Bookshelf Remix

Join Eva and Élaina as they cocoon in the warm disabled academic embrace of Molly McCully Brown's "Places I've Taken My Body" essay collection. A poet and a scholar, McCully Brown prompts us to reflect on disability culture and disabled communities, past and present and we get pretty mushy about it. What! It feels so good to be seen. Listen if you too are craving darkly beautiful reflections on living through the cycle of fighting your bodymind, becoming the supercrip, and then forgetting your pain only to start again. CW: Eugenics, forced sterilisation, forced institutionalisation

In this episode, Élaina and Eva wade into the crocodile-infested waters of “Jawbone”, the horror novel by Mónica Ojeda, translated from Spanish by Sarah Booker. Set in Ecuador, this gothic coming of age tale is as mesmerising as it is disturbing. And, of course, as former teenage girls who now teach the youth, your hosts have THOUGHTS. This was a fun one (and a dark one), y’all. As always, this podcast is spoiler-FULL. CW: Body horror, blood, kidnapping, torture Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission): Tender is the Flesh by Agostina Bazterrica Sisters by Daisy Johnson The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow Follow us Bookshelf Remix is @bookshelfremix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Élaina is @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram; check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals. Eva is @EAsprecher on Twitter and @windup_book_chronicles; find her academic work on ResearchGate Support the podcast  Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Tell a friend about the podcast! Become a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod.  Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

We invite you to enter the wholesome and delightful world of “A Snake Falls to Earth”, the YA fantasy novel by Darcie Little Badger. Witness Élaina as she revises her analysis live on air and bask in Eva’s joy at the excellent snake and ace representation. Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission): A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Loveless by Alice Oseman Follow us Bookshelf Remix is @bookshelfremix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Élaina is @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram; check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals. Eva is @EAsprecher on Twitter and @windup_book_chronicles; find her academic work on ResearchGate Support the podcast  Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Tell a friend about the podcast! Become a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod.  Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

In this episode, Élaina and Eva discuss the gothic novel “The Piano Room” by Clio Velentza. We go into detail on this Faust retelling set in 1970s-1990s Hungary and Eva shines with her psychoanalytic insights on umlichkeit, or the Freudian “uncanny”. Listen and learn (in the most fun way, obviously). As always, this is a spoiler-FULL podcast Thank you to Fairlight Books for Élaina’s advance paperback copy. CW: murder, abuse and neglect Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission): “The Piano Room” by Clio Velentza “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” by Shirley Jackson When Things Get Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffman The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe Follow us Bookshelf Remix is @bookshelfremix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Élaina is @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram; check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals. Eva is @EAsprecher on Twitter and @windup_book_chronicles; find her academic work on ResearchGate Support the podcast  Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Tell a friend about the podcast! Become a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod.  Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

*Season 3 of Bookshelf Remix enters the scene to the sound of fanfare and golden trumpets*: We’re back with a brand new season, brand new lineup, and brand new co-host, Eva Sprecher! Join Eva and Élaina to discuss “Gold Diggers” by Sanjena Sathian as they live their best, gold-laden, literary life. We didn’t plan it this way, but it turns out this discussion is the anchor for the whole season, so don’t skip it! As always, this podcast is spoiler-FULL. CW: Discussions of suicide, substance abuse, and mental health crisis Books mentioned in this episode (these are affiliate links to Bookshop.org and if you buy something using them the podcast will receive a small commission): Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian Brick Lane by Monica Ali On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Inheritance of Orchidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Follow us Bookshelf Remix is @bookshelfremix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Élaina is @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram; check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals. Eva is @EAsprecher on Twitter and @windup_book_chronicles; find her academic work on ResearchGate Support the podcast  Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Tell a friend about the podcast! Become a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod.  Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

We we are thrilled to announce that season 3 of Bookshelf Remix is coming on the 20th of March! We have read debut novels, romance, YA fantasy, horror, and magical realism galore and you get to hear about it. So subscribe to Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts and you won’t miss our season 3 premiere on March 20! Follow us @bookshelfremix on Instagram to get the full book list so you can read along. Cause it’s time to give your bookshelf a good remix.

Ok, we are going with back-to-back loved reads! In this episode, Élaina discusses The Street by Ann Petry with fellow podcaster Jack Davidson. The Street is a realist drama written and set in 1940s Harlem, NYC. But really, it is a masterful and bejeweled offering of complicated characters and systemic stakes. It’s a must read and belongs on every high school syllabus. Warning: The Street reads like a thriller with a twist ending, so you may want to read it first before listening to the episode. However, it is so rich that being “spoiled” is not necessarily a deal-breaker. Because Harlem is on Lenape land, we would like to encourage you to donate to the Lenape Center: https://www.nyfa.org/fiscal-sponsorship/project-directory/view-project/?id=L3600 CW: Discussions of systemic racism, misogyny, violence against Black people, attempted sexual assault, and murder. You can follow Jack on Instagram @goodeveningjack and you can find his The Vampire Diaries fan recap podcast TVD JK @tvdjk_pod. As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

In this episode, poet Liv Mammone joins Élaina to discuss the genre-breaking offering that is Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”. We talk about what it means to consume someone else’s trauma narrative as “art” and the fact that Machado seems to have created her own planetary system. CN: This book is about Machado’s experience in an abusive queer relationship and Liv shares some of her own experience in a toxic relationship, so please make sure you take care of yourself if you choose to listen to this episode. Also, we do go on a tangent about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Disney queer villains and Dickens, but I swear it is all relevant and all in service of celebrating this excellent memoir. You can find Liv on Facebook under Liv Mammone or on Instagram  @mammoneliv. You can also find Game Over Books on all social media. As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free.

