Mar 22, 2017
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In this episode, Julia Cozad-Callaghan gives us an update on her Read Harder 2017 reading challenge (12:26); Silvia Schuh updates us on March and April crafts, and puts out a call for some charitable knitting (9:07); and Mari McKeeth talks 2017 Oscar Nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay (22:05). Plus, we ask for your feedback!
Julia recommends:
The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
The Red Umbrella by Christina Gonzalez
Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O'Neill
Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess by Jeremy Whitley
Mari recommends:
Arrival: screenplay by Eric Heisserer, based on “Story of Your Life” in Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Fences: screenplay by August Wilson, based on his play Fences
Hidden Figures: screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi, based on Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Lion: screenplay by Luke Davies, based on A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierly
Moonlight: screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney
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