Episode 18: Pride and Listening

Book Bound Episode 18:
Pride, audiobooks, and representation matters (read both ways).


Cheryl’s Books:    
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters by Bonnnie Tsui
My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear

Mentioned:
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Books by or including information about Gyo Fujikawa
Books written and illustrated by Julie Morstad
Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets by Kyo Maclear

Jessica’s Books:   
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Process For an Inspired Life by Suleika Jaouad
The Café with No Name by Robert Seethaler
The Lilac People by Milo Todd

Mentioned:
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Women’s Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery
The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin by Daniel Brook


Mari’s Books:   
At Last She Stood How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly
Are You a Friend of Dorothy? The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Kyle Lukoff
You and me, Anemone : a story about friendship and personal space by Rachel Vail 
Oasis by Guojing

Mentioned: 
I’m Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff
The House That Floated by Guojing (September 2025 Release) 

Our Producer, Rissa’s Books:   

Mentioned: 
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt