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EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 49 MIN

Book Club: Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward

from Tuesday Night Book Club · host Alex Zapantis, Tava Hoag, and Brett Gannon

Buy/Borrow/Steal our July Book Club Book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson.In this episode, Tava, Brett, and Alex discuss their June book club book, Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. This beautiful book details the life of a family living in Mississippi in August, 2005 in the lead-up to Hurricane Katrina. Listen at they discuss the imagery, character building, and the real-world context of this hot and sweaty novel. Check Out:To Read: The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara 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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