Writers Charlotte Shane and Jo Livingstone talk about what they’ve been reading and special guests join to enthuse about a significant or provocative book of their choice. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Reading Writers
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Writers Charlotte Shane and Jo Livingstone talk about what they’ve been reading and special guests join to enthuse about a significant or provocative book of their choice. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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March 11, 2026
A Businessless Person: William C. Anderson on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen Battles
<p>In the Season 3 finale, Jo sells Charlotte on Alan Warner’s “amazingly textured” <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9780385487412" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Movern Callar</a>, which leads the hosts to reflect on some of the season’s recurring themes. They’re then joined by the radically reflective William C. Anderson, who explains how the Buddhism transmitted in Thich Nhat Hanh’s <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9781937006532" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zen Battles</a>, a commentary on the teachings of Master Linji, informed his political development.</p><br><p>William C. Anderson is a writer and activist from Birmingham, Alabama. His work has appeared in The Guardian, MTV, British Journal of Photography, Logic(s) Magazine, and<a href="https://prismreports.org/?author_name=william-c-anderson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>Prism</strong></a>, where he’s a monthly columnist. He is the author of<a href="https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>The Nation on No Map</strong></a> (AK Press 2021) and co-author of <a href="https://www.akpress.org/as-black-as-resistance.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>As Black as Resistance</strong></a> (AK Press 2018). He’s also the co-founder of<a href="https://offshootjournal.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>Offshoot Journal</strong></a> and provides creative direction as a producer of the<a href="https://blackautonomy.libsyn.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>Black Autonomy Podcast</strong></a>. His writings have been included in the anthologies,<a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/952-who-do-you-serve-who-do-you-protect" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?</strong></a> (Haymarket 2016) and<a href="https://noselves2defend.wordpress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>No Selves to Defend</strong></a><strong> </strong>(Mariame Kaba 2014). </p><br><p>Please consider supporting our work on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/profile/creators?u=130746783" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, where you can access additional materials and send us your guest (and book!) coverage requests. Questions and kind comments can be directed to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. </p><br><p><a href="https://charlotteshane.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charlotte Shane</a>’s most recent book is An Honest Woman. Her essay newsletter, <a href="https://meantforyou.beehiiv.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meant For You</a>, can be subscribed to or read online for free. Her social media handle is @charoshane. </p><br><p><a href="https://jolivingstone.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jo Livingstone</a> is a writer who teaches at Pratt Institute.</p><p>To support the show, navigate to https://www.patreon.com/ReadingWriters</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 4, 2026
Pain and Debasement: Rayne Fisher-Quann on Iris Owens' After Claude
<p>Charlotte puzzles over who exactly wrote <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9780142437971" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brighton Rock</a> before Jo shares a newfound fascination with big machines, spurred in part by Don Gillmor’s <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9781771966672" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">On Oil</a>. A conversation with the preternaturally wise Rayne Fisher-Quann starts with Iris Owens' <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9781590173633" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">After Claude</a>, then opens up into a rousing feminist seminar on Margery Kempe, sexual obsession, and women’s humor of past and present. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Rayne Fisher-Quann is a Brooklyn-based writer. Her blog is called <a href="https://internetprincess.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Internet Princess</a>, and her first book, COMPLEX FEMALE CHARACTER, is forthcoming from Knopf. </p><br><p>Please consider supporting our work on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/profile/creators?u=130746783" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, where you can access additional materials and send us your guest and book coverage requests! Books discussed on all seasons of the podcast are aggregated here on <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/readingwriters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookshop</a>. Questions and comments can be directed to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Outro music by Marty Sulkow and Joe Valle.</p><br><p><a href="https://charlotteshane.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charlotte Shane</a>’s most recent book is An Honest Woman. Her essay newsletter, <a href="https://meantforyou.beehiiv.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meant For You</a>, can be subscribed to or read online for free, and her social media handle is @charoshane. </p><br><p><a href="https://jolivingstone.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jo Livingstone</a> is a writer who teaches at Pratt Institute.</p><p>To support the show, navigate to https://www.patreon.com/ReadingWriters</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
February 25, 2026
Tree-Based Horror: Nicholas Russell on Algernon Blackwood’s The Wendigo and Other Stories
<p><br></p><p>Jo and Charlotte turn their attention to Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe’s mindblowing <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9780802150615" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Personal Matter</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9780691268415" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Troubled Lands: Stories of Mexico and Cuba</a>, a collection translated by Langston Hughes, before they’re joined by Gothic-literature-loving writer-of-all-modes Nicholas Russell, who puts the spotlight on Algernon Blackwood’s unsettling preoccupation with mysterious forces in the natural world. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Nicholas Russell is a writer and critic from Las Vegas. His work has been featured inMcSweeney's, The Baffler, Conjunctions, The Nation, and Orion, among other publications. He's a long time bookseller, a contributing writer at Defector, and managing editor at Still Alive magazine. His debut novel <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/119344/9780063452398" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Observer</a> will be published by Ecco at HarperCollins on September 15th. </p><br><p>Please consider supporting our work on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/profile/creators?u=130746783" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>, where you can access additional materials and send us your guest and book coverage requests! Books discussed on all seasons of the podcast are aggregated here on <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/readingwriters" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bookshop</a>. Questions and comments can be directed to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Outro music by Marty Sulkow and Joe Valle.</p><br><p><a href="https://charlotteshane.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charlotte Shane</a>’s most recent book is An Honest Woman. Her essay newsletter, <a href="https://meantforyou.beehiiv.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meant For You</a>, can be subscribed to or read online for free, and her social media handle is @charoshane. </p><br><p><a href="https://jolivingstone.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jo Livingstone</a> is a writer who teaches at Pratt Institute. </p><p>To support the show, navigate to https://www.patreon.com/ReadingWriters</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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