Poured Over Double Shot: Katherine Arden and Yangsze Choo

Two historical novels with elements of fantasy and folklore will bring readers from the battlefields of World War One to the last years of the Qing Dynasty in China.   Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts shows the terrors of war and the unsettling and fantastical things that can appear in its shadow. Arden joins us to talk about her extensive research, classical allusions in her writing and more with guest host, Jenna Seery.  The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo bridges the mystical and the familiar with an expansive story featuring a detective and mysterious and sly (yet alluring) fox spirits. Choo talked with us about writing in this setting, cultural influences on her work, connections to nature and more with host, Miwa Messer.  We end this episode with a TBR Topoff from booksellers, Marc and Mary.   Featured Books (Episode):  The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden   The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo  The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden   All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque  Paradise Lost by John Milton  The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov  The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo  The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo  The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng  Featured Books (TBR Topoff): The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern  The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu