Something We Read

Excuse any sound abnormalities, we were lazy and didn't use our mic stands, and were just lounging around the living room. We'll be back next month in a more official capacity <3

September's Book: Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty

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16: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT

July’s Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Other books:

Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey (Spencer’s rec for a book after East of Eden)

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

As True as the Barnacle Tree by Anita M. Smith

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August’s book: Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Closing poem: “You Can’t Have it All” by Barbara Ras

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15: The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT

June’s Book: The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

Other books:

In Praise of Good Bookstores by Jeff Deutsch

Gliff by Ali Smith

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July’s Book: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Closing poem(s):

“All Inner Life Runs at Some Delay” by Maya C. Popa

“I want to go back” by Gregory Orr

“The Year’s Awakening” by Thomas Hardy

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14: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Tue, 27 May 2025 23:00:00 GMT

May’s Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

Kathryn’s Edamame Salad

Other books:

The Mystery Guest by Grégoire Bouillier

The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton

Endure by Alex Hutchinson

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

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June’s Book The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen

Closing poem: “Praising Spring” by Linda Gregg

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13: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:00:00 GMT

April’s Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Other books:

Field Guide by Robert Hass (& Eve’s Review)

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

Playworld by Adam Ross

One or Two by H.D. Everett (Mandylion Press) (Eve’s Review)

Sophocles I, Sophocles II

Gatsby

Macbeth & King Lear

Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney

12: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 08:00:00 GMT

March’s Book: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

Opening poem: “Today” by Billy Collins

Other books:

The Virginian by Owen Wister

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

Playworld by Adam Ross

The Glenn Rock Book of the Dead by Marion Winik

Pink Dust by Ron Padgett

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls

Mr. Salary by Sally Rooney

Shakespeare Was A Woman and Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler

Eve’s Substack!!

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Our email: somethingweread@gmail.com

April’s Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Closing poem: “Gratification to the survivors of daily damnations” by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi

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11: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT

February’s Book: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Other books:

Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley

Wild West Village by Lola Kirke (Lola’s music here)

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth

The Book of Hours by Rainer Maria Rilke (“Go to the Limits of Your Longing”)

Wool (Silo series, Book 1) by Hugh Howey

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February’s book: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey

Closing poem: “Everything is Waiting for You” by David Whyte

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10: The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT

Note: This episode was recorded at the end of December, hence all the chat about the new year & related resolutions. In the grand scheme of things, it still is the new year, so I don’t wanna hear it. This was also recorded before we revised our publishing schedule to make actual sense, so ignore all the confusing discussion about when the books are being read vs. discussed. Look to our instagram as your guide. XOXO

January’s book: The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Eve’s 2025 planner is from New Chapter Studio

Special shout out to Appointed

Other books:

Anything by Helen DeWitt. She’s literally a goddess. The Last Samurai, The English Understand Wool, Some Trick

Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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February’s book: White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Closing poem: “At the New Year” by Kenneth Patchen

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9: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:00:13 GMT

This month’s book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

Our pod on The Lesser Bohemians in case you missed it

Liars by Sarah Manguso

Good Energy by Casey & Calley Means

Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell

The Art of Running by Andrea Marcolongo

Lady Isabella’s Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley

“Unspoken” by Pamela Roystan Macfie in The Sewanee Review

The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis

Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos by Nash Jenkins

Eve’s review of Foster Dade

Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Hurting Kind Ada Limon

Metamorphoses by Ovid

Cooking as Though You Might Cook Again by Danny Licht

Romola by George Eliot

Email: somethingweread@gmail.com

Our Instagram: somethingwereadpod

Next month’s book: The Waves by Virginia Woolf

This month’s poem: “Like You” by Roque Dalton

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8: The Maltese Falcon by Dasheill Hammett

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:00:10 GMT

This month’s book: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Ghost Pains by Jessi Jezewska Stevens

The collection of poetry that Eve referred to and didn’t end up writing about (yet) is Eating Bread and Honey by Pattiann Rogers

Happy Poems

Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmide, Jonathan Rosenberg & Alan Eagle

Our email: somethingweread@gmail.com (send us questions!)

Our instagram: somethingwereadpod

Next month’s book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Closing poem: “October” by Robert Frost

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7: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:00:44 GMT

This Month’s Book: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

Cops Doughnuts!!!!

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

Why We Love by Helen Fisher

Eve’s Substack: Something Eve Read

& Short Books specifically

The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

Goose Girl???? Maybe…

Inkheart

Percy Jackson

Confessions of a Shopaholic

The Princess Diaries

Twilight (duh)

Our email: somethingweread@gmail.com

Our instagram: somethingwereadpod

Next Month’s Book: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Closing poem: “Peanut Butter” by Eileen Myles

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6: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:00:11 GMT

This Month’s Book: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Eve’s Substack: Something Eve Read

The Luxe by Anna Godberson

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Sewanee Review

Romola by George Eliot

Our email: somethingweread@gmail.com

Our instagram: somethingwereadpod

Next Month’s Book: The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

Closing poem: "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley

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5: I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 04:00:56 GMT

This month's book: I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

Some quick notes/corrections:

Finn is from Illinois
The body farm is in Tennessee
The mysterious boarder is PRO-secessionist

Links you might want:

The Locavore Variety Store (& The Locavore Guide)

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

All The Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Romola by George Eliot

Poetry Foundation, Poem of the Day

Corner Bookstore!!

