Book Club for Masochists: a Readers' Advisory Podcast

Book Club for Masochists
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A Readers' Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 235 - Celebrity Memoirs

    It's episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 Things We Read (or tried to…) I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate Elsa Lanchester, Herself by Elsa Lanchester Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks My Wonderful World Of Slapstick by Buster Keaton and Charles Samuels Finding Me by Viola Davis Other Media We Mentioned Lessons from a Lifetime: 90 Years of Imagination and Activism by David Suzuki Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir by Melissa Auf der Maur Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Bossypants by Tina Fey On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King iCarly Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Married... with Children Bride of Frankenstein Pandora's Box Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler Sherlock Jr. Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson Awake by Jen Hatmaker A Truce That is not Peace by Miriam Toews The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You by Neko Case That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers Links, Articles, and Things Department Store Hudson's Bay (department store) Hypermarket MeToo movement Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang Book Trailer  Gilean Douglas Fonds Collection of digitized photos including ones from the sets of One Stolen Night, The Fortieth Door, Rupert of Hentzau, Quincy Adams Sawyer, Oliver Twist, Robin Hood, and this specific Hall Room Boys film.  Charlie Chaplin Tom Mix Laurel and Hardy Abbott and Costello Groucho Glasses Hays Code 33 Celebrity Memoirs by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson A Thousand Threads by Nehneh Cherry Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung Let Love Have the Last Word by Common Transcendent by Laverne Cox Simply More by Cynthia Erivo Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome by Aparna Nancherla Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Unprotected by Billy Porter Some New Kind of Kick by Kid Congo Powers Truly by Lionel Richie The Universal Tone: My Life by Carlos Santana The Race to Be Myself by Caster Semenya A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During the Arab Spring by Omar Sharif Jr. The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley All the Way: My Life on Ice by Jordin Tootoo Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo I, Tina by Tina Turner Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson Sidesplitter: How to Be From Two Worlds at Once by Phil Wang Great Falls, MT: Fast Times, Post-Punk Weirdos, and a Tale of Coming Home Again by Reggie Watts Scenes from My Life by Michael K. Williams Cack-Handed by Gina Yashere Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on  Tuesday, August 18th when we'll be giving our summer media update! Then on September 1st we'll be discussing Post Apocalyptic fiction!

  2. Jul 28

    Reminder to vote in the 2026 BC4M Battle of the Books (voting closes July 31st!)

    What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!) Anna's Pick - Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic (2025) Matthew's Pick - Starter Villain by John Scalzi (2023) Jam's Pick - Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (2025) Meghan's Pick - The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge (2025) Listen to Episode 233 - Battle of the Books 2026 to hear what we had to say about each of the books!

  3. Jul 7

    Episode 234 - Novels in Verse

    It's episode 234 and time for us to talk about Novels in Verse! We discuss rhyme, meter, interiority, whether any of us understand poetry and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!) Listen to Episode 233 - Battle of the Books 2026 Things We Read (or tried to…) Goodlord: An Email by Ella Frears Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse by Melissa Lozada-Oliva Dear Mothman by Robin Gow Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Call-out: A Novel in Rhyme by Cat Fitzpatrick Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Calypso by Oliver K. Langmead Other Media We Mentioned The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese Poem Is Translated by Eliot Weinberger We Computers: A Ghazal Novel by Hamid Ismailov Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers Finding Baba Yaga: A Short Novel in Verse by Jane Yolen Beowulf Project Hail Mary (film) Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Aniara (film) Aniara: A Revue of Man in Time and Space by Harry Martinson There are two different English translations! Links, Articles, and Things Metre (poetry) Episode 182 - Lyric Poetry Concrete poetry Iambic pentameter We should be excited that spoken word is reinventing literature Selena Tejano music Epistolary novel List of countries by tertiary education attainment Stacey Kade (S. A. Barnes) Tommy Pico 17 Novels in Verse by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo The Crossover by Kwame Alexander The Fragments That Remain by MacKenzie Angeconeb Eureka by Victoria Chang The Last One by Fatima Daas, translated by Lara Vergnaud The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo Syncopation by Whitney French King of the Neuro Verse by Idris Goodwin Beaver Hills Forever by Conor Kerr Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại Dreaming of You by Melissa Lozada-Oliva Here Comes the Dogs by Omar Musa The Perfect Nine: the Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds with artwork by Jason Griffin Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler Death's Country by R. M. Romero Saints of the Household by Ari Tison Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on  Tuesday, August 4th when we'll be talking about the genre of Celebrity Memoirs as suggested by Kjs4658 Then on August 18th, we'll be giving our summer media update.

