Picked this up at the charity shop today thinking it’s a @backlisted.bsky.social book. Of course it bloody is (episode 109).
I was in the bookshop this morning, just browsing, you know how it is, and somehow I’ve come home with the Sort Of edition Ladies’ Lunch by Lore Segal. Not sure how that happened, but it looks right up my street!
New episode up now. Her First American by Lore Segal, with guests Jeffery Renard Allen and Nat Jansz in discussion with @johnmitchinson.bsky.social@iammilliam.bsky.socialwww.backlisted.fm/episodes/222...
A fantastic episode! Only slightly marred by the July 2025 publication date revelation at the end… I can’t wait!
For several reasons that are none of your damn business, this was a very moving episode to make. Huge thanks once again to Tom Nissley for introducing me to Her First American, a bona fide masterpiece IMIO. I trust we have done it and Lore Segal justice.
New episode up now. Her First American by Lore Segal, with guests Jeffery Renard Allen and Nat Jansz in discussion with @johnmitchinson.bsky.social@iammilliam.bsky.socialwww.backlisted.fm/episodes/222...
Here is the Sally Rooney discourse I previewed on Backlisted’s summer reading episode last month. My advice: ignore the discourse, read the novel, then read the reviews.
