Welcome to the fourth Backlisted Special. While Andy and Nicky are both ‘gathering’ for the new season which will resume at the end of the month, John and Tess are joined by the writers and critics Erica Wagner and Sarah Churchwell who boast a total of 12 previous appearances between them, covering books from Alan Garner and Nella Larsen to Thomas Pynchon and Anita Loos.
The format of these specials differs from the main show in that they feature guests choosing a number of books in an area they know and care about. For this hour-long special, Erica and Sarah have selected six pieces of modern American literature that they either love, or find interesting, or both. As you will discover, despite the eclectic nature of their choices, some surprising connections begin to emerge…
Rough Timings:
06'32: Free to be You and Me – Marlo Thomas and Friends
15'30:‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’ – F.Scott Fitzgerald
24'12: The Magician's Assistant – Ann Patchett
33'20: Charlotte Temple – Susanna Rowson
41'22: A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L'Engle
49'03: Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
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Miss Buncle's Book by D.E. Stevenson
The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
The Prince of West End Avenue by Alan Isler
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G.B. Edwards
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Last Train to Memphis/Careless Love by Peter Guralnick
Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald
Utz by Bruce Chatwin
The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West
Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson
Imogen by Jilly Cooper
The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence
Books Do Furnish a Room by Anthony Powell
Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx with Rowland Barber
The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins
Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson
Ghosts by Edith Wharton
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