Listen "S02:E03 | Little Reviews: Books About the Aftermath"
Episode Synopsis
It's Little Reviews time, and today we're whipping through a whopping SIX BOOKS, all of which sit in that emotionally rich and tender space of the aftermath – specifically, the aftermath of the death of a loved one, including: The Furrows by Namwali SerpellWe Are Okay by Nina LaCourIn Love: A Memoir of Love and Lossby Amy BloomAfterglow (a dog memoir)by Eileen MylesAlive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones (one of our April ABC picks!)The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziA NOTE ON CONTENT & SPOILERSI highly encourage you to look into content warnings for every book I discuss before you pick it up; we want reading to be safe for everyone. <3I refuse to spoil plot, but I do talk about what you can glean from the book jacket, authorial and narrative choices, formal elements, and my overall impressions and takeaways. If you're wary of getting spoiled on *anything,* then maybe bookmark this episode and come back when you've read the books herein.Take care, keep creating, and stay divine!ResourcesOn the unreliable narrator | S01:E04 | Little Reviews: One's Company by Ashley Hutson and The Hurting Kind by Ada LimónIG: @littleoracles
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