Bookworm: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt
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I miss Bookworm. Silverblatt is such a wonderful reader and seems like such a kind man.
I will make sure he receives your kind words.
Silverblatt is the best reader ever. I miss Bookworm. Leaf by Leaf is the obvious heir. Keep going, Chris!
That is an enormous, gargantuan compliment, David!
Listening to Silverblatt's conversations gives me a similar joy as reading a great book does, almost like gaining an extra perspective or a new sense. Such a beautiful mind.
Very, very well said. They are like reading a well-written book about the book.
I usually keep to myself and watch silently with my thumb hovering over the like button, but for Silverblatt I will leave a comment! He has truly been an influence on my literary life. I am grateful that people like him exist.
Thanks for the content Chris!
I will be sure that he receives your comment. Really appreciate you taking the time. All best to you and yours!
Silverblatt: "I’m often a crier and many things make me cry. I come from a crying family-my mother cries, my grandma used to cry. It was never shameful to cry. My father never told me men don’t cry. He wasn’t much of a crier, but on occasion he could get a good cry in. A beautiful word in the middle of a sentence can sometimes reduce me to tears in an interview, and when I’m reading, too. I’ve sometimes wondered whether I’m at the point of tears all the time because I use my eyes so much that they’re strained and on the verge of tears anyway." Go!
What an exciting book! It sounds wonderful. I've always loved listening to Michael Silverblatt interview authors. Thanks for letting me know about it and I'd love to be entered into possibly receiving a copy. That's so cool you were involved in bringing this book into being. Congrats!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Eric! You've been entered into the drawing. Best of luck!
Congratulations, Chris, on the well-deserved acknowledgement. As a relative newcomer to Silverblatt’s body of work (discovered through Leaf x Leaf), I am profoundly grateful for the light you’ve cast on his and other critics’ contributions to literature. I can’t be alone in my astonishment, despite being an avid reader, of the sense of empowerment gained from illuminating those unknown and empty shelf spaces in my life. Many thanks to you and the community for that gift.
It is truly, truly a pleasure, my friend.
Happy reading!
Disappointed to find that Michael is no longer doing his show. He is a national treasure.
Yes, it's a real void while he's on this extended hiatus. Thankfully one of the former producers of the show took the time to upload a vast majority of the archives to the KCRW web site!
@@LeafbyLeaf I hope he gets well soon. I lived in LA for a few years and enjoyed seeing him at the LA Tines Book Fair. You were probably there also.
@@LeafbyLeafso he's ill? Poor guy.
@Sm0700537 - unfortunately, no, I never had that pleasure
@AndalusianIrish - he is doing much better now, though
Not only was this the usual explanation and brief analysis and synopsis you give regularly with your brilliant commentary and your subtle yet unbridled literary enthusiasm. What makes this special is your own personal touches, both literary and figuratively. Excellent and extraordinary as expectedly.
I can’t thank you enough for your constant encouragement. Nevertheless, thank you thank you thank you. 🙏
You were the one that introduced me to Silverblatt and it's given me a lot of insight into the power of reading. Thank you!
My pleasure! 🙏
Love this so much. Michael Silverblatt has been a guiding angel in helping me discover great literature
Same here!
One of my favorites of your videos is the one where you gave us a tour of Silverblatt’s apartment library. Bookworm is a favorite podcast, and you are my best book buddy on CZcams. You have both inspired me to read several books, and I love hearing your shows on books that I’ve already read. Thank you Chris for being my bbf (best book buddy).
Aw, thanks so much! What a treat to be someone's BBB! Really appreciate your kind words. All the best to you and yours, and--happy reading!
Congratulations and thank you for your work on this collection. Your work in the literary community is much appreciated!
My pleasure! Thanks so much!
Silverbatt's the man! Ever since i read his interview with DFW I have always seen him as a reference interviews with authors to feel more like warm, humane old friends who haven't seen each other in far too long. Amazing work as always, Chris!
Well said. The human element of the author-reader relationship is present on Bookworm unlike just about anywhere else I can think of.
Big fan Chris, thanks for giving us a glimpse into Mr. Silverblatt's very extensive book collection. A true treat.
My pleasure! I really hope to get back out there and do a full-length, steadier tour of it.
As a reader, writer, editor, and listener of Bookworm (thanks to you), I can appreciate the hard work that went into this and the enormity of the result. I was very moved by the cat & comments story (I look at my 2-year-old cat and shiver). The man truly seems to be generosity and sensitivity incarnate.
