Hills<\/a> &#8211; Christopher Rowe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Richard&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802128997\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freshwater<\/a> &#8211; Akwaeke Emezi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781138556799\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Punchdrunk Encyclopaedia<\/a> &#8211; Josephine Machon<\/li>\n<li>Maybe some Jennifer Egan and some David Gilbert, finally<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679723165\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lolita<\/a> &#8211; Vladimir Nabokov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-492-howard-chaykin target=_blank\">Howard Chaykin<\/a> &#8211; 20:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alymonroe.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Peter Cotton novels<\/a> &#8211; Aly Monroe<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780819568458\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Mann<\/a> &#8211; Jeannine Basinger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780063112520\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Once Upon a Time In Hollywood<\/a> &#8211; Quentin Tarantino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Howard&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/headofzeus.com\/books\/9781786692023\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moscow Exile: A Joe Wilderness Novel<\/a> &#8211; John Lawton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-493-joe-ciardiello target=_blank\">Joe Ciardiello<\/a> &#8211; 19:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780063031418\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld<\/a> &#8211; TJ English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-473-darryl-cunningham target=_blank\">Darryl Cunningham<\/a> &#8211; 4:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525510741\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life&#8217;s Work: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; David Milch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Darryl&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hilary Mantel&#8217;s other (non-Wolf Hall) books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-504-eva-hagberg target=_blank\">Eva Hagberg<\/a> &#8211; 5:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324035534\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Premonition: A Pandemic Story<\/a> &#8211; Michael Lewis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eva&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780765382030\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Three-Body Problem<\/a> &#8211; Cixin Liu (tr. Ken Liu) (and here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wardshelley.com\/paintings\/pages\/HistoryofScienceFiction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that print she mentions<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-485-kathe-koja target=_blank\">Kathe Koja<\/a> &#8211; 27:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780316184151\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Final Harvest: Poems<\/a> &#8211; Emily Dickinson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kathe&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781955904759\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I, Caravaggio<\/a> &#8211; Eugenio Volpe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-467-ken-krimstein target=_blank\">Ken Krimstein<\/a> &#8211; 12:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156031134\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Soldier of the Great War<\/a> &#8211; Mark Helprin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/240064.American_Splendor_Unsung_Hero\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unsung Hero: The Story of Robert McNeill (American Splendor)<\/a> &#8211; Harvey Pekar and David Collier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ken&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062391667\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Quixote<\/a> &#8211; Miguel Cervantes (tr. Edith Grossman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780140045291\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sometimes A Great Notion<\/a> &#8211; Ken Kesey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-471-glenn-kurtz target=_blank\">Glenn Kurtz<\/a> &#8211; 17:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780375711749\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Changing Light at Sandover<\/a> &#8211; James Merrill<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525434238\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Impostor<\/a> &#8211; Javier Cercas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811218702\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nox<\/a> &#8211; Anne Carson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Glenn&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593087480\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Books of Jacob<\/a> &#8211; Olga Tokarczuk<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307268990\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Passenger<\/a> &#8211; Cormac McCarthy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307269003\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stella Maris<\/a> &#8211; Cormac McCarthy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-507-w-david-marx target=_blank\">W. David Marx<\/a> &#8211; 2:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780521367813\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity<\/a> &#8211; Ricahrd Rorty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>David&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ernst Gombrich on art, and more Leonard B. Meyer on music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-497-dave-mckean target=_blank\">Dave McKean<\/a> &#8211; 3:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525510321\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds &amp; Shape Our Futures<\/a> &#8211; Merlin Sheldrake<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/arts-and-culture\/books\/book-review-heavy-light-by-horatio-clare-3168240\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heavy Light<\/a> &#8211; Horatio Clare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dave&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiction of Umberto Eco<\/li>\n<li>Works by Assyrologist George Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-468-wallis-wilde-menozzi target=_blank\">Wallis Wilde-Menozzi<\/a> &#8211; 8:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780520088887\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memoirs from the Women&#8217;s Prison<\/a> &#8211; Nawal El Saadawi (tr. Marilyn Booth)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374604103\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter Recipes from the Collective: Poems<\/a> &#8211; Louise Gl\u00fcck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Wallis&#8217; 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781945492679\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Septology<\/a> &#8211; Jon Fosse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-514-jim-ottaviani target=_blank\">Jim Ottaviani<\/a> &#8211; 9:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770462892\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands<\/a> &#8211; Kate Beaton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781982159313\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question<\/a> &#8211; Michael Schur<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781984856036\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life<\/a> &#8211; George Saunders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jim&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781598535679\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Speeches &amp; Writings of Abraham Lincoln<\/a> &#8211; Abraham Lincoln<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-483-celia-paul target=_blank\">Celia Paul<\/a> &#8211; 7:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781476740980\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daybook: The Journal of an Artist<\/a> &#8211; Anne Truitt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Celia&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300260403\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yield: The Journal of an Artist<\/a> &#8211; Anne Truitt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annetruitt.org\/books\/prospect\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prospect: The Journal of an Artist<\/a> &#8211; Anne Truitt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-474-nicole-rudick target=_blank\">Nicole Rudick<\/a> &#8211; 10:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802158741\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Things Like These<\/a> &#8211; Claire Keegan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307275257\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Be Both<\/a> &#8211; Ali Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781737277521\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Punks: New &amp; Selected Poems<\/a> &#8211; John Keene<\/li>\n<li>Rereading (nearly) all of Joanna Russ\u2019s