Best of 2021
For our end-of-year book list, we made up our own categories -- from “best poet I hadn't heard of before” ” to “best book about cannibalism” to “best book that lived up to the hype” -- and added a few more along the way. It's a journey through 10 books that struck us and stayed with us this year.
Show Notes
Best literary cookbook for children (MLQ): Arab Fairy Tale Feasts, Karim al-Rawi, ill. Nahid Kazemi. Read the review by Marcia and her 10-year-old.
Best book I've been waiting for years to see published (Ursula): Ahmed Bouanani's La Septieme Porte, a history of Moroccan cinema from 1907 to…
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