Ebony Thomas on 'Anne of Green Gables'
Ebony Thomas is the author of “The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games.” For her the most important word in...
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Bookmarks are stories mined from our secret lives as readers. Stories of intimate relationships and life-changing encounters with books. Stories about the books we can’t forget. In this micropodcast, Anne Strainchamps and the producers behind “To The Best Of Our Knowledge” ask writers and creators to share what they’ve read and how it shaped them. Learn more at ttbook.org/bookmarks
Enrique Salmon on 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is one of the most controversial books in the American literary canon, particularly because of its ...
Ada Calhoun on 'Street Through Time'
There’s a book that Ada Calhoun, author of “Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis“ thinks of as both one of her favorites to read out loud wi...
Nicola Griffith on 'The Blue Sword'
A girl, a horse, and a magical sword save a kingdom in Robin McKinley's young adult classic, "The Blue Sword" — a book beloved by women of all ages. "...
Helen Macdonald On 'The Dark Is Rising'
Every year, at holiday time, Macdonald reads this tale of a boy who finds out he's one of the "old ones," part of a series from author Susan Cooper. S...
Lulu Miller on 'The Search for Delicious'
Lulu Miller, author of “Why Fish Don’t Exist,” first read the young adult book “The Search for Delicious” when she was in that transformative and unce...
Quan Barry on 'White Fang'
"White Fang" by Jack London is a classic outdoor adventure story about a wild wolf-dog's struggle to survive in the Yukon Territory during the 1890's ...
Coming April 30: Bookmarks, Kid's Book Edition
Neverland. Wonderland. Magic wands and unicorns. Your escape from COVID-19 is just a wish-upon-a-star away. Season 3 of Bookmarks — the kid’s book edi...
Malcolm Gladwell on 'When Police Kill'
Over the years, author, journalist and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell has written about some notorious cases of police brutality, including the deaths of ...
Robert Macfarlane on 'The Living Mountain'
Nature writer and adventurer Robert Macfarlane has given away one book more than any other volume. It's "The Living Mountain," by Scottish writer and ...