Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances and Dorian as they discuss THE WILD IRIS by Louise Glück, and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss DURING THE REIGN OF THE QUEEN OF PERSIA by Joan Chase. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in late April. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: The Wild Iris by Louise Glück Poems 1962-2012 by Louise Glück Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück Proof and Theories: Essays on Poetry by Louise Glück American Originality: Essays on Poetry by Louise Glück Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü, translated by Maureen Freely Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil, translated by Joshua L. Freeman Phantom Pain Wings by Kim Hyesoon, translated by Don Mee Choi Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior, translated by Johnny Lorenz The Details by Ia Genberg, translated by Kira Josefsson Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Youngjae Josephine Bae Not a River by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur A Dictator Calls by Ismail Kadare, translated by John Hodgson Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Julia Sanches Lost On Me by Veronica Raimo, translated by Leah Janeczko What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma, translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase You might also be interested in: Louise Glück Nobel Lecture - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2020/gluck/lecture/ Remembering Louise Glück by Garth Greenwell - https://garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/remembering-louise-gluck-1943-2023 Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: 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.

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