  4. Jun 16

    Episode 233 - Battle of the Books 2026

    It's episode 233 and time for Battle of the Books 2026! Which book will we all read and discuss? You decide! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What Book Should We Read? (Click to vote by July 31st!) Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic (2025) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (2023) Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (2025) The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge (2025) Runners Up Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women by Victoria Smith (2024) How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva (2024) The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (2018) Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas (2024) How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva (2026) Cannon by Lee Lai (2025) Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky (2023) I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz (1995/1998) Stoner by John Williams (1965) Other Media We Mentioned Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age by Vauhini Vara Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly How to Read Now: Essays by Elaine Castillo How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America edited by Lee Child and Laurie R. King Miike Snow - Genghis Khan  007 First Light You Only Live Twice Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Redshirts by John Scalzi The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi Old Man's War by John Scalzi When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi Autonomous by Annalee Newitz Links, Articles, and Things Episode 215 - Battle of the Books 2025 Episode 220 - How Far the Light Reaches Volcano Lair (TVTropes) Vancouver SkyTrain Matthew's favourite Vancouver SkyTrain update YouTube channel 15 Adventure Fiction Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. So Wild a Dream by Win Blevins The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas God's Country by Percival Everett Valiant Ladies by Melissa Grey Call Me Ishmaelle by Xiaolu Guo Escape from Baghdad by Saad Z. Hossain A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Barren Grounds by David Robertson Travelers Along the Way: a Robin Hood Remix by Aminah Mae Safi Stranded by Nikki Shannon Smith The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on  Tuesday, July 7th when we'll be talking about Novels in Verse! Then on Tuesday, August 4th we're discussing Celebrity Memoirs! (As suggested by Kjs4658.)

  5. Jun 2

    Episode 232 - Coming of (Old) Age

    It's episode 232 and time for us to talk about coming of (old) age!  You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie Real Estate by Deborah Levy Becoming Crone by Lydia M. Hawke The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler The Correspondent by Virgina Evans Shadow Life written by Hiromi Goto, illustrated by Ann Xu Other Media We Mentioned A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab The Witches Discworld books by Terry Pratchett Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye written by Gerard Way and Jon Rivera, art by Michael Avon Oeming Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives, by Bruce Grierson Old Man's War by John Scalzi Links, Articles, and Things Irene Adler Library of things Commercial Drive Gavel UBC University Mace UBC Macebearer 10 Coming of (Old) Age by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine Afterlife by Julia Alvarez How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis Mr Katō Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar, translated by Caroline Froh Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto, illustrated by Ann Xu The Unbroken Coast by Nalini Jones Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 16th, when we'll each be pitching a book we think we should all read and you get to vote on which! Then on Tuesday, July 7th we'll be talking about Novels in Verse!

  6. May 5

    Episode 231 - Sapphic Horror

    It's episode 231 and time for us to talk about Sapphic Horror! We discuss which monster is the most sapphic, unrealistic reality TV shows, and how queer a book has to be to count as sapphic. You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Diavola by Jennifer Thorne The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen Night's Edge by Liz Kerin, read by Chase Sui Wonders Extasia by Claire Legrand The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin Moonflow by Bitter Karella This World is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa The Scourge Between the Stars by Ness Brown The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran, translated by Gene Png Other Media We Mentioned Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire edited by Amber Dawn Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval When I Arrived at the Castle by E.M. Carroll Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan (contains Carmilla) Why was I invited to Beast Studios? by Folding Ideas Beast Games 2 Strong/Smart: an Exhaustive Review by Folding Ideas Killing Eve 18 Sapphic Horror by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo The Salvage by Anbara Salam The Plans I Have for You by Lai Sanders On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Chlorine by Jade Song The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan We Don't Swim Here by Vincent Tirado She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 2nd we'll be talking about "Coming of (old) age," suggested to us by Meghan's mom. Then on Tuesday, June 16th, we'll each be pitching a book we think we should all read and you get to vote on which!