And I, likewise, look at my 6-year-old cat and want to hold him tight!
Thanks, as always, for all of your constant encouragement.
Cannot wait to get my hands on this. Re-watched your tour of Silverblatt's library yesterday in anticipation -- droolworthy.
I'm still hopeful that I can return and get a legitimate, full-length tour of it!
Micheal feels like a dear friend, even though we have never met. I truly believe he has enriched my life. I'm really excited to read through this book!
Well said.
Never heard of him before, but I always love reading and listening to writers talk about their work, so I'm interested in checking this out for sure. Thanks for bringing light to it!
My pleasure--you will not be disappointed with this treasure trove!
www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm
Never heard of Mr. Silverblatt but I'm listening to one of his episodes now! Thanks for the recommendation. I hope to be a fraction of a reader that he is in my lifetime.
I share the same hope. 🙏
Love searching through the backlog of bookworm and uncovering treasures of conversation. The John Barth interviews are especially marvelous
Yes--me, too!
Silverblatt is truly a treasure! Thanks for all your insightful videos here on Leaf by Leaf!
Yes, he is! 🙌
Chris, thank you for all you do for the literary community. Your videos have lead me to so many wonderful books. Keep up the great work.
This is truly such a high honor. I don't take your comment lightly at all. All my best to you and yours!
I love that interview with David Foster Wallace. The adoption anecdote highlights the gift Michael Silverblatt has in reading deeply and translating how literature makes us feel.
Exactly.
The interviews with DFW in bookworm are the best
Bookworm is the one stop shop for compelling interviews with my favorite authors
Well said.
Michael Silverblatt and Steven Moore are certainly national treasures to say the least. I would love a copy of this book.❤
I totally agree with this! You have seen my video of their extended conversation, right?
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Loved your discussion here and your review of the book. Thank you so much for your dedication to the channel.
Thanks so much--it's such a pleasure!
I so often think about many Silverblatt quotes, not least when he said that a great book judges its reader, and that the reader doesn't judge the book. What a wonderful idea compiling transcripts of Silverblatt's introspective observations of being judged by great books. Thanks Chris, for your similarly dedicated work to the art of reading.
I'm right there with you with my mental repository of Silverblattisms!
Thanks so much for the kinds words and encouragement.
I have listened to Michael and was in awe of him and his deep love of books and especially his knowledge, understanding, and love of the writers he interviewed. So many times he would be so emotional at the end of an interview he was nearly at the brink of tears and so was the the writer and so was I ! When this talk came on I was unbelievably happy to hear about this book. I also became fearful that something had happened to Michael and I began paying close attention to the tense of the verbs you were using when referring to Michael…I have missed his podcast so much and have been worried about him. The writers he interviewed just couldn’t believe the depth of Michael’s understanding and love of them and their work…so many, nearly all, signed off at the end of an interview expressing tremendous gratitude to Michael…one I remember especially was George Saunders ….thank you very much Chris for this beautiful tribute to Michael…you and Michael are indeed kindred spirits and I so relate to and share your deep affection and admiration for dear Michael Silverblatt! ❤️❤️❤️
Great concept for a book! I'm currently reading through a series of delightful mini-essays on being a book/word nerd called "Ex Libris" by Anne Fadiman. If you haven't heard of it, I think it's right up your alley. The first one, which has been my favorite so far, is about how the author didn't feel "properly" married to her husband until they combined their book collection.
Haha--yes, I've read that book and I love that metaphor! Anne and her father have been/were such great champions of the arts!
My Michael Silverblatt story is a lesson for all. In either 2004 or 2003 a man at the Gay Starbucks in Weho (now closed) asked me what I was reading. I showed him, it was "Earthly Powers". He was so excited for me, and told me the ending would blow me away (it did, My God!). Quickly he and I became book and movie and close friends. He recommended that I listen to his friend Michael Silverblatt's, radio show, Bookworm. I did. Every episode was online. I devoured them. I would often ask my friend how Michael was. I often felt like I knew Michael, and would have conversations in my head with him about books, and about his interviews.
I saw him introduce Edmund White at a reading downtown LA Maybe 15 years ago. It was a fantastic introduction and interview.
