Recommendation Roundup: Gen Z doesn’t want to see vampires chomping down into people’s necks
A list of recommendations on everything from Sarah Sherman to Gen Z vampires
Welcome to Recommendation Roundup! As I scoot around the internet, I keep a running list of podcasts, tv shows and articles that I like, and think you might like, too. Then I share them here.
New in that’s that me espresso news:
On Thursday, Aug. 1, I’m interviewing Betsy Phillips about the publishing process for her new book, Dynamite Nashville! This series, Birthing the Book, is hosted by The Porch and is free to attend.
I wrote about the movie Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person playing at the Belcourt and how certain vampire traits evolve over time.
The Southern Festival of Books is returning to Nashville in October and I wrote about the reveal party and which authors you can expect to see in the fall.
I interviewed Betsy Phillips about her new book, Dynamite Nashville, out now. Also, this just happened.
I interviewed SNL’s Sarah Sherman!!
A GoFundMe 1campaign has been set up to raise money for the family of Sonya Massey, who was killed in her home by police on July 6. According to The State Journal-Register, a newspaper in Springfield, IL, the money will go towards mental health counseling and support for the family, including her two children.
There is obviously a lot of Kamala Harris news. I particularly liked this episode of The Amendment between Errin Haines and Brittany Packnett Cunningham.
Sticking with The 19th, I also like what Erin Gallagher and Shannon Watts say about the pattern of “toxic white women” and how white women have to step up and go beyond a one-time donation.
Here is Kate Manne on the fight for Harris:
If you don’t live in Nashville, you may be unaware that a small group of neo-Nazis from places like Canada have been spending their weekends here. Margaret Renkl wrote about it for the New York Times and Eli Motycka wrote about it for the Nashville Scene.
Deesha Philyaw and Kiese Laymon are co-hosting a new podcast called Reckon True Stories. Their first episode with Roxane Gay is so good! Both Gay and Laymon seem to go out of their way to promote other Black authors, and they get into why they do it and why it matters.
I haven’t picked up Miranda July’s All Fours yet. Believe me, I know how much you all love it. 2Food for thought from Emma Copley Eisenberg on anti-fat bias in All Fours:
My former Joy the Baker team member Amy Estes has a hilarious piece in McSweeney’s titled ERNEST HEMINGWAY VISITS CHAPPELL ROAN’S PINK PONY CLUB.
Virginia Sole-Smith on the NYT food critic who went to one doctor’s appointment, quit his job and started a one-man publicity tour talking about “health” and “obesity.”
Dacy Gillespie on how to get dressed:
I’ll leave you with two bookish podcasts. First, Isaac Fitzgerald on Design Matters with Debbie Millman. And second, Emily Raboteau talking with Traci Thomas on The Stacks.
If you’ve been snoozing on Fat Girl Summer, don’t forget, our Parnassus discount expires on Aug. 23. More details here:
I found two different local news sources linking to this GoFundMe, but please use your own discretion in determining the validity of this campaign.
I’ve been thinking about how to write a good bad review. Roxane Gay is the master of good bad reviews. This one by Emma Copley Eisenberg also goes on the list.
Thanks for the shoutout!
Dacy’s post is so good. I’ll be rereading it and letting it soak in. I’m 61, I’ve let my grey hair grow in, and I’m really trying to just be. It’s not easy.