Don’t miss this week’s Podcast, The Grey Champion & Hoary Beards! In it, Kaisha and I discuss two of Hawthorne’s short stories, one of which has a bit of a brouhaha with the devil. I tell you all about space pickles, and when not to pickle things and Kaisha obsesses over a book she’s been…
Nerding Out: fungus gifts, book loaning problems, snort laughing, short story drinking-Ep.6
A 30-minute tangent episode in which we bring you discussions and bloopers that were cut from various episodes or captured when we left the mic running. What started as a discussion of Romanticism turned into a contemplation of our emotionally devoid culture, interesting death rituals, and other strange tangents on emotionality. Kaisha talks moss—surprise, surprise—and…
The Gold Bug & Contracted Intimacy: wet cows, glass castles full of books, Vulcan field trips-Ep.5
Show Notes A 60-minute episode in which we discuss commonplace journals (and Kelsey’s random note-taking), a dream bookstore that presents you with your writing needs and looks like a forest, naughty Renaissance literature, the Enlightenment as told through Spock, and Poe’s “The Gold Bug.” Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat. This month we will be giving away a…
Cow Pillows and Book Moss: Kaisha Answers Some Questions
In a nutshell, what’s it like owning your own bookstore? I have the privilege of doing something that I am incredibly passionate about, something that I never expected to be a real option. I assumed that owning a bookstore would be something that I would do when I retired (if at all). So to find…
Summer Reading: book droppings, inappropriate book covers, and literary gauntlets-Ep.4
Show Notes A 30-minute (ish) mini-episode in which we discuss hybrid reading lists, creating a reading and writing schedule, giving yourself permission to write, book voodoo, fluffing your bookshelves and Booker prize excitement. Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat. This month we will be giving away a copy of The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst and…
The Grande Breteche & Coquettish Behavior: reading nirvana, writing agony, Victorian Bones-Ep. 3
Show Notes A 60-Minute episode in which we discuss in which we discuss reading nirvanas, harsh feedback (and Kelsey’s bruised ego), Star Trek’s Dr. McCoy as a Victorian, and Balzac’s “The Grande Breteche.” Inspiration and cackling laughter abounds. Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat. This month we will be giving away a copy of The Queen of Blood…
Rip Van Winkle & Termagant Women: characterization, drunken naps, Romanticism & Captain Kirk-Ep. 2
Show Notes A 60-minute episode in which we discuss getting drunk and falling asleep for twenty years, Washington Irving’s fantastic characterization, the one book Kaisha refuses to read, and Kelsey’s insistence that Captain Kirk is the ideal Romantic Era hero. This month we will be giving away an unopened leather bound Great Expectations – we…
Gateway Books: reading addiction anonymous, book loaning taboos, writing dreams & nightmares-Ep.1
Show Notes Read.Write.Repeat Episode 1: A 30-minute mini-episode in which we discuss gateway books to a reading addiction, awkward bookish moments, and our goals with this podcast. Welcome to Read.Write.Repeat! We are excited to have you. Meet your hosts: Kaisha owns a bookstore and has worked in the book industry forever. She is THE bookiest…