On today's episode we discuss Obama's 2021 reading list and some of our favorite short stories, novellas, poems, and essays. 00:30--Obama's 2021 Reading List 13:04--Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley--reading update 16:56--Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay--final thoughts 25:22--Marlon and Jake Read Dead People (podcast recommendation) 30:43--Short-form storytelling and poetry discussion covering: The Road Not Taken by Robert FrostStill I Rise by Maya AngelouOCD by Neil HilbornThe Self by Adam ZagajewskiThe Raven by Edgar Allen PoeCrow by Ted HughesGrief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter1922 by Stephen KingThe Monkey's Pay by W.W. JacobsThe Voice in the Night by William Hope HodgsonThe Minority Report by Philip K DickThe Last Question by Isaac AsimovExhalation by Ted ChiangThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen PoeThe Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFail Better AND Intimations by Zadie SmithLeft Handed Commencement Speech by Ursula K Le GuinPoetry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arE2yyQe1PY [email protected] | Instagram | Twitter