{"id":14921,"date":"2021-12-21T08:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?page_id=14921"},"modified":"2021-12-22T20:34:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T01:34:41","slug":"the-guest-list-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021","title":{"rendered":"The Guest List 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-guest-list-2021\/img_3288\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?fit=2504%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2504,2560\" 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;1640074338&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3288\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?fit=430%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?fit=525%2C537&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14922\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288.jpeg?resize=300%2C307\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=430%2C440&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=606%2C620&amp;ssl=1 606w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C785&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=1502%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?resize=2003%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3288-scaled.jpeg?w=1575 1575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We asked the past year&#8217;s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2021 and the books they <em>hope<\/em> to read in 2022 for our special year-end <em>Guest List<\/em> episode! Thirty guests participated, <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.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!<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of my 2021 books (not incl. comics) by me. Some e-books are missing, of course.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7644\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14921-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.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_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=14921-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.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\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e22Jp_v0GI8\" 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-465-the-guest-list-2021\/id531173075?i=1000545628739\" 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\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/7B77EJJnaCRR7nKrywCWF8?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/embed\/player\/t168575884\/\" 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-444-jonathan-baylis\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Baylis<\/a> &#8211; 19:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/collections\/jaime-hernandez\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Locas<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-265-jaime-hernandez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaime Hernandez<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jonathan&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770462823\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Customer Is Always Wrong<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-236-mimi-pond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mimi Pond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781419734847\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-395-derf-backderf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derf Backderf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>a whole ton of <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-437-keiler-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keiler Roberts<\/a> books<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kramers_Ergot\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back issues of Kramer&#8217;s Ergot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780544387652\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Secret to Superhuman Strength<\/a> &#8211; Alison Bechdel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-456-zoe-beloff\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Zoe Beloff<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 25:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9783869302591\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walker Evans: The Magazine Work<\/a> &#8211; David Campany<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-451-jacques-berlinerblau\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacques Berlinerblau<\/a> &#8211; 21:00<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780871402103\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cane<\/a> &#8211; Jean Toomer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jacques&#8217; 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can&#8217;t wait to find out for himself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-454-anne-cattaneo\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anne Cattaneo<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 5:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780385541602\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child of Light: A Biography of Robert Stone<\/a> &#8211; Madison Smart Bell<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780399588761\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II<\/a> &#8211; Svetlana Alexievich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Anne&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cookbooks!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-428-michael-deforge\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Michael DeForge<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; 49:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781781689264\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Man Who Closed the Asylums: Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care<\/a> &#8211; John Foot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shary Flenniken<\/a> &#8211; 57:23<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780807083697\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindred<\/a> &#8211; Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781538732182\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parable of the Sower<\/a> &#8211; Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781538732199\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parable of the Talents<\/a> &#8211; Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307951274\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodbye for Now<\/a> &#8211; Laurie Frankel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250088567\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Is How It Always Is<\/a> &#8211; Laurie Frankel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525559474\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Midnight Library<\/a> &#8211; Matt Haig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780618871711\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic<\/a> &#8211; Alison Bechdel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780544002234\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama<\/a> &#8211; Alison Bechdel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780544387652\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Secret to Superhuman Strength<\/a> &#8211; Alison Bechdel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-463-sophia-glock\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sophia Glock<\/a> &#8211; 17:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rosemarys-Baby-Novel-50th-Anniversary-ebook\/dp\/B01MTOGL4E\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosemary&#8217;s Baby<\/a> &#8211; Ira Levin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683964445\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crisis Zone<\/a> &#8211; Simon Hanselmann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sophia&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dostoevsky? Maybe? How about just making it through a stack of <em>New Yorker<\/em>s?