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One Bright Book

One Bright Book

By: Frances Dorian and Rebecca
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 A podcast where three friends read *all* the books, one book at a time. Join Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss one book in depth and chat about their reading. Visit our website at onebrightbook.com Support us by buying books from our shop at https://bookshop.org/shop/OneBrightBook Find us on Twitter at @pod_bright Frances: @nonsuchbook Dorian: @ds228 Rebecca: @ofbooksandbikes Dorian blogs at https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca writes a newsletter at https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.2022 Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Episode #44: The Women of Brewster Place, by Gloria Naylor

    Episode #44: The Women of Brewster Place, by Gloria Naylor
    Apr 10 2026
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss OPEN SECRETS: STORIES by Alice Munro, weighing the value of her work against what we have recently learned of her personal life. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in May. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria NaylorLinden Hills by Gloria NaylorThe Men of Brewster Place by Gloria NaylorThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerInstead of a Letter by Diana AthillTranscendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy by Clare CarlisleThere's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif AbdurraqibThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from the Dutch by Martin AitkenThe Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from the Dutch by David McKayThe Duke by Matteo Melchiorre, translated from the Italian by Antonella LettieriThe Witch by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan StumpBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. SchwabMother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati RoyThe Palm House by Gwendoline RileyAn Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl BainbridgeNonesuch by Francis SpuffordSakina's Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag, translated from the Kannada by Srinath PerurOpen Secrets: Stories by Alice MunroA Marsh Island by Sarah Orne Jewett, with an afterword from the One Bright Book crew. Buy our book! Support the show by buying a copy of Sarah Orne Jewett's A Marsh Island, with an afterword by us. Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Episode #43: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf

    Episode #43: Orlando, by Virginia Woolf
    Mar 13 2026
    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf and chat about their current reading. For our next episode, we will discuss THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE by Gloria Naylor, a choice Rebecca has made based upon some love Hanif Abdurraqib shared for the novel in a recent podcast. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you in April. Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books! Books mentioned: Orlando by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfA Room of One's Own by Virginia WoolfJacob's Room by Virginia WoolfThree Guineas by Virginia WoolfHarriet Hume by Rebecca WestThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterWax Child by Olga Ravn, translated from the Danish by Martin AikenThe Witch by Marie Ndiaye, translated from the French by Jordan StumpThe Remembered Soldier by Anjet Daanje, translated from the Dutch by David McKayWomen Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, translated from the Persian by Faridoun FarrokhTaiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang, translated from the Mandarin Chinese by Lin LingSmall Comfort by Ia Genberg, translated from the Swedish by Kira JosefssonThere Is No Antimemetics Division by qntmVampires of El Norte by Isabel CanasTrouble Maker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford by Carla KaplanShattered: A Memoir by Hanif KureishiThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SternBaldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas BoggsThe Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor Read Rohan Maitzen on Orlando at her blog Novel Readings. Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com. Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org. Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/ Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/ Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode #42: The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope

    Episode #42: The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope
    Feb 3 2026

    Welcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Dorian, Rebecca, and Frances as they discuss THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope and chat about their current reading.

    For our next episode, we will discuss ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf, the "joyful romp," the "escapade" that might have you thinking of the author in a new way. We would love to have you read along with us, and join us for our conversation coming to you around the end of February.

    Want to support the show? Visit us at Bookshop.org or click on the links below and buy some books!

    Books mentioned:

    • The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
    • Domestic Manners of the Americans by Fanny Trollope
    • The Chronicles of Barsetshire by Anthony Trollope
    • The Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope
    • An Autobiography by Anthony Trollope
    • Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
    • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
    • The Transylvanian Trilogy by Mikos Banffy
    • Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    • The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
    • A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled by Alex Green
    • Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
    • Baldwin: A Love Story by Nicholas Boggs
    • Head of a Traveler by Nicholas Blake
    • Orlando by Virginia Woolf

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    Further resources and links are available on our website at onebrightbook.com.

    Browse our bookshelves at Bookshop.org.

    Comments? Write us at onebrightmail at gmail

    Find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/onebrightbook.bsky.social

    Frances: https://bsky.app/profile/nonsuchbook.bsky.social

    Dorian: https://bsky.app/profile/ds228.bsky.social

    Rebecca: https://bsky.app/profile/ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social

    Dorian's blog: https://eigermonchjungfrau.blog/

    Rebecca's newsletter: https://readingindie.substack.com/

    Our theme music was composed and performed by Owen Maitzen. You can find more of his music here: https://soundcloud.com/omaitzen.
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    1 hr and 20 mins
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