reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 16

Reading Books Together:  A Podcast with Deborah Brothers & John Paul Jaramillo 

Join us as we discuss Terry Tempest Williams’ Erosion: Essays of Undoing (2019). November seems to be a good month to reflect and while many of the thirty or so pieces in this collection show how disturbing and chaotic the world can be, Williams reminds us that “Awareness is our prayer.” We discuss the major themes of personal and global loss in these pieces but we also understand they are working as “collages,” layered with activism, deep listening, and the restorative power of nature.

–Deborah Brothers holds a Ph.D. in English Studies and reviews books for Choice and The Lion and the Unicorn and her essays, fiction, and scholarly work have appeared in several publications.   

–John Paul Jaramillo holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is the author of three books: The House of Order, Little Mocos, and Carlos Montoya.

Music “Viv” by Joel Styzens from Relax Your Ears 

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John Paul Jaramillo holds an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University and he is the author of the novels Carlos Montoya and Little Mocos, and the story collection The House of Order — a 2013 Latino Book Award Finalist for Best First Book. In 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read. Currently, Jaramillo works as Professor of English at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois.

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