Austin Kleon is an enthusiast, a man of joy, who takes great pleasure in contemplating the creative process and who has built a loyal following by sharing his love for books, music, movies, comics, journaling, notebooks, brush-pens, and so much more. He’s a man with eclectic tastes that are both curated and wide-ranging, and so he is an ideal guest for a podcast like this. Kleon joined the show recently to discuss his life in books, his own book writing process, books he reads with his kids, and much more.
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Books Mentioned in this episode:
* Lynda Barry, What It Is
* Anne Patchett, These Precious Days
* James Kochalka, The Cute Manifesto
* Lewis Hyde, The Gift
* Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics
* Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
* Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing
* Alan Jacobs, Breaking Bread with the Dead
* Peanuts comincs
* Calvin and Hobbes comics
* Tove Jansson, History of Moomins
* Jack Kirby comics
* Liana Finck, Passing for Human
* Kristin Radke, Seek You
* James Marshall, George and Martha books
* Jon Klassen’s hat books
* Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy
* Alan Taylor’s Assassin’s Cloak
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Austin Kleon Spreads Some Book Love