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

Katherine by Anya Seton

Mary Karr

Ann Pachett

A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney

Our email: somethingweread@gmail.com

Our instagram: somethingwereadpod

Next month's book: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

And if you're interested, the Booker longlist!

Closing Poem: "Go to the Limits of Your Longing" by Rainer Maria Rilke

&&& one more correction: Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man was, of course, James Joyce

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4: Speedboat by Renata Adler

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 08:00:22 GMT

This month’s book: Speedboat by Renata Adler

Mixed links from the ep:

Kathryn’s joy journal (that's really just a normal journal) from Leuchtturm1917

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

The 5am Club by Robin Sharma

Questions About Angels by Billy Collins

Eve’s essay on clouds & Billy Collins

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Subscribe to Books on Gif !!!!!

Possession by A.S. Byatt & Eve’s review of Possession

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer & Eve’s Review

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Lofty Pigeon Books

Next month’s book: I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

Our Instagram

Our email

Closing poem: “We Manage Most When We Manage Small” by Linda Gregg

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3: Table for Two by Amor Towles

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 08:00:30 GMT

This month’s book: Table for Two by Amor Towles

Turkey and The Wolf (on Instagram)

DJ Soul Sister (& her playlists on Spotify)

SAVED by the 90’s (not back to the 90’s), playing at Talkhouse on June 7th, July 13th, August 23rd

Faulkner House Books (not William Faulkner House Bookstore, which, upon reflection, would indeed be a mouthful)

Close to Home by Michael McGee

Our Instagram, which we DID remember to mention this week!

Eve’s review of Trust by Hernan Diaz

The Sewanee Review

Middlemarch by George Eliot

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Next month’s book: Speedboat by Renata Adler

"June" by Alex Dimitrov from the collection Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov

Submit all questions, queries and raving praise at somethingweread@gmail.com

And yes, in case you were wondering, Kathryn completed all her tasks and experienced euphoric joy xoxo

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2: By the Lake by John McGahern

Tue, 07 May 2024 08:00:39 GMT

This month Kathryn and Eve read & discuss By the Lake by John McGahern. It’s a humble, pastoral meditation on the rhythms that dictate the lives of Joe and Kate Ruttledge--plus a charming cast of characters that live, like them, around the lake.

Links…

Our email is somethingweread@gmail.com please write to us!

Our Instagram, which we forgot to mention again.

Something Eve Read for Eve’s weekly writings.

Other books & recommendations…

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

The specific Something Eve Read post Kathryn mentions: Clams, Fish, Domestic Bliss

Cooking As Though You Might Cook Again by Danny Licht

The Strand (buy online!)

Three Lives & Co. (buy in person!)

Closing Poem: “O sweet spontaneous” by E. E. Cummings

Next Month’s Book…

Table for Two by Amor Towles

And! Special thanks to our sponsors, tulips and dumplings. Don’t forget to get your reservation at Hancock Street for Cha Cha Tang to experience first-hand, dumplings’ most recent work. You can catch Kathryn there…probably every Sunday & Monday night while it lasts.

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1: Zero at the Bone by Christian Wiman

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 04:00:15 GMT

On the inaugural episode of Something We Read, Kathryn and Eve discuss Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Wiman--a book that the sisters describe as an uplifting gut punch. They share their reading experience and dive into their favorite parts and passages.

Links...

Something Eve Read (self plug!)

Our Instagram, which we didn't mention at all but it does exist

Other Book recommendations...

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan (she's Irish! Also Eve realized after the fact that she has read Megan Nolan's debut novel, Acts of Desperation--which is an absolute BANGER)

Poetry...

Billy Collins, "The Breather"

Sharon Olds, Stag's Leap

Robert Frost, any collection of poetry and/or anthology, but Eve's favorite is "The Silken Tent"

Poetry Today by Maya C. Popa (on Substack)

Closing poem: "What I Didn't Know Before" By Ada Limón

Next Month's Book...

By the Lake by John McGahern

And! Special thanks to our sponsor.........pork chops pounded really thin.......we love you <3

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Welcome to Something We Read!

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:20:12 GMT

Welcome to Something We Read! Kathryn and Eve have been reading together their whole lives, and now they want to read with you. Once a month, we'll get together to talk about the books we can't shut up about. First episode coming soon--available wherever you get your podcasts on April 2nd <3<3

April's Book: Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair by Christian Wiman

Closing Poem: "There is no Frigate like a Book" by Emily Dickinson

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