Life's Library
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Faces in the Crowd
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Faces in the Crowd, the narrative unfolds through multiple, fragmented perspectives, touching upon literary worlds, city life, and the ghosts that ...
Space Struck
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Oh! I'm sorry for stepping on your / shadow! and Please be careful! My shadow is caught in the wheels / of your shopping cart." In this episode, Jo...
Blonde Roots
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo imagines a history where “Aphrikans” enslaved “whytes.” What systems would be different, and what would r...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas selected Journey to the Center of the Earth as a bonus public domain pick for Life’s Library during the first mo...
All Systems Red
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the first guest curator for Life’s Library, Hank Green selected All Systems Red, a science fiction novella about a self-aware cyborg named Murder...
Parable of the Sower
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Though Parable of the Sower was published in 1993 about a dystopian world in 2024, the society it depicts bears certain striking resemblances to the w...
Howl's Moving Castle
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Howl’s Moving Castle was the first community pick of Life’s Library! In this episode, John Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas draw connections between...
The Summer Book
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Summer Book is a small, calm book of vignettes that makes one feel as if they are reading through memories unstuck in time. In this episode, John ...
Mountains Beyond Mountains
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” - Dr. Paul FarmerIn this episode, John Green and Rosianna ...
Stories of Your Life and Others
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“A great short story can end in that way where you almost feel a turn inside of you. Like you feel a turn in your gut.” John Green and Rosianna Ha...
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does Michael Chabon use alternate history to explore the relationship between resettled people and people who have lived in communities like Sitka...
The House of the Spirits
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Magical realism, multi-generational family dynamics, the relationship between the personal and the political—The House of the Spirits has got it all...
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content warning: This episode contains brief mentions of torture.We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled weaves together stories from Syrian refugees whil...
A Field Guide to Getting Lost
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to look and observe without immediately searching for an answer? What are the many implications of the color blue? How do we make se...
If You Come Softly
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
John Green and Rosianna Halse Rojas discuss If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson and associated topics like love at first sight, alternating persp...