Julia, Rider, and Tod look back on their favorite books (and music, and TV…) from a year during which it felt impossible to consume anything.

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Julia’s picks:

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

Making Comics by Linda Barry

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Jon Batiste on the Soul soundtrack

Schitt’s Creek and The Good Place

Tod’s picks:

Weather by Jenny Offill

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

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Overseas” by Jason Isbell

Bosch and The Boys

Rider’s picks:

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Elegy” by Aracelis Girmay

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Transatlantic Flight” by Leif Vollebekk

Rick and Morty and PEN15

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Literary Disco

Literary Disco

On Literary Disco, writers of varying experience talk about books of varying quality. Hosted by Julia Pistell, Tod Goldberg, and Rider Strong.