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  • Bonus Episode #4: Dorian Stuber and Rohan Maitzen Discuss Vanity Fair

    Bonus Episode #4: Dorian Stuber and Rohan Maitzen Discuss Vanity Fair
    Oct 28 2025

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Rebecca and Frances move out of the picture for this bonus episode where Dorian gets a chance to finally discuss VANITY FAIR by William Makepeace Thackeray with his one time professor and always friend, Rohan Maitzen. A rare and special opportunity to revisit the book from the syllabus that he blew off reading. "You can never entirely escape your sins!" Ready for some time well-spent in the 19th century?

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    Books Mentioned:

    • Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
    • David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
    • Middlemarch by George Eliot
    • North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
    • The Warden by Anthony Trollope
    • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    • The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott
    • The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
    • Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
    • Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
    • The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
    • Villette by Charlotte Bronte
    • Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

    You can find Rohan's blog Novel Readings here: https://rohanmaitzen.com/novelreadings/

    Special thanks to Fred the Cat for the special background symphony.

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    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 17 min
  • Episode #39: The Stone Door, by Leonora Carrington

    Episode #39: The Stone Door, by Leonora Carrington
    Oct 3 2025
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE STONE DOOR by Leonora Carrington, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz, with an afterword by Sophie Mackintosh. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime this fall. Yes, that time frame is vague but we like to be truthful. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington Surrealist Women's Writing: A Critical Exploration edited by Anna Watz A History of the Surrealist Novel edited by Anna Watz Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Awakening by Kate Chopin A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett Crooked Cross by Sally Carson The Dance and the Fire by Daniel Saldana Paris, translated from the Spanish by Christina Macsweeney Sea Now by Eva Meijer, translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 10 min
  • Episode #38: Miaow, by Benito Pérez Galdós

    Episode #38: Miaow, by Benito Pérez Galdós
    Sep 8 2025

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in late September.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • Miaow by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
    • The Antinomies of Realism by Frederic Jameson
    • The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
    • The Blue Place by Nicola Griffith
    • Anima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka Kassabova
    • Living by Henry Green
    • People Like Us by Jason Mott
    • Erik Satie: Three Piece Suite by Ian Penman
    • The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
    • The Odd Women by George Gissing
    • The Holiday by Stevie Smith
    • Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz,translated from the German by Max Lawton
    • Life A User's Manual by Georges Perec, translated from the French by David Bellos
    • The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington
    • Angela Carter and Surrealism by Anna Walz
    • A History of the Surrealist Novel edited by Anna Walz
    • Surrealist Women's Writing: A Critical Exploration by Anna Walz
    • Opus Siniestrus by Leonora Carrington

    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

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    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 20 min
  • Episode #37: There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib

    Episode #37: There's Always This Year, by Hanif Abdurraqib
    Jul 8 2025
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THERE'S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss MIAOW by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you sometime in August. Maybe. It's summer, people! Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books Mentioned: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif AbdurraqibGo Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif AbdurraqibA Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif AbdurraqibA Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif AbdurraqibBe Holding: A Poem by Ross GaySad Tiger by Neige Sinno, translated from the French by Natasha LehrerTheory and Practice by Michelle de KretserAttila by Aliocha Coll, translated from the Spanish by Katie WhittemoreAttila by Javier Serena, translated from the Spanish by Katie WhittemoreImpossible Creatures by Katherine RundellA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMiaow by Benito Pérez Galdós, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa You might also be interested in: Beyond the Zero Podcast: Katie Whittemore speaking about her translations of Attila by Alicocha Coll and Attila by Javier Serena Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 17 min
  • Episode #36: The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett

    Episode #36: The Country of the Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett
    Jun 11 2025

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss THE COUNTRY OF THE POINTED FIRS by Sarah Orne Jewett, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early July.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
    • A Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett
    • Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
    • O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
    • Willa Cather: Double Lives by Hermione Lee
    • Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater
    • Nadja by André Breton, translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti
    • The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré
    • Audition by Katie Kitamura
    • Audition by Pip Adam
    • Animal Stories by Kate Zambreno
    • One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
    • My Heresies by Aline Stefanescu
    • There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

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    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 17 min
  • Episode #35: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

    Episode #35: O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
    Apr 28 2025

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Frances, and Rebecca as they discuss O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early June.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
    • My Antonia by Willa Cather
    • The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
    • A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
    • Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
    • Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
    • Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
    • Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
    • Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
    • The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
    • Chasing Bright Medusas by Benjamin Taylor
    • Willa Cather: Double Lives by Hermione Lee
    • The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

    You might also be interested in "The Peace When It Settled: Charlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional" by Rohan Maitzen.

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    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 7 min
  • Episode #34: The Trees, by Percival Everett

    Episode #34: The Trees, by Percival Everett
    Apr 6 2025

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Dorian, and Frances as they discuss THE TREES by Percival Everett, and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late April.

    Books mentioned:

    • The Trees by Percival Everett
    • James by Percival Everett
    • Erasure by Percival Everett
    • God's Country by Percival Everett
    • Sonnets for a Missing Key by Percival Everett
    • The Sellout by Paul Beatty
    • Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin
    • On the Calculation of Volume, Volume 1 by Solvej Balle, translated from the Dutch by Barbara J. Haveland
    • Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated from the Romanian by Sean Cotter
    • Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton
    • Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated from the Japanese by Asa Yoneda
    • Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated from the German by Daniel Bowles
    • On a Woman's Madness by Astrid Roemer, translated from the Dutch by Lucy Scott
    • Herman Melville: A Biography, Volume 1, 1819-1851 by Hershel Parker
    • Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
    • The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
    • O Pioneers! By Willa Cather

    You might also be interested in:

    • I'm Getting Out of Her by Leo Robson - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n21/leo-robson/i-m-getting-out-of-here
    • TomorrowTalks with Percival Everett: The Trees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irzJhamPVJw

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    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 11 min
  • Episode #33: We Do Not Part, by Han Kang

    Episode #33: We Do Not Part, by Han Kang
    Mar 7 2025
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss The Trees by Percival Everett. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in early April. Books mentioned: We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah MorrisThe Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah SmithHuman Acts by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah SmithThe White Book by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah SmithGreek Lessons by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon The Doctor's Wife by Brian MooreThe Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian MooreThe Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance by Rebecca ClarrenMelvill by Rodrigo Fresán, translated from the Spanish by Will VanderhydenLike a Sky Inside by by Jakuta Alikavazovic, translated from the French by Daniel Levin BeckerContext Collapse: A Poem Containing a History of Poetry by Ryan RubyThe Trees by Percival EverettJames by Percival EverettErasure by Percival Everett You might also be interested in: Han Kang: Nobel Lecture - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2024/han/lecture/ The Republic of Consciousness Prize, United States and Canada - https://www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/ 2024 NBCC Awards Longlists - https://www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/19/2024-nbcc-awards-longlists/ 2024 NBCC Award Finalists - https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/ Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 h et 17 min