"The Audacity of Amelia Bedelia" with Brontez Purnell

On this episode of You Should Probably Read More, Shanon and Nolan can’t wait to spoil Dune 2 for you (jk). After that we’re joined by author, poet, musician and Bay Area icon Brontez Purnell to discuss his new memoir in verse, “Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,” and why M.I.A is a colonizer.

Frank Herbert - Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune

Carl Sagan - Cosmos

Francis Spufford - Cahokia Jazz

Sven Holm - Termush

Tommy Orange - Wandering Stars

Brontez Purnell - Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt

Kathleen Hanna - Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Bernadette Mayers

Peggy Parish, Herman Parish - Amelia Bedelia 

Justin Torres - Blackouts 

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This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song’d by John McSwain @vacationsonline 

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