Book Club: My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante

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Announcing our April Book Club Book, Detransition, Baby, by Torrey PetersIn this episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss their March book club book, My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante. After Tava and Alex spend forty-five minutes saying random Italian names, the crew discusses the book's beautiful prose, Ferrante's commitment to the child's point of view, and why the book may not belong at #1 on the list of the best books of the 20th century (so far). Also in this episode, Brett reports on his journey to the Hudson Valley and Alex gives the Irish Brogue a whirl. Check Out:To Read: The Story of a New Name by Elena FerranteTo Read: Reading Is a Vice (The Atlantic)To Read: It's Time to Clean Your Books. Here's How. (New York Times Wirecutter)Follow us on⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for additional content!Intro Music: evandean.wav by madmerv -- https://freesound.org/s/690635/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

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Announcing our April Book Club Book, Detransition, Baby, by Torrey PetersIn this episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss their March book club book, My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante. After Tava and Alex spend forty-five minutes saying random...

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