I'm on a podcast!

I’m on a podcast!

My friend Matt has a show called Books on the Bed. It’s really good! And I am not just saying that because I designed its logo or helped Matt refine the idea. Well, maybe I am—I can’t help it—but all the same, I think it is good.

Here’s the show’s logline:

Inspired by a visit to Tuskegee, Alabama in April of 2021, I’m traveling through the country asking our hosts, ”If I came to your town and stayed at your house, what books would you put on my bed?” Each host will share 6 books for me to carry with me on the journey of my life.

As we go, we’ll build a digital library for you to explore and find the stories that will part a curtain between us, make your heart shift, and change your life.

Matt has had some amazing writers on his show, and I’m honored to join them.

You can listen to my episode of Books on the Bed here. We get into some stuff I’ve written for this newsletter.

To perhaps pique your interest, here are the books I chose:

The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher

Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding... Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis by Sam Anderson

Thanks for listening!

—Nathaniel