Episode 29 - Trail of Lightning

Episode 29 - Trail of Lightning

The Bitches are heading to Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Diné (Navajo) people, following Maggie Hoskie, a kick-ass monster hunter and her companion Kai Arviso a smooth-talking medicine man. Together they navigate tricksters, witchcraft, and post-apocalyptic society in Rebecca Roanhorse's Trail of Lightning.

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Episode 27 - The Silent Companions

Episode 27 - The Silent Companions

The bitches are back under the bell jar looking into the mind of Mrs. Elsie Bainbridge, the main character of Laura Purcell's novel, the Silent Companions. Is Elsie mad or are the haunting visions and suspicious murders the fault of the the silent, wooden companions she finds in the attic of the Bridge?

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Episode 23 - "Never Let Me Go"

GRAB YOUR TISSUES. The Bitches are getting real deep and real melancholy this episode as they discuss Kazuo Ishiguro’s poignant and bittersweet novel, Never Let Me Go.

Ginnye and Raven discuss the humanistic toll of scientific advancement; Mono No Aware, the Japanese concept of impermanence; and who did it better, the book or the movie.

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Episode 20 - "A Woman of No Importance"

Episode 20 - "A Woman of No Importance"

Add another one to your list of Book&Bitch fuck-boys! The Bitches are discussing Lord Illingworth and Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance. Is any white male of proper birth safe from our hosts Raven and Ginnye. The answer will always be "no."

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