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-446-heywood-gould\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heywood Gould<\/a> &#8211; 45:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0061GJXSM\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nazarene<\/a> &#8211; Sholem Asch<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008WNT9GS\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Apostle<\/a> &#8211; Sholem Asch<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00BXPO3WM\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary<\/a> &#8211; Sholem Asch<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780813180434\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film<\/a> &#8211; Alan K.Rode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-439-glenn-head\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn Head<\/a> &#8211; 16:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781555974893\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art Of Time In The Memoir: Then, Again<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-418-sven-birkerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sven Birkerts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780544837393\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autobiography of a Face<\/a> &#8211; Lucy Grealy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Glenn&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781786824837\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dance Nation<\/a> &#8211; Clare Barron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-440-ron-hogan\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Hogan<\/a> &#8211; 50:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781621386933\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roland in Moonlight<\/a> &#8211; David Bentley Hart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ron&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780801039386\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief<\/a> &#8211; David Bentley Hart<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780268201944\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature<\/a> &#8211; David Bentley Hart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-427-kate-lacour\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Lacour<\/a> &#8211; 37:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062085641\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moby-Dick<\/a> &#8211; Herman Melville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Kate&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Gothic-Robert-Bloch\/dp\/0812515722\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Gothic<\/a> &#8211; Robert Bloch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-448-elisabeth-lasch-quinn\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn<\/a> &#8211; 30:55<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780674988279\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix: A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens<\/a> &#8211; David Stuttard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780452269347\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quarter In Autumn<\/a> &#8211; Barbara Pym<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525564454\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Myth of Sisyphus<\/a> &#8211; Albert Camus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780226772349\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Presences<\/a> &#8211; George Steiner<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250621436\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius<\/a> &#8211; Donald Robertson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Elisabeth&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525431800\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schubert&#8217;s Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession<\/a> &#8211; Ian Bostridge<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780861540297\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons<\/a> &#8211; Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kannehmasons.com\/newalbum-carnival\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnival<\/a> &#8211; The Kanneh-Masons, Michael Morpurgo, &amp; Olivia Colman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bible<\/a> &#8211;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780231195768\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notre-Dame of Amiens: Life of the Gothic Cathedral<\/a> &#8211; Stephen Murray<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780226757766\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Georg Simmel on Individuality and Social Forms<\/a> &#8211; Georg Simmel<\/li>\n<li>All of Jane Austen? Maybe?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-461-matt-madden\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Madden<\/a> &#8211; 56:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781644450383\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Dream House: A Memoir<\/a> &#8211; Carmen Machado<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Matt&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770464667\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tunnels<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-460-rutu-modan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rutu Modan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781635421699\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Anomaly<\/a> &#8211; Herv\u00e9 Le Tellier<\/li>\n<li>More Charles Portis and Flann O&#8217;Brien<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-421-kate-maruyama\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Maruyama<\/a> &#8211; 22:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593134641\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Letters of Shirley Jackson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250812629\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last House on Needless Street<\/a> &#8211; Catriona Ward<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781982136468\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Only Good Indians<\/a> &#8211; Stephen Graham Jones<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250780935\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hex<\/a> &#8211; Thomas Olde Heuvelt<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525536963\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vanishing Half<\/a> &#8211; Brit Bennett<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kaya.com\/books\/david-tung-cant-have-a-girlfriend-until-he-gets-into-an-ivy-league-college\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Tung Can&#8217;t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets into an Ivy League College<\/a> &#8211; Ed Lin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-450-robert-mccrum\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert McCrum<\/a> &#8211; 15:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250235831\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Boy: The LIfe and Work of Stephen Crane<\/a> &#8211; Paul Auster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Robert&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780812969641\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Search of Lost Time<\/a> &#8211; Marcel Proust<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-458-robert-emmet-meagher\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Emmet Meagher<\/a> &#8211; 24:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781800501041\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And Then Your Soul is Gone: Moral Injury and U.S. War Culture<\/a> &#8211; Kelly Denton-Borhaugh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780791428689\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holiness in Words: Abraham Joshua Heschel\u2019s Poetics of Piety<\/a> &#8211; Edward K. Kaplan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780811228176\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Doctor Stories<\/a> &#8211; William Carlos Williams<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780143035725\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Blinding Absence of Light<\/a> &#8211; Tahar Ben Jelloun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780573705113\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Human Being Died That Night<\/a> &#8211; Nicholas Wright<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307389039\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">River of Fire<\/a> &#8211; Helen Prejean<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Robert&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781590171691\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chess Story<\/a> &#8211; Stefan Zweig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780367260477\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arjuna-Odysseus: Shared Heritage in Indian and Greek Epic<\/a> &#8211; N.J. Allen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781882688609\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coming Home in Viet Nam: Poems<\/a> &#8211; Edward Tick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-422-anahid-nersessian\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anahid Nersessian<\/a> &#8211; 10:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781643620756\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Permanent Volta<\/a> &#8211; Rosie Stockton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Anahid&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781950268580\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plans for Sentences<\/a> &#8211; Renee Gladman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-449-scott-newstok\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Newstok<\/a> &#8211; 46:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781590171332\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Peregrine<\/a> &#8211; J.A. Baker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780691229195\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-381-zena-hitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zena