Maybe five years ago I spotted Michael at Greenblatts (now closed) having lunch with, I THINK, with Sean (Shawn?) Sullivan, one of the show's two editors. I did what I always do when I see a celebrity I admire, I go tell them I think they are fantastic. I did, but I didn't stop there because his smile fed me. I told him, what I once told Dennis Cooper at a reading, Thank you, Thank you so much for talking about Sam D'Allesandro, whom I never would have learned about without you and DC.
I thanked him for introducing listeners to the truly fabulous Sparks.
I continued the Thank Yous. Thank you so much for giving John Ashberry space to read the translation of Pierre Martory’s Litanies, because I wouldn't have known it without you. I wrote it down, the whole poem, by hitting repeat over and over. Thank you for your first conversation with Franzen, which some called combative but really wasn't, he is perhaps too used to being praised solely, and you challenged him. I went on. Thank you for confronting, REALLY confronting Dale Peck. I hope, I truly hope Dale Peck grew a bit from that conversation, especially due to the moment when he initially disagrees with you....but then he says, "I do think that people are generally terrible" or something close to that. I hope that interview helped Dale, maybe it did.
And Michael said, "I have to tell you, I was terrified to speak with Dale Peck." I reassured Michael that it was one of his best interviews. I thanked him from the BOTTOM of my heart for giving Dennis Cooper, and years later John Waters, space to praise Denton Welch. I asked Michael if he had Welch's hard to find, and very expensive, "Where Nothing Sleeps" because if he didn't, he could borrow mine at any time for as long as he liked.
I thanked him for his conversation with Sontag's son where we learned such beautiful things about Sontag, I won't spoil them (Except this: WE ARE FRIENDS. We've wasted too much time already!), just listen to it.
I thanked him for his devotion, from the very beginning, to both the very best of Gay and Lesbian literature, but also, bringing attention to some of the more contemporary gay writers, perhaps not as overwhelmingly perfect as James Purdy or James McCourt, but important, and in need of attention and sales.
Oh that last interview with Mailer. Oh thank you Michael.
I thanked him for calling the Potter books Dreck in one of his interviews, and that when one of the Facebook Bookworm followers asked why Michael might think the Potter books were Dreck, I responded to the post "Because they don't lead to anything. Take a look at your nieces, they started with Harry Potter, they continued on to Twilight, and then to The Hunger Games. That's like, backwards literacy."
Really, I said all this and more, much more (Chris Ware, Vidal, Didion, David Mitchell such great conversations with these people). Some, not nearly all, of the conversations I'd had in my head throughout the years with Michael, spilled out of me. I said it all beaming at Michael while he was beaming back at me. And then I let him talk, and after thanking me sincerely, he said, simply, "Could I give you my Phone number? I don't give my phone number out very often, but I'd like to meet with you and talk more." Oh my god! He gave me his number, and we were going to have coffee or lunch some day and talk, and maybe do it again and again, and become friends.
Then I let the stupid world get in the way. I would run into my friend and tell him, "please tell Michael that I am embarrassed I haven't called him, and I will, I promise." And then a year went by, and I ran into Michael at an Italian restaurant, a very good one, coming out of the bathroom. And I apologized and said I was dumb and I very very much wanted to get together and I WILL call you.
I didn't. It wasn't because I was intimidated, the ice had been broken. I was letting that thing happen that keeps us from spending physical time with the best people, inertia maybe?
Then Covid separated all of us. And now, I can't say more because this is a public forum, but trust the moral of this story: Pick up the phone and make plans.
Thank you Chris for your Channel, and your admiration of this remarkable man.
I can't thank you enough for taking the time to share this here. It is indeed a great reminder that we would all do well to heed. I am also going to make sure Michael receives this message. All my very best to you and yours. //Chris
Bookworm was such a big part of my awakening as a reader; this book is such an unexpected but pleasant surprise for me. I will definitely be checking it out!
I felt the same way when I first heard the book was coming!
Man I'm so glad that William Gass episode will be in here. I've listened to that so many times Gass is my favorite writer
Gass had a rare talent for sure. Reading his work transports me to a plane where I’m convinced reality is language. And just to be clear: _all_ the WHG episodes are in here! 🙌
Hi Chris. Please send Michael my best wishes. I have often imagined meeting him in person and telling him how I felt less alone listening to Bookworm. He is a rarity and I wish him well & think of him often. Thank you. Also thank you for this channel.