output<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nicole&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802160416\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guest Lecture<\/a> &#8211; Martin Riker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780810145634\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unshuttered: Poems<\/a> &#8211; Patricia Smith<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593244098\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liliana\u2019s Invincible Summer: A Sister\u2019s Search for for Justice<\/a> &#8211; Cristina Rivera Garza<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781950268764\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perennial Fashion Falling Presence<\/a> &#8211; Fred Moten<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/True-Life-Poems-Adam-Zagajewski\/dp\/0374601569\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">True Life: Poems<\/a> &#8211; Adam Zagajewski (tr. Clare Cavanagh)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781571311450\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lost Journals of Sacajewea<\/a> &#8211; Debra Magpie Earling<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770465688\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where I\u2019m Coming From<\/a> &#8211; Barbara Brandon-Croft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-510-jerry-saltz target=_blank\">Jerry Saltz<\/a> &#8211; 22:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9788027306701\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ninety-Three<\/a> &#8211; Victor Hugo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jerry&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781607108160\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Miserables<\/a> &#8211; Victor Hugo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-518-dmitry-samarov target=_blank\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a> &#8211; 21:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780812988659\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Largesse of the Sea Maiden<\/a> &#8211; Denis Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dmitry&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593087480\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Books of Jacob<\/a> &#8211; Olga Tokarczuk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-515-david-sax target=_blank\">David Sax<\/a> &#8211; 15:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780143109396\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life<\/a> &#8211; William Finnegan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>David&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More Usula K. Le Guin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-495-ruth-scurr target=_blank\">Ruth Scurr<\/a> &#8211; 24:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802158741\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Things Like These<\/a> &#8211; Claire Keegan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucycaldwell.com\/these-days\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These Days<\/a> &#8211; Lucy Caldwell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781639731435\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sell Us The Rope<\/a> &#8211; Stephen May<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ruth&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/62856686-ways-of-life\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ways of Life: Jim Ede and the Kettle&#8217;s Yard Artists<\/a> &#8211; Laura Freeman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/63274130-the-future-future\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Future Future<\/a> &#8211; Adam Thirlwell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-479-sebastian-smee target=_blank\">Sebastian Smee<\/a> &#8211; 30:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781945492679\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Septology<\/a> &#8211; Jon Fosse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sebastian&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780061120152\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Under The Volcano<\/a> &#8211; Malcolm Lowry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-513-peter-stothard target=_blank\">Peter Stothard<\/a> &#8211; 25:40<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0136\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who Saved the Parthenon?: A New History of the Acropolis Before, During and After the Greek Revolution<\/a> &#8211; William St. Clair<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbookpublishers.com\/books\/10.11647\/obp.0279\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Classical Parthenon: Recovering the Strangeness of the Ancient World<\/a> &#8211; William St. Clair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Peter&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many poems of Horace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-511-marina-warner\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marina Warner<\/a> &#8211; 28:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781912868780\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misericordia<\/a> &#8211; Benito Perez Galdos (tr. Charles de Salis)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679767923\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Independent People<\/a> &#8211; Halldor Laxness (tr. James Anderson Thompson)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781838020040\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agitated Air: Poems After Ibn Arabi<\/a> &#8211; Yasmine Seale and Robin Moger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781913097974\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dandelions<\/a> &#8211; Thea Lenarduzzi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Marina&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781646051663\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey Bees<\/a> &#8211; Andrei Kurkov (tr. Boris Dralyuk)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/454355\/on-marriage-by-baum-devorah\/9780241998014\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Marriage<\/a> &#8211; Devorah Baum<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593081150\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollow<\/a> &#8211; Brian Catling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-466-gil-roth-and-aaron-finkelstein\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gil Roth<\/a> &#8211; 30:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250281845\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All the Living and the Dead: From Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life&#8217;s Work<\/a> &#8211; Hayley Campbell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681376400\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters to Gwen John<\/a> &#8211; Celia Paul<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780393088595\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem<\/a> &#8211; 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John Crowley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780393541274\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Latinist<\/a> &#8211; Mark Prins<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781567926958\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Poets: Reminiscences and Opinions<\/a> &#8211; Donald Hall<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780143112563\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Against the Day<\/a> &#8211; Thomas Pynchon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780812982602\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Anton: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Salman Rushdie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156628709\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Dalloway<\/a> &#8211; Virginia Woolf<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780141441849\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Good Soldier<\/a> &#8211; Ford Madox Ford<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156453806\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invisible Cities<\/a> &#8211; Italo Calvino<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679728757\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blood Meridian<\/a> &#8211; Cormac McCarthy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156007757\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blindness<\/a> &#8211; jose Saramago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780451492937\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gratitude<\/a> &#8211; Oliver Sacks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780449908341\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intoxicated by My Illness: And Other Writings on Life and Death<\/a> &#8211; Anatole Broyard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gil&#8217;s 2023 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374533113\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mourning Diary<\/a> &#8211; Roland Barthes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156907392\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To The Lighthouse<\/a> &#8211; 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