Hitz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781400040216\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Essays<\/a> &#8211; Michel de Montaigne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Scott&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780199536061\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Karenina<\/a> &#8211; Leo Tolstoy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynous.com\/2020\/05\/21\/philosopher-wins-fellowship-produce-philosophical-guidebook-rome\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour<\/a> &#8211; Scott Samuelson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-442-weng-pixin\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weng Pixin \/ PIX<\/a> &#8211; 39:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780802130204\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Confederacy of Dunces<\/a> &#8211; John Kennedy Toole<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethosbooks.com.sg\/products\/this-is-what-inequality-looks-like\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is What Inequality Looks Like<\/a> &#8211; Teo You Yenn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062839886\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unspeakable Acts<\/a> &#8211; Sarah Weinman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pix&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of Advocacy in Singapore<\/a> &#8211; Constance Singam and Margaret Thomas (eds.)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media<\/a> &#8211; Brooke Gladstone<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Age of Innocence<\/a> &#8211; Edith Wharton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-459-tess-lewis-and-alta-price\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AL Price<\/a> &#8211; 59:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780998740089\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Close to the Teeth<\/a> &#8211; Elisa Biagini (tr. Sarah Stickney and Diana Thow)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681375526\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exhausted on the Cross<\/a> &#8211; Najwan Darwish (tr. Kareem James Abu-Zeid)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781943735921\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Born in a Second Language<\/a> &#8211; Akosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780999451427\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ulir\u00e1t: Best Contemporary Stories in Translation from the Philippines<\/a> &#8211; ed. Tilde Acu\u00f1a, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, and Kristine Ong Muslim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Alta&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780226641355\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time<\/a> &#8211; Teju Cole<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kanon-verlag.de\/buecher\/der-termin\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Der Termin<\/a> &#8211; Katharina Volckmer (tr. Milena Adam)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781324003588\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Appropriate: A Provocation<\/a> &#8211; Paisley Rekdal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781616957018\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Joker, Volume 1<\/a> &#8211; Kaoru Takamura (tr. Allison Markin Powell and Marie Iida)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781949641196\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaya Days<\/a> &#8211; Carl de Souza (tr. Jeffrey Zuckerman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-437-keiler-roberts\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keiler Roberts<\/a> &#8211; 41:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780399588198\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood<\/a> &#8211; Trevor Noah<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781452183053\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penny<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-434-karl-stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karl Stevens<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Keiler&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conundrumpress.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A bunch of Conundrum Press books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-436-dmitry-samarov\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmitry Samarov<\/a> &#8211; 3:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780679720768\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Fan&#8217;s Notes<\/a> &#8211; Frederick Exley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780316715973\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collected Stories<\/a> &#8211; Breece D&#8217;J Pancake<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681374680\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JR<\/a> &#8211; William Gaddis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0735273030\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Alphabet for Joanna<\/a> &#8211; Damian Rogers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9798617909809\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Running the Light<\/a> &#8211; Sam Tallent<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mocastore.org\/products\/amy-sillman-faux-pas-selected-writings-and-drawings\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faux Pas<\/a> &#8211; Amy Sillman<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781538754115\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Most Fun Thing<\/a> &#8211; Kyle Beachy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-453-nadine-sergejeff\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nadine Sergejeff<\/a> &#8211; 53:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593230251\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents<\/a> &#8211; Isabel Wilkerson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nadine&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780735222359\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lincoln Highway<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-337-amor-towles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amor Towles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780062671127\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sentence<\/a> &#8211; Louise Erdrich<\/li>\n<li>some Anthony Bourdain cookbooks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374605322\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eating to Extinction: The World&#8217;s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them<\/a> &#8211; Dan Saladino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-457-dash-shaw\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dash Shaw<\/a> &#8211; 8:50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374279226\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Place<\/a> &#8211; Rachel Cusk<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683964452\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen of the Ring<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-265-jaime-hernandez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaime Hernandez<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dash&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/headofzeus.com\/books\/9781786692023\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Spectre Haunting Europe<\/a> &#8211; China Mieville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-424-jen-silverman\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jen Silverman<\/a> &#8211; 52:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525541622\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Death of Vivek Ohi<\/a> &#8211; Akwaeke Emezi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780451493712\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Pill<\/a> &#8211; Hari Kunzru<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781982150945\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smile: The Story of a Face<\/a> &#8211; Sarah Ruhl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Jen&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780393635164\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait<\/a> &#8211; Bathsheba Demuth<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780525656975\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Great Circle<\/a> &#8211; Maggie Shipstead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-462-edward-sorel\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Sorel<\/a> &#8211; 25:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300179477\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lives of the Novelists<\/a> &#8211; John Sutherland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ed&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;No