About this episode

Contributors read excerpts from their pieces in Brick 111, including Karen Benning's essay on lithium.

In this episode, contributors read excerpts from their pieces that appear in Brick 111. Karen Benning reads from “A Little Globule of Silver,” an essay that explores her relationship to the element lithium, both a basic ingredient of our planet . . . Source

People in this episode

Guests: Karen Benning, Jesse Nathan, Kaiama L. Glover, Omar El Akkad

Topics covered

• literature
• essays
• relationships
• elements

Keywords

• Brick 111
• reading
• excerpts

Mentioned in this episode

Products: lithium

Books & works: Brick, A Little Globule of Silver

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