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Up Next: The Director - Daniel Kehlmann
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| 6/14/26 | Up Next: The Director - Daniel Kehlmann | Whitney, Risë, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann.The influential Austrian film director G W Pabst discovered Louise Brooks and Leni Riefenstahl, worked with Greta Garbo and Kurt Weill, and moved to Hollywood in the 1930s. Unfortunately, just as WWII began he returned to Austria to care for his ailing mother, trapping Pabst and his family in Nazi Germany and turning him into a tool of the Reich. The stark soundstage, dark shadows, and sharp camera angles of Expressionist cinema infuse Kehlmann's novel, translated from the German, chilling our bones with the horror of seeing precisely how totalitarianism breaks us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 | 78: Flesh - David Szalay✨ | literary analysisnovel discussion+3 | Whitney PinionMira Landry | Writers Who ReadBoulder Writers Alliance+2 | — | FleshDavid Szalay+3 | — | 50m 14s | |
| 5/10/26 | Up Next: Flesh - David Szalay✨ | lonely masculinityliterary analysis+3 | WhitneyMira | FleshOutline trilogy+1 | — | FleshDavid Szalay+3 | — | 2m 20s | |
| 4/26/26 | 77: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones✨ | literary analysiswriting techniques+3 | Whitney PinionRachel Dempsey | Writers Who ReadBoulder Writers Alliance+1 | Boulder, Colorado | literary forensicsStephen Graham Jones+3 | — | 47m 43s | |
| 4/12/26 | Up Next: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones✨ | book analysishistorical fiction+3 | — | The Buffalo Hunter HunterCormac McCarthyesque hellscape | Bear RiverMontana+1 | Stephen Graham JonesThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter+3 | — | 3m 08s | |
| 3/22/26 | 76: Isola - Allegra Goodman✨ | literary analysisnovel discussion+4 | Whitney PinionMira Landry | Writers Who ReadBoulder Writers Alliance+1 | Boulder, Colorado | IsolaAllegra Goodman+5 | — | 47m 57s | |
| 3/8/26 | Up Next: Isola - Allegra Goodman✨ | book analysishistorical fiction+3 | — | Isola | — | IsolaAllegra Goodman+3 | — | 3m 00s | |
| 2/22/26 | 75: We Solve Murders - Richard Osman✨ | literary analysiswriting techniques+3 | Whitney PinionMira Landry | Writers Who ReadBoulder Writers Alliance+1 | Boulder, Colorado | literary forensicsbook analysis+3 | — | 48m 33s | |
| 2/8/26 | Up Next: We Solve Murders - Richard Osman✨ | murder mysterybook analysis+4 | Richard Osman | We Solve Murders | — | murder mysteryRichard Osman+5 | — | 2m 10s | |
| 1/25/26 | 74: The God of the Woods - Liz Moore✨ | literary analysisnovel discussion+3 | Whitney PinionMira Landry | Writers Who ReadBoulder Writers Alliance+1 | Boulder, Colorado | literary forensicsnovel analysis+3 | — | 45m 18s | |
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| 1/11/26 | Up Next: The God of the Woods - Liz Moore✨ | literary thrillermulti-generational story+3 | — | AcastThe God of the Woods | upstate NY | The God of the WoodsLiz Moore+5 | — | 4m 25s | |
| 12/28/25 | 73: All Fours - Miranda July✨ | literary analysisnovel discussion+3 | Whitney PinionRachel Dempsey | Writers Who ReadBoulder Writers Alliance+1 | Boulder, Colorado | All FoursMiranda July+3 | — | 46m 44s | |
| 12/14/25 | Up Next: All Fours - Miranda July✨ | novel analysisexistential themes+3 | WhitneyRachel | All Fours | — | Miranda JulyAll Fours+5 | — | 1m 54s | |
| 11/23/25 | 72: Real Americans - Rachel Khong | Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Real Americans by Rachel Khong, which is Writers Who Read book number 72. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com. More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here.In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing. We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.We do this through Literary Forensics, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.If you'd like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information here and be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.Writers Who Read has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the Boulder Writers Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/28/25 | Season 3 - Preview | Gary introduces the titles of the first 4 novels in Season 3 of Writers Who Read:72: Real Americans - Rachel Khong (USA, 2024)73: All Fours - Miranda July (USA, 2024)74: The God of the Woods - Liz Moore (USA, 2024)75: We Solve Murders - Richard Osman (UK, 2024) For a complete list of all novels discussed, registration information for our live meetings, and our newsletter, please visit https://WritersWhoRead.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/24/25 | 71: Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe | Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe, which is Writers Who Read book number 71. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com. More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here.In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing. We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.We do this through Literary Forensics, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.If you'd like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information here and be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.Writers Who Read has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the Boulder Writers Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 8/10/25 | Up Next: Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe | Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe.All-star wrestling! Cosplay! OnlyFans! Rufi Thorpe’s fourth novel is about none of those things and yet somehow it’s about all of those things. Margo, an unemployed 20-year-old single mother, struggles to wrest money and power from a world that has little interest in giving it to her. A wickedly clever take on the art of storytelling and controlling your own narrative, both online and IRL. