Summary: This week, Alice and Kim talking about Jane Austen superfans, snuffbox mussels and the rare "dragon fish," and books to give some context to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida and subsequent student activism. This episode is sponsored by: She Caused a Riot by Hannah Jewell Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs New Releases Camp Austen by Ted Scheinman (March 6 from FSG Originals) The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss (March 6 from Viking) Visionary Women by Andrea Barnet (March 13 from Ecco) The Last Wild Men of Borneo by Carl Hoffman (March 6 from William Morrow) Disappointment River by Brian Castner (March 13 from Doubleday) There Are No Dead Here by Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno (February 27 from Nation Books) Theme of the Week: Spring Has Sprung Wild and Rare by Adam Regn Arvidson The Meadowlands by Robert Sullivan The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver Current Events Reads: Guns and Student Activism Columbine by Dave Cullen Another Day in the Death of America by Gary Younge Witness the Revolution by Clara Bingham What We're Reading Political Tribes by Amy Chua Grant by Ron Chernow The Dragon Behind the Glass by Emily Voigt The Extra Stuff Books mentioned in passing: The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs Coming to My Senses by Alice Waters The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Animals you might be curious about: Snuffbox mussels Asian arowana aka “dragon fish"