In this episode, Élaina is joined by psychoanalyst, social care scholar, and fellow bookstagrammer Eva A. Sprecher to discuss “The Panopticon”, a YA novel by Scottish author Jenni Fagan. There were unfortunate technical issues with Élaina’s microphone, which means that the audio quality is not up to the usual Bookshelf Remix standards. But we hope you will stick it out if only to listen to Eva’s insightful analysis. CN: Self-harm, death by (accidental) suicide, tocix relationships, adult-minor relationships, substance use and abuse, and kidknapping. You can follow Eva on Twitter @EASprecher, on Instagram @windup_book_chronicles, and on Researchgate. As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

In this episode, Élaina discusses The Other Black Girl, a social horror thriller by Zakiya Dalila Harris, with Sarah Winkler and Ben Winkler, the hosts of the What’s New Nancy Drew? and A Swift Review podcast. SPOILER ALERT: We discuss the whole book including the plot twist pretty early on. CN: Discussion of gaslighting, non-consensual experimentation on humans, and violence against Black people This episode marks a new era of Bookshelf Remix. Sophia has a new full-time job (congratulations!) and has decided to step back from the podcast (sad). But this means Élaina will be joined by wonderful guest hosts each episode to discuss a new book. You can follow Sarah and Ben’s podcasts on Twitter: @whatsnewnancyd1 @ASwiftReview   And listen to them here: What’s New, Nancy Drew? A Swift Review As always, you can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals.

Élaina and Sophia read a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel with mixed results. In this episode, they cover Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri, with Élaina reading it in the original Italian under the title Dove mi trovo. Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call and Women of Questionable Morals. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

In the second installment of our coverage of Anna K. by Jenny Lee we stacked one soapbox on top of the other and our teetering up there. This episode is pretty much sliced in the middle with the first part discussing misogyny and the second part discussing race in this book. We read it so you didn’t have to. CW: Racism, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, sexual content, explicit language Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

We’re back, y’all! In this episode, we discuss Anna K. by Jenny Lee, a contemporary YA adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Full disclosure, this book made us angry, so feel free to skip it if you loved it because we have a lot to say. CW: Misogyny, sexual content, racism, homophobia Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

We're baaaaaaaack! Did you miss us? Make sure you subscribe to Bookshelf Remix so you won't miss our Season 2 premiere on May 2 and follow @bookshelf remix on all social media platforms. This season has some serious ups and downs, but we are so glad to have you along for the ride. If you want to follow along book club-style, here is this season's lineup: Anna K., by Jenny Lee Whereabouts/Dove mi trovo, by Jhumpa Lahiri The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris The Panopticon, by Jenni Fagan In the Dream House, by Carmen Maria Machado The Street, by Ann Petry The Perishing, by Natashia Deon Tag us #BookshelfRemix so we can interact with you!

It’s time to share our feelings about season 1! We read so many good books and we truly went on a journey. Errata: In this episode, we use the wrong pronoun for Akwaeke Emezi in passing. Emezi uses they/them and we apologise for this slip-up. Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

It's our season finale! In this episode Elaina and Sophia wrap up their discussion of Love After the End, a Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Anthology edited by Jacob Whitehead. They discuss climate change and land sovereignty, and later their favorite subject colonialism and space exploration. Buckle up, because it's an hour long special surveying the full array of short stories from this Lambda Award winning novel. If you can, please consider donating to the Lenape Center and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. You can also sign up for the free (with the option to donate) Indigenous Canada online asynchronous course offered by the University of Alberta. Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

Sophia reads to her plants and admits being afraid of anthologies, Élaina waxes poetic about “reading practices”, and we all discuss the impact of reading Love After the End (edited by Joshua Whitehead) and the radical statement that is writing utopias when you live in a dystopic world. If you can, please consider donating to the Lenape Center and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. You can also sign up for the free (with the option to donate) Indigenous Canada online asynchronous course offered by the University of Alberta. Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

In Part 2 Sophia and Élaina discuss the community that surrounds Vivek and the way living his and later her truth creates a chosen family; Osita’s toxic masculinity in relation to his queerness; Nnemdi living her truth, her friends finding their authenticity, and the many facets of “the death” of Vivek Oji. CW: homophobia, ableism, intra-family relationships, transphobia Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call.

In Part 1 of their coverage of Akwaeke Emezi’s “The Death of Vivek Oji”, Élaina and Sophia confront their limits as readers and discuss the benefits of reading a book that is not written for them. Oh, and get ready to break down the violent structure of normativity in this novel (because we know how to party). CW: homophobia, ableism, intra-family relationships Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.

In this episode, Élaina and Sophia explore the different personalities of the boroughs and reflect on the role of Staten Island in the plot. They consider the instability of race in the U.S. and how Jemisin's book plays with that history. And, as always, Élaina and Sophia share their thematically related book recommendations as they wrap up their discussion of this genre-bending novel.  Please rate and review Bookshelf Remix wherever you listen to podcasts as this helps other people find the show. You can follow Bookshelf Remix on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @bookshelfremix and you can support the podcast by becoming a monthly supporter at www.ko-fi.com/brpod. Transcripts also live on our Ko-Fi page for free. You can follow Élaina @ElainaGMamaril on Twitter, @spinoodler on Instagram and check out her work at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com, and by listening to Philosophy Casting Call. You can follow Sophia @themetropolitanist on Instagram, @metropolitanist on Twitter, and on her website www.maisonmetropolitanist.com.