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/27/25 | 70: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates | Rachel Dempsey joins Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride to talk about Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates, which is Writers Who Read book number 70. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com. More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here.In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing.We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.We do this through Literary Forensics, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.If you'd like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information here and be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.Writers Who Read has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the Boulder Writers Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 7/13/25 | Up Next: Butcher - Joyce Carol Oates | Rachel Dempsey joins Whitney, Mira, and Gary to analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates.Dr. Silas Weir, the mid-19th century “Father of Gyno-Psychiatry,” is woefully under-educated and ill-prepared to deal with women’s health issues. Humiliated by his ineptitude, Weir is forced to take a position at the New Jersey Asylum for Female Lunatics, where the title of Oates’s 62nd novel reveals its chilling meaning. Not a tale for the faint of heart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | 69: Burma Sahib - Paul Theroux | Whitney Pinion and Gary McBride talk about Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux, which is Writers Who Read book number 69. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com. More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here.In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing.We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.We do this through Literary Forensics, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.If you'd like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information here and be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.Writers Who Read has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the Boulder Writers Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/8/25 | Up Next: Burma Sahib - Paul Theroux | Gary and Whitney analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux.19-year-old Eton graduate Eric is off to Burma to police the British Raj. His English father was himself an official in India in the late 19th century at the height of the British Empire, and so the son feels an obligation to do a job that is not at all in his nature. Literature buffs will quickly recognize Eric’s story as taken from real life, knowing that in later years he would go on to pen both short stories about Burma and the most influential totalitarian novel of all time, which is still a best-seller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/25/25 | 68: James - Percival Everett | Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, and Gary McBride talk about James by Percival Everett, which is Writers Who Read book number 68. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com. More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here.In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing.We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.We do this through Literary Forensics, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.If you'd like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information here and be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.Writers Who Read has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the Boulder Writers Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/11/25 | Up Next: James - Percival Everett | Gary, Whitney, and Mira analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of Writers Who Read. Next up: James by Percival Everett.What if Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn were retold from the perspective of the slave Jim? American author Percival Everett takes up the challenge in this rollicking novel, at the same time shining a bright light on his country’s never-ending foibles. Of particular delight are Everett’s passages covering signifying and code switching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/4/25 | Good Material - BONUS | A few minutes of outtakes from our most recent full-length book podcast, Good Material, by Dolly Alderton, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/27/25 | 67: Good Material - Dolly Alderton | Whitney Pinion, Mira Landry, Chelsea Pennington, and Gary McBride talk about Good Material by Dolly Alderton, which is Writers Who Read book number 67. Discussion slides for this novel and all novels discussed are available at WritersWhoRead.com. More information about Literary Forensics is available here and here.In every episode we analyze and discuss one novel that has been published within the past 18-24 months. We do this because we are writers who read with intent–we read to study content and form and to uncover techniques that we can apply to our own writing.We read like writers, turning our favorite authors into our writing teachers.We do this through Literary Forensics, a set of tools that allow us to look beyond the surface of plot points, down into the tapestry of themes, contexts, and symbols that hold the very intentions of the author.We uncover why they wrote this novel and how they did it.If you'd like to join our LIVE! meetings in person, find upcoming novel titles and event registration information here and be sure to sign up for our monthly newsletter.Writers Who Read has been meeting in Boulder, Colorado, since 2018, and we are affiliated with the Boulder Writers Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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