I will absolutely be sure that he receives your kind words.
Thank you so much!
Chris, Thank you for introducing me to Silverblatt! Love your channel, it's been my constant companion ever since i discovered it earlier this year. Thank you!
My sincere pleasure, my friend. Very kind of you to say, very honoring and encouraging.
I first heard of Michael Silverblatt through your video on his library. I sent it to my mother, who disapproved of his organization, which led to a hilarious conversation of how exactly we would organize our bookshelves. That might be the best part of Silverblatt’s work - it brings readers together, no matter their personal taste.
I’d love one of those copies!
I love that! My own mother knows all my quirks, and I hers. The bookish life is great!
You're in for the drawing.
Always loved his show and can’t wait to read this book!
A legendary show, for sure!
I lived in LA for years and listened to Bookworm on KCRW. LA doesn't have a reputation as being a "bookish" city, or as having an intellectual culture, but Michael Silverblatt carried the torch. I regularly listened to his interviews with authors and artists--always a patient, deliberate unfolding of wise truths. His mere presence on the airwaves was transgressive and highlighted what truly matters--the pith and pull of literary art--even amidst social chaos in the LA basin and world at large. Silverblatt always modelled intellectual curiosity. I'm saddened that Bookworm has been discontinued on air, but at least we have archives and this new book of conversations. For instance, I'll never forget listening to Didion's interview (I was on the edge of my seat) and the interview with DFW (I had never heard of a Sierpinski gasket). Thank you for this discussion and your work on the Bookworm book. And thank you for this splendid channel, which assuredly carries the torch of Silverblatt's Bookworm... the torch will be passed on from one hand to another, mind and heart...
Very well done, Chris. Kudos!
Michael once remarked to his sister, Joan, that “books are my children.” Clearly, he reared them well.
Best regards.
Thanks so much!
I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Joan and her husband Seth last year. Michael and his sister interacting was very entertaining and precious to me!
Until I discovered your channel I did not know Michael Silverblatt but all I heard/read by him and about him is an inspiration to read more.
He is truly a reader who enriches the lives of other readers.
Would love to hear the behind the scenes anecdotes of you talking to Mr. Silverblatt. His voice is so kind but at the same time contains gravity that pulls you in and really listen, in the same way we listen to incantations.
You nailed it!
Thanks, Chris. I've really been enjoying your videos/recommendations. Excited to delve into Bookworm.
You're in for a real treat!
Really enjoy your channel Chris. You’ve more than once helped pull me out of a serious book funk to guide me down the path of a supremely rewarding reading experience.
Read Infinite Jest in 2021. My first DFW book (there have been many more since). I listened to Silverblatt’s interviews with DFW while I read it and really felt their conversations enhanced my connection with the text. Such a tangible enthusiasm between them both. Silverblatt is a stud. That’s all there is to it.
Yes, he is! (Speaking of of DFW, I've got some exciting news coming next month.)
I was very disappointed when the show ended. But we still have the archive. This a good reminder for me to listen to old episodes.
Yes, I share the same sentiments. And the archives are _deep_ !
I'm always in awe of people who read as well and as quickly as you and Michael, feels like I can only get through 3 or so medium sized books every month. Luckily your videos give me an idea of what's actually worth reading :D
First of all, you should know that "3 or so medium sized books every month" is extremely good! Seriously. Way beyond the average person. But besides comparing yourself to the average reader, I think that is an excellent load/pace. And, as you say, as we get older we start to "read against the clock" (Bloom), so it's nice to attune your tastes so as to get more selective of the books worth reading. All my best to you and yours!
I absolutely love that first interview with David Foster Wallace. Their follow up interviews are equally as engaging.
Indeed. The one where DFW literally starts hitting his head on the wall at the end and you here Michael saying: No! Stop that! :)
I would love to read this collection! I've listened to Silverblatt's DFW interviews countless times over the years; it's almost like comfort food for me at this point.
Love that analogy!
I would have never discovered, much less read, a plethora of interesting works and authors if not for Michael Silverblatt. His blurb on the cover of The Tunnel (my favorite book) is beyond fitting as he is exergued in print and in history alongside the very same works/people/humanities he has spent his entire life championing.
The same is true for me. I'll be sure he receives your kind words. All best to you!
Never checked out any of Silverblatts work, but definitely should and I will, Thanks Chris.
My pleasure! You won't be disappointed!