plans for more books, but I&#8217;ll continue to write and draw The Literati feature in the <em>NYTimes Book Review<\/em>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-452-rosemary-steinbaum\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosemary Steinbaum<\/a> &#8211; 37:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780316496421\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeland Elegies<\/a> &#8211; Ayad Akhtar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Rosemary&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250235831\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burning Boy: The LIfe and Work of Stephen Crane<\/a> &#8211; Paul Auster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-434-karl-stevens\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karl Stevens<\/a> &#8211; 30:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593187708\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Host<\/a> &#8211; Kate Russo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780140439441\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Copperfield<\/a> &#8211; Charles Dickens<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781641293518\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lurkers<\/a> &#8211; Sandi Tan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770464582\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Begging Chart<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-437-keiler-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keiler Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781683964445\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crisis Zone<\/a> &#8211; Simon Hanselmann<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Karl&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780156701600\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orlando<\/a> &#8211; Virginia Woolf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-441-andi-watson\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andi Watson<\/a> &#8211; 36:05<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Winter-Garden-Novel-Beryl-Bainbridge-ebook\/dp\/B01LC02LR6\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter Garden<\/a> &#8211; Beryl Bainbridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Andi&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>more novels by Beryl Bainbridge, and finishing the ouevre of Penelope Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781943910458\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Late Breakfasters and Other Strange Stories<\/a> &#8211; Robert Aickman<\/li>\n<li>a big stack of Graham Greene novels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-445-heather-cass-white\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heather Cass White<\/a> &#8211; 12:30<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781771963077\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ducks, Newburyport<\/a> &#8211; Lucy Ellmann<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781635575637\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piranesi<\/a> &#8211; Susanna Clarke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-416-wendung\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gil Roth<\/a> &#8211; 1:01:45<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\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; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-447-peter-schjeldahl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Schjeldahl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780374158453\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Free World: Art &amp; Thought in The Cold War<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-431-louis-menand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louis Menand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781637605202\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drafted: A Memoir of the \u201860s<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-446-heywood-gould\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heywood Gould<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780268108892\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-448-elisabeth-lasch-quinn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681374222\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost Property: Memoirs &amp; Confessions of a Bad Boy<\/a> &#8211; Ben Sonnenberg<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781643138213\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Albert Camus and the Human Crisis<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-458-robert-emmet-meagher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Emmet Meagher<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780300255966\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BALD: 35 Philosophical Short Cuts<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-339-simon-critchley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Critchley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781643137896\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shakespearean: On Life and Language in Times of Disruption<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-450-robert-mccrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert McCrum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780399591525\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We Play Ourselves<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-424-jen-silverman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jen Silverman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780743265232\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empire of the Sun<\/a> &#8211; JG Ballard<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770464629\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let\u2019s Not Talk Anymore<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-442-weng-pixin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weng Pixin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781770464582\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Begging Chart<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-437-keiler-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keiler Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781681374857\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trots &amp; Bonnie<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-432-shary-flenniken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shary Flenniken<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gil&#8217;s 2022 goals<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Living-Dead-Executioners-Exploration\/dp\/1250281849\/\" 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; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-188-hayley-campbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hayley Campbell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Letters-Gwen-John-Celia-Paul\/dp\/1681376407\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letters to Gwen John<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-408-celia-paul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celia Paul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781250296870\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine<\/a> &#8211; Anna Della Subin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780593083369\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orwell\u2019s Roses<\/a> &#8211; Rebecca Solnit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780735222359\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lincoln Highway<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-337-amor-towles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amor Towles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9781439170915\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer<\/a> &#8211; Siddhartha Mukherjee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780940322776\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renoir, My Father<\/a> &#8211; Jean Renoir<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780226042435\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Maze Maker<\/a> &#8211; Michael Ayrton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/4669\/9780307389831\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What I Talk About When I Talk About Running<\/a> &#8211; Haruki Murakami<\/li>\n<li>more Shakespeare, more Camus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7645\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14921-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.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_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=14921-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_465_-_The_Guest_List_2021.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked the past year&#8217;s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2021 and the books they hope to read in 2022 for our special year-end Guest List episode! 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