In this episode, we get excited about two new books: The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy and Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson. Then Mel and Dave share poems to usher in the new year. [transcript]
The Snow Ball by Brigid Brophy
Mozart the Dramatist: The Value of His Operas to Him, His Age, and to Us by Brigid Brophy
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper
The Box in The Woods by Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson wrote a guide to not getting murdered in an English country house for CrimeReads.
Tell Me by Kim Addonizio
Swearing Smoking Drinking & Kissing by Kim Addonizio
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
Watch a panel discussion of Brigid Brophy’s work presented by London Review Bookshop
these are the words by Nikita Gill
Kim Addonizio’s website and her work on Poetry Foundation.
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