The beginning of this video fills me with a sense of sadness, considering that there may be books that will never be discovered by me, their wisdom and stories unknown to me. I find a bit of peace in knowing that this makes me more adamant about discovering/ reading as many books as I can while still gaining meaning from them. Love the video!
Chris, thanks for your channel ! I recently discovered it and you have hugely inspired my interest in reading more than ever before !!
What a huge compliment--thanks so much. All my best to you and yours!
Love Silverblatt! Thanks for the video and review :) enjoyed it with my coffee
My pleasure! Friday + coffee + Silverblatt = good life!
Fantastic. Bought it solely for the Sontag interview, but the entire collection seems wonderful. Benjamin Moser’s biography Sontag talks about Silverblatt which led me to your channel searching his name on CZcams. Needing to learn more about Silverblatt & you introduced him in such engrossing way. Which in turn led to a fun reading/viewing circle from Sontag to Silverblatt to you, now, today, from you, to Silverblatt back to Sontag. Cheers
What a fun circularity of introductions! :)
Thanks for making this most wonderful video. Thanks a lot.
It’s truly a pleasure! 🙌
Absolutely cannot wait to pick this up. After discovering Bookworm last year (thanks to you!), I've been obsessively going through the back catalogue. It's sad to think that the show may not be returning, but I suppose 30+ years is a pretty good run.
I can definitely understand the decision to only include deceased authors, but it would have been fun to see some of Michael's conversations with William T. Vollmann included, which are among my favourites. They have such a great dynamic. Particularly the episodes for "Last Stories and Other Stories", which are a delight:
"Now, Bill!"
"Yes, Michael."
_"Urticating hairs?"_
As you may know, WTV is my favorite living American writer. I would pay exorbitant funds to get those conversations! Although, WTV emits this amusingly creepy and hilarious laugh in their conversation on _The Ice-Shirt_ that would lose its fidelity in textual form. The laugh comes right after WTV says: "Sometimes I feel bad about it."
I feel so honored and proud to have introduced you to _Bookworm_ , which is to say Michael Silverblatt. He has, does, and will continue to enrich so many lives.
@@LeafbyLeaf Oh absolutely, I love that Ice-Shirt interview!
And forgot to mention that you also introduced me to WTV, who is now my favourite living author as well. So your channel has had quite an impact on me! Thanks for your work here.
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Thanks for the great channel, just diving into Solenoid and absolutely loving it
Thanks so much! It's a real pleasure. Happy reading!
Heya Chris, this book sounds awesome. Thanks for your work on it! Excited to check it out. And hi from UNC Charlotte and the staff of Nova Literary-Arts magazine!
Hey there! I'm just up the road from you!
Chris, you introduced me to a feast for the mind I didn't know existed. Bon appetit.
Avec plaisir !
Have been Silverblatt devotee for the better part of a decade. The many authors and books - alongside Michael’s indispensable wisdom - have acted as a necessary refuge from the often stringencies of academia, and buoyed this diletante when waters were rough.
Always thought Mr. Silverblatt should publish a tome such as this, or books in the mode of the criticism of Harold Bloom…I’m glad to see this come to pass!
Hope I’m not too late to enter the drawing. Thanks Chris for your trademark passion and erudition!
Always such interesting and rewarding conversations.
Absolutely.
fantastic video and incredible review, truly well done
Thanks so much!
Mike-splaining is amazing. Never knew he did Bookworm for years without pay
He sure did-it’s really a remarkable story. He was working in a dead-end PR job and out at a dinner one night he was holding forth on literature which caught the ear of a dinner guest who extended the job to him even though it would temporarily be without pay.
@@LeafbyLeaf Wow. Let's hope some exec overhears me blabbing about Barthelme the next time I get too drunk at a bar.
😂😂😂
Silverblatt is one of those rare & effective amplifiers of the "democratic shout" that is the novel (to borrow a term from a Delillo character). Both you and he are responsible for introducing Alexander Theroux to my bookshelves, which was an unanticipated gift.
What a great epithet for him-“rare and effective amplifier”! 🙏
Great review. I sure miss Michael Silverblatt!
Thanks! Indeed, we all miss him. Such a unique person.
I love Michael Silverblatt. This book would be a wonderful companion to my upcoming reads of IJ and works by Toni Morrison among others. Thank you!
Best of luck!
