Your Shelf or Mine

About Your Shelf or Mine

Your Shelf or Mine is the podcast of the Longview Public Library in Longview, Washington! We chat about library events, local happenings, books, pop culture, and more!

Publisher

yourshelformine

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Sept 2018

Latest episode

10 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

128 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Sept 2026

   American Mythology: Civil Disobedience

   Becky and Jakob discuss two important American political essays: "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau (1849) "Letter From Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963) They are available from the library in the book "Writing Politics: An Anthology" edited by David Bromwich, published by the New York Review of Books.

2. 

   6 Aug 2026

   American Mythology: The Pioneer

   Becky and Austin explore the myth of the American Pioneer through Little House on the Prairie. We discuss "Little House on the Prairie" and "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder" by Caroline Fraser, "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich, "Prairie Lotus" by Linda Sue Park, and the new Little House on the Prairie Netflix series.

3. 

   2 Jul 2026

   American Mythology: The Founding

   Becky, Shelley, and Austin explore the Founding myths through musical theater. This is the first in a six-part series exploring American mythology through different texts. We discuss 1776 (music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, book by Peter Stone) and Hamilton (music, lyric, book by Lin-Manuel Miranda). Other work referenced: "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution" by Jill Lepore, "A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America" by Richard Slotkin, and the essay "Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Lin-Manual Miranda's Hamilton" by Lyra D. Monteiro. https://online.ucpress.edu/tph/article/38/1/89/90687/Review-Essay-Race-Conscious-Casting-and-the?__cf_chl_f_tk=RYgtNhx8xBI4oM1lbTJWq.vpN8FWjMQmCiZ91vf4euU-1783030175-1.0.1.1-vToaORa2QQj0TiJ5U9.4FCSpCIaP_CS_PS864EnlqEA

Who has been a guest on Your Shelf or Mine

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Derrick Barnes
• Joanna Ho
• Martha Brockenbrough
• Kerilynn Wilson
• Mac Barnett

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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Quality

48

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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