One Bright Book
Hosted by Dorian and Frances and Rebecca · Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca
4.8from 36 ratings
- 52
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About One Bright Book
A podcast where three friends read *all* the books, one book at a time. Join Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss one book in depth and chat about their reading. Visit our website at onebrightbook.com Support us by buying books from our shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/OneBrightBook Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at 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.
- Publisher
- Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca
- Category
- arts · arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 14 Mar 2022
- Latest episode
- 1 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 52 episodes have a transcript.
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #47: Fierce Attachments, by Vivian Gornick
17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bonus Episode #5: Chatting with Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) from Smith & Taylor Classics
15 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode #46: Aside From My Heart, All Is Well, by Héctor Abad
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Episode #47: Fierce Attachments, by Vivian Gornick
Published 1 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Sometimes it's her just, you know, how she talks about her mother or other characters, just talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, talking, how it doesn't stop. And where does that break? And where does the person that, that communicates that way, stop and listen? Do they listen? Have they heard? And her kind of self-awareness in, in, you know, claiming that for herself too, of knowing that that's how she's like her mother. I love, I love thinking about the form of this book because there really are like three layers. There's the autobiographical story. There's the, the, what feels like the now of her walking with her mother, but that is actually of course its own persona. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 24 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 12 ratings
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- 32
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Dorian and Frances and Rebecca host the show. Published by Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca.
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