The Yak Babies Book Podcast
Story Club
Episodes
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
236- Yak Picks: Short Story Collections
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
The pals share their favorite short story collections as well as a list of runners up they enjoy.
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
136- Story Club: "Sea Oak" by George Saunders
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Story Club is back from hiatus with the pals discussing George Saunders's wackadoo zombie story "Sea Oak"
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
93- Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
The pals all read an under-appreciated modernist masterpiece: Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry.
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
74- Story Club: Bonnie West's "Song Loon"
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
Thursday Oct 17, 2019
The pals discuss the short story "Song Loon" written by Patreon supporter Bonnie West.
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
47- Story Club: "Paper Lanterns" and "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket"
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
It's a new Story Club episode. This time we go back once again to the Dybek well with the story "Paper Lanterns" and compare it with one of its inspirations, Yasunari Kawabata's "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket."
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
23- Story Club (feat. Chaya Bhuvaneswar): Gish Jen & ZZ Packer
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
The personal pals are joined by guest host Chaya Bhuvaneswar--author of the upcoming story collection White Dancing Elephants--for a new installment of Story Club, discussing Z.Z. Packer's "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" and Gish Jen's "Birthmates." (Apologies for a few audio hiccups, a better call-in system is being devised.)
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
13- Story Club (feat. guest Amelia Gray) - Millhauser, Bender, Gray
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
Thursday Jul 05, 2018
The personal pals convene another Story Club and discuss three short stories: "The Darkness" by Amelia Gray, "A Visit" by Steven Millhauser, and "The Rememberer" by Aimee Bender. Then the pals are joined for a phone interview with author Amelia Gray who discusses "The Darkness" and shares some news about her upcoming projects.
Thursday May 17, 2018
6- Story Club - "Bullet in the Brain" and "Hunters in the Snow" by Tobias Wolff
Thursday May 17, 2018
Thursday May 17, 2018
The personal pals discuss "Bullet in the Brain" and "Hunters in the Snow" by Tobias Wolff. Check our twitter or tumblr pages for links to the stories so you can read along with us.