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Ep 199: The Great Indian Tee and Snakes

Discussion Notes: The Great Indian Tee and Snakes This week’s story: The Great Indian Tee and Snakes by Kritika Pandey  Next week’s story: Callme and Mink by Brenda Cooper  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “The Great Indian Tee and Snakes” by Kritika Pandey. The story divided our hosts, with Gerald and Anais loving...

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Ep 198: Rough Deeds

Discussion Notes: Rough Deeds This week’s story: Rough Deeds by Annie Proulx  Next week’s story: The Great Indian Tee and Snakes by Kritika Pandey  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Rough Deeds” by Annie Proulx, a vivid story about mafioso lumbermen in 1712’s New France. Proulx’s prose and plot captivates all three hosts who...

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Ep 197: Flashlight

Discussion Notes: Flashlight This week’s story: Flashlight by Susan Choi  Next week’s story: Rough Deeds by Annie Proulx  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Flashlight” by Susan Choi, a richly layered story of a girl haunted by the early death of her father, resentful of her mother’s illness, and longing for an adult to...

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Ep 196: Sweet Scoundrel

Discussion Notes: Sweet Scoundrel This week’s story: Sweet Scoundrel by Diana Xin Next week’s story: Flashlight by Susan Choi Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Sweet Scoundrel” by Diana Xin, a slyly written story of a mistress, a pregnancy, a would-be older sister, and a marriage that straddles cultures and countries. Right from the...

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Ep 195: The Library of Babel

Discussion Notes: The Library of Babel This week’s story: The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges  Next week’s story: Sweet Scoundrel by Diana Xin  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss the classic short story “The Library of Babel” by Jorge Luis Borges. In it, Borges imagines a universe in the form of a...

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Ep 194: Silverfish by Christina Perez Brubaker

Discussion Notes: Silverfish This week’s story: Silverfish by Christina Perez Brubaker  Next week’s story: The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges  Rated: Explicit Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Silverfish” by Christina Perez Brubaker, a story of a failing marriage between two flawed characters. It delights in its examination of the petty things unhappy and...

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Ep 193: Suffering in Motion by McKenna Marsden

Discussion Notes: Suffering in Motion This week’s story: Suffering in Motion by McKenna Marsden  Next week’s story: Silverfish by Christina Perez Brubaker  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Suffering in Motion” by McKenna Marsden, a story of gender identity, transition and relationships centered around a  passionate marathon runner.  Have thoughts on this story? Did...

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Ep 192: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia

Discussion Notes: Chemical Bonds This week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia  Next week’s story: Suffering in Motion by McKenna Marsden  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Chemical Bonds” by Neema Avashia, an auto-biographical story about the political divide between immigrant parents and their American-born daughter. While this podcast typically focuses on fiction, reading...

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Ep 191: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami

Discussion Notes: The Rabbit Matchmakers This week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami  Next week’s story: Chemical Bonds by Neema Avashia  Rated: Clean Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey” by Haruki Murakami, a story of talking monkey who works an honest job and pines for lost loves from...

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Ep 190: Agashi by AC Koch

Discussion Notes: Agashi This week’s story: Agashi by AC Koch  Next week’s story: Confessions of a Shinagawa Monkey by Haruki Murakami  Rated: Adult Themes, Clean Language Gerald, Andy and Anais discuss “Agahsi” by AC Koch, a story two ex-pat English teachers in Hong Kong sent to South Korea by their boss. Their mission carries questionable...

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