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

Other Links:

• Bowie’s Top 100 Books

• Harlem Renaissance

• Billy Liar