6. Nella Larsen - Passing
In episode 6 of the Backlisted Podcast we're joined by Sarah Churchwell, professorial fellow in American literature and chair of public understanding of the humanities at the School of Advanced Study, the University of London (phew) to discuss 'Passing' by Nella Larsen. Also, John and Andy discuss the book they've both been reading this week, Breakdown by John Bratby
Books Mentioned:
Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously
Sarah Churchwell - Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
Spike Milligan - Puckoon
Jessica Mitford - The American Way of Death
J. B. Priestley - English Journey
Keith Waterhouse - Billy Liar
Hubert Selby - Last Exit to Brooklyn
Jon Savage - Teenage: The Creation of Youth
Peter Guralnick - Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues And the Souther Dream of Freedom
John Bratby - Breakdown
Nella Larsen - Passing, Quicksand
Jean Toomer - Cane
William Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury
Ernest Hemingway - A Farewell to Arms
Virginia Woolf - A Room of One’s Own
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan and the Lost Empire
Erich Maria Remarque - All Quiet on the Western Front
James Joyce - Ulysses
Ewan Clayton - The Golden Thread: The Story of Writing
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