Set in Spain in the late 70s, Gabrielle’s debut novel, THE SLEEPING WORLD, represents something deeply personal to her. She tells James about writing through grief, how the novel grew from a short story inspired by a song, as well as world building, dirt, and ‘the spaghetti mind.’ Plus Janet Geddis, the owner of Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA, shares exciting news and she and James geek out over upcoming fall titles.
James and Gabrielle Discuss:
Keith Waldrop
LADY AND THE TRAMP
Jamaica Kincaid
“Runaway”, THE NATIONAL
SOY CUBA dir by Mikhail Kalatozov
PEPI, LUCI, BOM AND OTHER GIRLS LIKE MOM dir. by Pedro Almodovar
Alberto Garcia-Alix (photographer)
NADA by Carmen Laforet
Elena Ferrante
RAY OF THE STAR by Laird Hunt
Toni Morrison
Audre Lorde
Alice Walker
WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell
James and Janet Discuss:
Deirdre Sugiuchi
Al Dixon
WE SHOW WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED by Clare Beams (10/25)*
THE MORTIFICATIONS by Derek Palacio (10/4)#
HOW TO SHAKE THE OTHER MAN by Derek Palacio
Nouvella Books
COMMONWEALTH by Ann Patchett (9/13)*
LITTLE NOTHING by Marisa Silver (9/13)#
THE REACTIVES by Masande Ntshanga*
MERCURY by Margot Livesey (9/27)#
BOWIE by Simon Critchley (9/13)#
REPUTATIONS by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (9/20)#
THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILY written by Sara O’Leary, ill. by Qin Leng*
THE SLEEPING WORLD by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes*#
*Janet Recommends
#James Recommends