Episode 18: Writers We’re Thankful For

So you thought Thanksgiving 2020 was over?? Not so fast... at the Book XChange podcast, we extend the gratitude and feasting for at least another week, as Jude and John list some of the writers they are most thankful for. This episode goes off in all kinds of different directions and was a lot of fun to record... so pull up a chair and dig in: you're definitely invited to the banquet, and there's more than enough provisions to go around for everybody! You may even get a "take home box" out of it, jam-packed with writers and books you'll want to enjoy at home at another time! Speaking of thanks... we are grateful to all who choose to spend a little time listening to us blather on about books. We sincerely hope these discussions have helped you get through what's been a brutal year pretty much all around the world. Cheers, and remember our unofficial motto: "Read in order to live."

BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE

What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next:

'Barkskins," Annie Proulx -

'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,' James Joyce -

What John is currently reading/plans to read next:

'The Flying Inn,' G. K. Chesterton -

'Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir,' Tim Winton -

Jude's List of Writers He's Thankful For:

Denis Johnson; Thomas Merton; Ron Hansen; Jack Kerouac; Charles DIckens -

John's List of Writers He's Thankful For:

G. K. Chesterton; Joseph Ellis; Michael Pollan; Wendell Berry; Jude Joseph Lovell -

Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast:

The BXC co-hosts choose and discuss their top fiction and non-fiction reads of the year.