{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ae4d906addc7890b4dcdaa/6a88728c49da908299dbecef?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What We *Actually* Read This Summer ","description":"<p>Welcome back to Sylly, a podcast for the curious and critical. We’re your hosts, <a href=\"https://choicecuts.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mbiye Kasonga</a> and <a href=\"https://tembe.substack.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tembe Denton-Hurst</a>. In episode 18, we’re talking about the books that have actually captured our attention this summer, and what we’re hoping to finish before summer ends. We talk about why we’ve both sworn off reading blurbs and watching trailers, what it means to read outside your own identity without losing sight of whose stories you’re prioritizing, and why Tembe thinks we’ve entered a second Romantic period in fiction.</p><p><br></p><p>If you love Sylly, tell us! <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sylly/id1796242704\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts</a>. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books We Talked About</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/good-morning\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Good Morning Means I Love You</em></a> by Kendra Allen</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/disappearers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Disappearers</em></a> by Marlon James</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-wedding-a-novel-dorothy-west/91f94ad57694e84b?ean=9780385471442&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Wedding</em></a> by Dorothy West</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/search?keywords=Butter+Asako+Yuzuki\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Butter</em></a> by Asako Yuzuki</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/hooked-a-novel-of-obsession-asako-yuzuki/7c7327fd7a407572?ean=9780063442412&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Hooked</em></a> by Asako Yuzuki</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/kitten-a-novel-stacey-yu/69802e7f501ebcd7?ean=9798217155064&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kitten</em></a> by Stacy Yu</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/pool-house-a-novel-mary-h-k-choi/82db5d85fbf7deea?ean=9781250800442&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pool House</em></a> by Mary H.K. Choi</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/pure-men-a-novel-mohamed-mbougar-sarr/81e978bc9236b281?ean=9781635424706&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Pure Men</em></a> by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-most-secret-memory-of-men-a-novel-mohamed-mbougar-sarr/1606f54ada172d1b?ean=9781635423273&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Most Secret Memory of Men</em></a> by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/transcription-a-novel-ben-lerner/e2ab1e6af4c8d0b2?ean=9780374618599&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Transcription</em></a> by Ben Lerner</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/east-of-eden-john-steinbeck/08b1a78e3c74be5c\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>East of Eden</em></a> by John Steinbeck</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/goliath-robertson?_pos=2&amp;_sid=3e57d97f5&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Goliath</em></a> by Ronald Lee Robertson (mentioned as a companion read to East of Eden)</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/mrs-dalloway-virginia-woolf/7aac8fba4051786c?ean=9780593311806&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Mrs. Dalloway</em></a> by Virginia Woolf</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/playing-in-the-dark-toni-morrison/266349ae6c7eeb40?ean=9780679745426&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination</em></a> by Toni Morrison</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/chain-gang-all-stars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Chain-Gang All-Stars</em></a> by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-eating-the-making-and-unmaking-of-my-appetites-alicia-kennedy/65ac0c87b689e70a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>On Eating: The Making and Unmaking of My Appetites</em></a> by Alicia Kennedy</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-chuck-a-novel-latoya-watkins/cc12158c8af94f74?ean=9780593854549&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Book of Chuck</em></a> by Latoya Watkins</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/true-confessions-first-lady?srsltid=AfmBOooA2TdA7tZKfBRjQzCZw1di_OSyj97aosDvvhv3JJw_ZducmmkK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman</em></a> by Deesha Philyaw</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-veiled-prophet-devin-thomas-o-shea/f7132a4f8e7d5394?ean=9798888905791&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Veiled Prophet: Secret Societies, White Supremacy, and the Struggle for St. Louis</em></a> by Devin Thomas O’Shea</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/take-what-you-can?_pos=1&amp;_sid=8c0c4346c&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Take What You Can</em></a> by Naema Costa</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/soft-spots?_pos=1&amp;_sid=a0b2c0e77&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Soft Spots</em></a> by Layla Renee</li><li><a href=\"https://rep.club/products/transcendent-kingdom?_pos=1&amp;_sid=2d9ada95f&amp;_ss=r\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Transcendent Kingdom</em></a> by Yaa Gyasi</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/krik-krak-edwidge-danticat/9156bad1fbc5f85f?ean=9781616957001&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Krik? Krak!</em></a> by Edwidge Danticat</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/performances-of-spiral-time-performances-of-spiral-time-leda-maria-martins/d72a943ecc3d2d62?ean=9781478032557&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Performances of Spiral Time</em></a> by Leda Maria Martins</li><li><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/p/books/palo-alto-a-history-of-california-capitalism-and-the-world-malcolm-harris/659b099f6826eb53?ean=9780316592017&amp;bkshp-astro=t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World</em></a> by Malcolm Harris</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Mbiye Kasonga"}