Episode 113 || A Literary Mixtape

From the Front Porch

Chris and Annie try to bring this weekend's Word of [South] festival to you! In miniature concept, anyway. How does one go about pairing books and music? Also, "Skeezy John Mayer," Annie feels self-conscious about her [good] taste, and Chris takes his philosophy outfits out of storage.  > Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's We Should All Be Feminists + Solange's A Seat at the Table> F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby + The Postal Service's Give Up> Shauna Niequist's Bittersweet + Ellie Holcomb's Red Sea Road (BONUS--or Sufjan Stevens's Seven Swans OR Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City) > Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus + Bright Eyes's The People's Key or The Decemberists's The King is Dead> J. D. ​​​​​​​Vance's Hillbilly Elegy + I'm With Her > Arcade Fire's The Suburbs + literally any coming of age novel > Aldous Huxley's Brave New World + Childish Gambino's Because the Internet> Wiley Cash + Birdtalker's Just This> Donna Tartt's The Secret History + Aronofsky's Black Swan> James McBride + Leon Bridges's Coming Home> David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas + Fleetwood Mac's Rumours> Emma Straub's Modern Lovers + John Mayer

​​​​​​​Thank you so much for all of the reviews! Keep them coming. There might be something good in it for you... If you're interested in Bookshelf-branded shirts, hats, stickers, or coffee, check out our online store at http://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/shop/

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Chris and Annie try to bring this weekend's Word of [South] festival to you! In miniature concept, anyway. How does one go about pairing books and music? Also, "Skeezy John Mayer," Annie feels self-conscious about her [good] taste, and Chris takes his philosophy outfits out of storage.  > Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's We Should All Be Feminists + Solange's A Seat at the Table> F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby + The Postal Service's Give Up> Shauna Niequist's Bittersweet + Ellie Holcomb's Red Sea Road (BONUS--or Sufjan Stevens's Seven Swans OR Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City) > Albert Camus's The Myth of Sisyphus + Bright Eyes's The People's Key or The Decemberists's The King is Dead> J. D. ​​​​​​​Vance's Hillbilly Elegy + I'm With Her > Arcade Fire's The Suburbs + literally any coming of age novel > Aldous Huxley's Brave New World + Childish Gambino's Because the Internet> Wiley Cash + Birdtalker's Just This> Donna Tartt's The Secret History + Aronofsky's Black Swan> James McBride + Leon Bridges's Coming Home> David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas + Fleetwood Mac's Rumours> Emma Straub's Modern Lovers + John Mayer

​​​​​​​Thank you so much for all of the reviews! Keep them coming. There might be something good in it for you... If you're interested in Bookshelf-branded shirts, hats, stickers, or coffee, check out our online store at http://www.bookshelfthomasville.com/shop/

2017-04-06 29 min
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