All Sides Weekend: Books

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All Sides Weekend with Classical 101 Host Christopher Purdy….We’ll hear about what are the best books to read this summer.

Guests:

• Kassie Rose (WOSU book critic)
• Bill Eichenberger (book critic)
• Lee Martin (OSU English Professor)

Learn More:

• WOSU Book Reviews
• The Longest Chapter Blog by Kassie Rose
• The Book Serf Blog by Bill Eichenberger
• Lee Martin’s Author Website

Read More:

Kassie Rose’s Recommendations…

• Breaking the Skin, Lee Martin
• Nom de Plume: A Secret History of Pseudonyms, Carmela Ciuraru
• Pigeon English, Stephen Kelman
• Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day, Ben Loory

Bill Eichenberger’s Recommendations…

• The Autobiography of Ms. Tom Thumb: A Novel, Melanie Benjamin
• 1493, Charles C. Mann
• The Big Fight, Sugar Ray Leonard — NOTE: Only to be read if you really like boxing!

Lee Martin’s Recommendation…

• Emily Alone, Stewart O’Nan

What’s next on the bookshelf…

• For Kassie Rose – Shadow, Karin Alvtagen
  
• For Christopher Purdy – Tom Jones, Henry Fielding