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A blessing, a curse, a podcast, since 2014. Christopher (@cdhermelin) invites folks to the Damn Library to talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through the never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in hand. Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, follow @somanydamnbooks and visit somanydamnbooks.com
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So Many Damn Books Christopher Hermelin

    • Arts
    • 4.7 • 254 Ratings

A blessing, a curse, a podcast, since 2014. Christopher (@cdhermelin) invites folks to the Damn Library to talk about reading, literature, publishing, and trying to make it through the never-dwindling stack of things to read. All with a themed drink in hand. Recorded at the Damn Library in Brooklyn, NY. For show info, book lists, and drink recipes, follow @somanydamnbooks and visit somanydamnbooks.com
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    227: Holly Gramazio (THE HUSBANDS) & Zito Madu's THE MINOTAUR AT CALLE LANZA

    227: Holly Gramazio (THE HUSBANDS) & Zito Madu's THE MINOTAUR AT CALLE LANZA

    Holly Gramazio drops by via the magic of Zoom to talk her magical summer blockbuster of a book, The Husbands. She gets into its origin as a computer game, a lack of supernatural solutions, and why it used to have the moon falling apart. Plus, she brings along the surreal-but-still-relatable Zito Madu’s The Minotaur at Calle Lanza, and reveals she’s just been to Venice. Read on, compadres!
    contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb
    for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com
    music: Disaster Magic
    (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)

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    • 1 hr 11 min
    226: Kate Slotover (THE BOOK CLUB REVIEW) discusses Helene Hanff's LETTER FROM NEW YORK and Joseph Mitchell's UP IN THE OLD HOTEL

    226: Kate Slotover (THE BOOK CLUB REVIEW) discusses Helene Hanff's LETTER FROM NEW YORK and Joseph Mitchell's UP IN THE OLD HOTEL

    Kate Slotover, host of The Book Club Review podcast, joins me in the Damn Library all the way from London! Drinks are had, New York is discussed, along with two different worlds of New York reportage, Helene Hanff’s Letter from New York, and Joseph Mitchell’s Up in the Old Hotel. Such a joy!
    contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb
    for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com
    music: Disaster Magic
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    225: Melissa Mogollon (OYE) and Jenny Odell's HOW TO DO NOTHING

    225: Melissa Mogollon (OYE) and Jenny Odell's HOW TO DO NOTHING

    Melissa Mogollon zooms in to talk her debut Oye, and all the fun she had writing it. That means we talk how her friends are like her sisters, the unusual structure that always felt like it could fail, and how she might write a sequel from the sister’s perspective. Plus, she brings along Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing, a book that was great to revisit, and is informing her on how to connect digitally as she releases her book.
    contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb
    for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com
    music: Disaster Magic
    (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)

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    • 1 hr 2 min
    224: Tea & Contemplation with Drew Broussard

    224: Tea & Contemplation with Drew Broussard

    Our old pal Drew (of Voyage into Genre) is back! We talk about how the internet used to be, how Drew broke his slump, some literal tea discussion, RPG and video games, and general book chatter. The usual, served up just how you like it, in podcast form.
    contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb
    for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com
    music: Disaster Magic
    (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)

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    • 52 min
    223: Fiona Warnick (THE SKUNKS) and Sheila Heti's ALPHABETICAL DIARIES

    223: Fiona Warnick (THE SKUNKS) and Sheila Heti's ALPHABETICAL DIARIES

    Fiona Warnick, author of the charming novel The Skunks, drops by to talk animals and metaphor, how her creative writing program helped her with this book, writing smooth, and more than that, because we also get into Sheila Heti’s Alphabetical Diaries, which inspires a deeper dive into the work of Heti and her influence.
    contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb
    for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com
    music: Disaster Magic
    (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)

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    • 1 hr 5 min
    222: Bookshelf May 2024

    222: Bookshelf May 2024

    Christopher goes through some stuff he read and some stuff he wants to read. Got any modern pirate book recommendations?
    contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb
    for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com
    music: Disaster Magic
    (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)

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    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
254 Ratings

254 Ratings

Cleighb ,

One of the best!

I love listen to interviews with authors I’ve never heard of and discovering new work! I will listen to every episode! Highly recommend!

Plum_Crab ,

Excellent!

One of my favorite podcasts! I loved this show with two hosts and just as much with one.

ReadingMidwife ,

Fun!

This podcast has some solid bookish content and yet manages not to take itself too seriously. I have discovered some of my favorite reads through SMDB. The cocktail creations are intriguing, too. Thanks!

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