Introducing Our Close Reading Series (Patreon)

Hello Writers & Listeners,

We have exciting news. In 18 days, we'll be starting our close reading series-- it's sort of like a book club for writers!

We'll introduce the series in our episode on March 10th, and then we'll dive right into talking about our first book on March 17! The first one will be "This is How You Lose the Time War" by Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar.

We’ll be diving into 5 elements of writing by focusing on five different literary texts. We’ll spend five episodes on each one, and then we’re going to… drumroll please… interview the author(s)!

As you know, we’ve spent lots of time reading, writing, talking, and recording our thoughts about different elements of the craft. But this year, we wanted to ground our episodes in specific texts that you could read along– and analyze– with us!

So it is with great pleasure that we announce our Close Reading Series! Below is the schedule for each book or short story we’ll be diving into.

The date on the right is the air date of the first episode in our series that will begin talking about that text as a way to explore an element of craft.

You can buy the books through our bookshop affiliate link (and support local bookstores!): https://bookshop.org/lists/close-readings-season-19

Read by March 17th, "This is How You Lose the Time War" by Max Gladstone & Amal El-Mohtar
Read by May 12th, "A Memory Called Empire" by Arkady Martine
Read by July 7th, Assorted short stories by C.L. Clark*
Read by September 1st, "Ring Shout" by by P. Djèlí Clark
Read by October 13th, "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin

*For C.L. Clark we are doing a set of their short stories. You can read them all for free:
“You Perfect Broken Thing“- Uncanny Magazine
“Your Eyes, My Beacon: Being and Account of Several Midadventures and How I Found My Way Home” – Uncanny Magazine
“The Cook” – Uncanny Magazine