  7. Apr 21

    Episode 230 - Spring 2026 Media Update

    It's episode 230 and time for us to talk about media we've been enjoying! We discuss music, video essays, movies, comics, books, crafts, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We're Enjoying: Matthew The Music Video Is Dead, Long Live The Music Video by Patrick (H) Willems Hobtown Mystery Stories, vol. 2: The Cursed Hermit by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes, colour by Jason Fischer-Kouhi Witchy Stitching: 25 Patterns to Haunt Your Home by Meg Black The Witchy Stitcher Meghan KEXP "Me more cowboy than you" by the Brudi Brothers Glass Beams (full set) Angine de Poitrine (full set) The kerfuffle Meghan mentioned Live on KEXP podcast Live music at local venues Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Jam New music highlights (YouTube playlist): The Apple Tree Under the Sea by Hemlocke Springs Nothing's About to Happen to Me by Mitski "23" by Lime Garden "Bend Your Knees" by Henry Mansfield "ça pik un peu quand même" by Miki Jam's full Jan-Feb 2026 New Music Playlist (spreadsheet will be shared in our Discord) Hundreds of Beavers (2022 movie) Raspberry and almond sourdough cake Based on the "Cherry and Almond Bake" recipe from 10-Minute Sourdough by Vanessa Kimbell Anna Twinkleby Nicole Rudolph Who Cursed us with Popcorn Ceilings? The Myth of a Clean Home They're selling us AI floor plans (with @AbbyCox ) TMFD Alum Spotlight: Nicole Rudolph, Fashion Historian Webtoons Love is Loading (mature) by 97pieces Love is Loading (all ages) Our Sunny Days by  Jeong Seokchan Our Sunny Days, vol. 1 Other Media We Mentioned Michael Jackson - Thriller Childish Gambino - This is America Beyoncé - Formation Lambrini Girls on KEXP triple j - Like a Version playlist Jam's music  podcast The Apothecary Diaries Links, Articles, and Things Artemis II Beyoncé explains why she stopped making music videos YouTube Ditches the Billboard Charts 15 Non-Fiction Books about Psychology by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Patterns That Remain: a Guide to Healing for Asian Children of Immigrants by Stacey Diane Arañez Litam Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma by Mariel Buqué Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being by Yuria Celidwen Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho What My Bones Know: a Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez  Empire of Madness: Reimagining Western Mental Health Care for Everyone by Khameer Kidia But What Will People Say? Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love and Family Between Cultures by Sahaj Kaur Kohli  How I Know White People Are Crazy and Other Stories: Notes From a Frustrated Black Psychologist by Johnathan Mathias Lassiter Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life by Shigehiro Oishi Autistic and Black: Our Experiences of Growth, Progress and Empowerment by Kala Allen Omeiza  Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee All the Little Monsters: How I Learned to Live with Anxiety by David A. Robertson Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans by Jenny T. Wang Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 5th when we'll be talking about Sapphic Horror! Join us again on Tuesday, June 2nd we'll be talking about "coming of (old) age" books.

  8. Apr 7

    Episode 229 - Media Criticism

    It's episode 229 and time for us to talk about Media Criticism. We talk about what counts as media, the challenges of writing about emerging forms of media, how we interact with criticism, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk Marvel Age of Comics: Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic by Stuart Moore, narrated by Jason Lasky Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games edited by J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado Culture Creep: Notes on a Pop Apocalypse by Alice Bolin Pop Classics #15: Ugh, as if!: Clueless by Veronica Litt Selected Amazon Reviews by Kevin Killian We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin Why I love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature edited by Becky Siegel Spratford Bad Indian Bookclub: Reading at the Edge of a Thousand Worlds by Patty Krawec Other Media We Mentioned Parasite Eve Clever Girl: Jurassic Park by Hannah McGregor Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky 33 ⅓ The Importance Of Being Earnest | Official Trailer | National Theatre Live Lady Sings the Blues Video Essayists Answer Your Assumptions (with hbomberguy‬, ‪D'Angelo Wallace, and Mina Le, ft. Spencer Agnew) Our Favourite Video Essayists/Reviewers/Reviews Action Button Amanda the Jedi Any Austin Dungeon Chill Every Frame a Painting Folding Ideas I Finished a Video Game Jacob Gellar Jenna Stoeber Jenny Nicholson hbomberguy Lindsay Ellis Matt McMuscles: The Worst Fighting Game Matty Bites Princess Weekes ReRez: Just Bad Games Ryan Hollinger Super Eyepatch Wolf T1J Todd in the Shadows The WWE's complex "Black" history by F.D Signifier Extremely Overdetermined Adventure Game Tier List | Part 1: Re-ranking the Top 20 by Innuendo Studios and Questing Refuge Jam's list of top 10 video essays about media I've never seen Links, Articles, and Things The Times Literary Supplement Bubbles Zine The Comics Staple Libro.fm Audiobook Listening Copy Program 20 Media Criticism Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib Indigenous Celebrity: Entanglements with Fame by Jennifer Adese and Robert Alexander We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre'vell Anderson The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin Black Music by Amiri Baraka The Male Gazed: On Hunks, Heartthrobs, and What Pop Culture Taught Me About (Desiring) Men by Manuel Betancourt New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi and K-Pop by Fatima Bhutto Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television From Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond by Bethonie Butler Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen Crey Original People, Original Television: The Launching of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network by Jennifer David Everything to Play For: An Insider's Guide to How Video Games are Changing Our World by Marijam Did Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema by Karen Han Wannabe: Reckonings with the Pop Culture That Shapes Me by Aisha Harris Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World by Wil Haygood The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid by Hideo Kojima Our Gang: A Racial History of the Little Rascals by Julia Lee Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship by Lori Kido Lopez The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema From Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris Music Is History by Questlove Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 21st it's time for our Spring Media update! Then on Tuesday,  May 5th, we'll be talking about Sapphic horror (as suggested by tmauch)

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A Readers' Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading every genre, whether we like them or not! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, experiences, opinions, appeal factors, and other related topics as friends and library workers.

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