My favorite interview that Silverblatt ever did was a two part epic with Harold Brodkey
Yes, indeed!
www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/harold-brodkey-part-1
www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm/harold-brodkey-part-2
Because of your channel, I feel less alone ✌🏻
What an honor. You are definitely not alone. 🙏
Loved the video! I need to get myself a copy.
Best of luck in the drawing!
Fabulous stuff. Was racking my brains to see if we had anyone performing a similar function for literature here in the Uk and there simply isn't one. We've had on e for modern music, but nothing for books sadly.
Perhaps that person is...Marc Nash. ;)
Congratulations! I am so happy to see you getting the attention you deserve. I would love to read this collection and will, whether I win your giveaway or not. Thanks, as always, Chris for your wonderful content. I am looking forward to this book and your LARB review.
Thanks so much for your encouragement and support!
You've been entered into the drawing.
Best of luck!
Let's check the review, now.
Keep reading, and keep carrying the fire🔥
Thanks so much for your constant encouragement! 🙏
I'm going to buy the book. What happened to Mr. Silverblatt? I assume he isn't well and that's why there has been no explanation as to why he disappeared.
a great video, as usual!
Thank you so much!
I was *just* reading his blurb on the cover of The Tunnel, which I started yesterday! I have to pick up a copy of this!!
Oh, that's right--from _Genji_ to _The Tunnel_ ! I last read Gass's magnum opus in 2018. Gettin' about that time again...
@@LeafbyLeaf I am currently breathless in the long childhood reminiscence of the pleasures of reading (p 65): “[…] life could be lived from the inside out as it ought to be, and savored, witnessed, even saved, no matter what otherwise it was […]” 😭
Gass had a real, otherworldly gift.
Love it!
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I need this now
Indeed. We all do! :)
Could I be so lucky?!...😊
They say the Irish are rather lucky…
@@LeafbyLeaf fingers crossed!
Of course we all want to win this book! :-)
:):):)
I would love to read this book😍
Best of luck in the drawing!
Love DFW. Great video, would love to win a copy of the book.
Best of luck!
An essential read, and I hope it gets proper distribution in the UK. 'Mikesplaining' made me laugh :)
I cracked to when I read that, too. Made me also think of the girl in Rikki Ducornet’s Trafik who told her robot to stop “botsplaining” to her. 😜
@@LeafbyLeaf Nice one 🥴 I've not read that book, so thanks for the tip! Cheers, Ian
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Hi Chris, love your work, just commenting to enter.
Thanks so much-you’re in!
Was introduced to Silverblatt by a friend, and all other friends became inferior.
HAHAHA!
What would you say was the hardest part of proofing the manuscripts of this book?
Hmmmmm, good question. I'd say the hardest part of was trying to really think about how each line would be received by someone who possibly hadn't heard the show. I had to question: does this spoken-word-in-textual-form still work? Going from two people speaking in real-time to the distillation in print is a huge paradigm shift. But I think it came out really well.
I will definitely buy this one! (.. or perhaps win one?)
Best of luck!
Great review. How can i listen to Michael’s shows? Thank you for all your reviews😀
Thanks so much! You can find his shows here: www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/bookworm
what does he mean by sensitive reader?
In my own words: it means suspending your impulse to try to make the book what you want it to be in favor of allowing the author/book to tell you what it is.
read it again,... and read it again.... and read it again... and...
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Congrats, @mensshirt6678 ! You are one of the winners of this book giveaway! Please get in touch with me via email (see my About page) for shipping details.
Expecting your reply, Doctor.
Here it is!
Have you heard about the doctor that treats midgets? He does, but you have to be a little patient.
I really miss Bookworm. Why did Michael stop?
I miss it, too. He became ill last year and is on an extended hiatus.
@@LeafbyLeaf Oh man. If you are speaking to him, tell him that a listener from Northern Ireland sends his regards.
I certainly will.
gm !
coffee time!
Chris, can you adopt me and I’ll dust your shelves? (Not a euphemism)
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This is my comment.
This is my acknowledgment.
Hi, I'd like to be entered please :)
You’re in!
Congrats, @shagunmaheshwari ! You are one of the winners of this book giveaway! Please get in touch with me via email (see my About page) for shipping details.
Nice preview!
Thanks!
Silverblatt is the best reader ever. I miss Bookworm. Leaf by Leaf is the obvious heir. Keep going, Chris!