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(SPECIAL) Episode 28: Celebrating Year One; Books About Twins
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In this special celebratory episode, your twin hosts Jude and John Lovell reflect back on the first year of the Book XChange podcast: what it's meant to us, and what we hope to continue to do with it going forward. And in a nod to the unique "hook" of our show, that is, identical twins reflecting on books and reading... we tackle books that feature, or are in some way about, twins and the phenomenon of "twinhood." Good twins, evil twins, estranged or missing or lost twins, damaged twins, "midnight twins"... there are so many great myths, novels and plays that explore the compelling and fascinating nature of this mysterious bond. We bring our own personal perspective of having lived for 50+ years as genetic duplicates to these books and stories, and unpack what each of them get right, exaggerate, and even illuminate for those who lead what you might quite accurately call "a double life." Whether you are a twin, a parent of twins, are related to a set or know some in your circle of friends/associates, this episode may have you thinking about their lived experience in a different way. A very special thank you to all of you who have ever listened to the show since April of 2020!
BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE
What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next:
'Shadowbahn,' Steve Erickson -
'Cornell Woolrich Omnibus: Rear Window & Other Stories; I Married A Dead Man; Waltz Into Darkness,' Cornell Woolrich -
What John is currently reading/plans to read next:
'A History of the World in 100 Objects,' Neil MacGregor -
'Summer Lightning and Other Stories,' Olive Senior -
Books/Writers discussed in this episode:
'The Comedy of Errors,' William Shakespeare -
'Midnight's Children,' Salman Rushdie -
'East of Eden,' John Steinbeck -
'The Bridge of San Luis Rey,' Thornton Wilder -
'The Other,' Thomas Tryon -
'The Dark Half,' Stephen King -
'One and the Same: My Life As an Identical Twin and What I've Learned about Everyone's Struggle to Be Singular,' Abigail Pogrebin -
'Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are,' Lawrence Wright -
Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast:
"Spoiler Alert" - on Episode 29, we plan to discuss our favorite book endings! Should be a fun one...
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