Kate often says that if she were a writer she would have trouble reading James McBride. It's hard not to hear a mic drop when you close the back cover. He is a master of storytelling; his sentences so packed with history, humor, and meaning that at times you forget what he was talking about, but you won't mind a bit. His writing often knocks off our socks, and his new novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, is no exception. For our bookstore this week? We let James choose one of his favorites, Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, New Jersey.
Books mentioned in this week's podcast:
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Kill 'em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
Five-Carat Soul by James McBride
Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
A Glimmer of Death by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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