Season 1, Ep 5: Let’s Talk Classics

Hi Friends! In this episode of TBR Lowdown, we:

  • Make an argument for reading classics

  • Discuss East of Eden by John Steinbeck

  • Look at the Zora Canon

  • Talk about reading and expanding the classics in K-12 schools

Music by Wataboi from Pixabay

Books Mentioned:

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Street by Ann Petry
The Narrows by Ann Petry
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
The Outline Series by Rachel Cusk
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith
Savage Tongues by Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi
Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Woman in the Purple Skirt by
The Atlas Six by Little Chmura and Olivie Blake
The Last Debutantes by Georgie Blalock
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenk
Daughter from the Dark by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenk

Visit https://www.tbrlowdown.com/readalongs for information on our Ulysses and 1Q84 read-along. The Ulysses read-along starts Sunday, September 5, 2021.

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